Jury in Penny Case Focuses on Medical Evidence, Grisly Video of Michael Jackson Impersonator’s Final Moments, During First Full Day of Deliberations
In other trial news, the defense complained to the judge about a protester who was salaciously taunting Mr. Penny when he got into his vehicle.

On the second day of deliberations, the jury in the trial of the Marine veteran, Daniel Penny, requested to review key pieces of evidence, signaling that the defense’s claims of self-defense, or defense of others, may not have convinced the jurors. Meanwhile the defense complained to the judge about a protester who had called out insults at Mr. Penny, demanding to remove him from the courtroom.
The first note from the jury came at 11 am. The presiding judge, Maxwell Wiley, read out loud that the jury was requesting to review three videos: The video, recorded by the freelance journalist Alberto Vazquez during the tragic moment when Mr. Penny held a homeless Michael Jackson impersonator, Jordan Neely, in a chokehold on the floor of a New York subway car last year. A compilation video, made by the prosecution, of the body camera footage from police officers who first responded to the scene, trying in vain to revive an unresponsive Neely. And the video of Mr. Penny being questioned by detectives at the police precinct on the day of the incident.
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