Daniel Penny walks the catwalk at occasion titled ‘Dressed to Kilt’ | EUROtoday

Just a couple of months after being acquitted of the criminally negligent murder of Jordan Neely, a mentally ailing Black man, after placing him in a chokehold on a crowded practice, Daniel Penny modeled on a catwalk in an occasion titled “Dressed to Kilt.”

Penny, 26, appeared on the present in Manhattan on the evening of April 5. Dr. Geoffrey Scott Carroll, the founder and chairman of Dressed to Kilt, defined his causes for that includes Penny within the present solely to The Independent.

“Daniel Penny was invited to walk in the show in recognition of his service as a U.S. Marine and the values he represents. His presence aligns with this year’s tribute to the 250th anniversary of the United States Marine Corps, and we were honored to have him represent the branch.“

“We honor the commendation he received from the U.S. Marine Corps League and respect their decision to award him the ‘Semper Fidelis’ honor. Dressed to Kilt has long been a proud supporter of the Navy SEAL Foundation, and we continue to welcome and celebrate veterans from all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces as part of our commitment to honoring service and sacrifice.”

Dressed To Kilt was co-founded in 2003 by Dr Carroll and the late Sir Sean Connery. The latest present came about in The Church of the Heavenly Rest in New York on April 5.

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The New York Post reviews that Penny walked to the sound of Bonnie Tyler’s “Holding Out for a Hero.” The web site famous that Carroll launched the previous Marine as a “hero.”

“Far from being a villain, this man was a hero to all the inhabitants of that subway car,” Carroll mentioned.

‘[Penny] leaped into action as a passenger on a subway car when a potential assailant started threatening women, children and elderly people with a knife,” he added.

An anonymous Manhattan jury cleared Penny of a criminally negligent homicide charge in the death of Neely, 30, in December 2024. The jury had deadlocked last week on a more serious manslaughter charge, which was dismissed.

“I’ll take one million court docket appearances and other people calling me names and other people hating me, simply to maintain a kind of folks from getting harm or killed,” Daniel Penny informed Fox News in a clip that aired a day after the decision.

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Meanwhile, scores of New Yorkers protested the trial end result, holding indicators and chanting Neely’s identify in a Manhattan sq..

“Yes, he was acting erratically. But personally, I don’t believe being mentally unwell and being homeless is a crime worthy of death,” mentioned one of many organizers, Sean Blackmon.

Penny, who served 4 years within the Marines, put Neely in a chokehold for about six minutes after Neely had an outburst that frightened riders on a subway automotive on May 1, 2023. Penny is white. Neely was Black.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.