The Tyranny of Unsafety

On the weaponization of victimhood

Jordan Neely was acting erratic on the subway. He was homeless, he was hungry, he was experiencing a mental health crisis — and he was shouting, a lot. Daniel Penny was also on that train. At some point during Neely’s outburst, the 26 year-old former Marine approached Neely from behind and placed him in a chokehold until he died. In Penny’s statement to…