Wasn't self defense because he wasn't being actively being aggressed upon. The homelessguy was shouting about being hungry...
Hym "Daniel Penny walked up behind the guy (Jordan Nealy), and strangled him for 15 minutes. Jordan Nealy hadn't even interacted with this guy (Daniel Penny) up to this point. But I guess if being obnoxious should be a death sentence, I can het on board with that. I should have killed that cripple for doing THE EXACT SAME THING as Jordan Nealy on several occasions. And APPARENTLY I'd have some defenders. Should have just strangled him... Hmm... But they wouldn't have called it 'self-defense.' They would have called 'Curing his affliction.' You like that? I like the sound of it. Sounds good."
Daniel Penny stopped a drugged out maniac from injuring and killing innocent law abiding civilians in a subway but was persecuted for it because New York has become a third world shithole run by deep state globalists
The phenomenon observed where bystanders will ignore, film or otherwise not get involved in an emergency or life threatening situation involving innocent people out of fear of legal prosecution or physical harm.
First referenced by news outlets in the aftermath of a woman on a NYC subway getting burned alive by an illegal migrant.
"Invoking fears of legal backlash, the Daniel Penny Effect loomed large as bystanders watched helplessly during a horrifying Brooklyn subway attack where a woman was seton fire."