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Jordan Neely’s father escorted out of courtroom, jaws with someone in gallery after Daniel Penny acquitted in chokehold death

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Jordan Neely’s father escorted out of courtroom, jaws with someone in gallery after Daniel Penny acquitted in chokehold death

Jordan Neely’s father was escorted out of courtroom after the watershed verdict finding Daniel Penny not-guilty was read.

After the verdict was read, Andre Zachary began jawing with someone in the gallery behind him, visibly frustrated and turning back on the pew while arguing loudly with the person.

He seemed to have told him something along the lines of: “you clapping when my son got f—ing killed.”

Daniel Penny was acquitted in the subway killing of Jordan Neely.

Daniel Penny was acquitted in the subway killing of Jordan Neely. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Neely's father Andre Zachary was escorted out of court after the not guilty verdict was read.

Neely’s father Andre Zachary was escorted out of court after the not guilty verdict was read. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Court officers interjected, telling him to be quiet before the judge pointed at Zachary, and yelled “Out, out — you’re out.”


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Outside the courthouse, Zachary reacted solemnly to Penny’s acquittal in the 2023 subway train death of his son, telling reporters outside a Manhattan courthouse that he missed his Jordan.

“My son didn’t have to go through this. I didn’t have to go through this either,” a dejected looking Andre Zachary said. “It hurts. It really, really hurts.

Zachary holding his hand in his head after the not guilty verdict outside of the courthouse.

Zachary holding his hand in his head after the not guilty verdict outside of the courthouse. REUTERS

Zachary speaking at a press conference with other members of Neely's family.

Zachary speaking at a press conference with other members of Neely’s family. Photo by Alex Kent/Getty Images

“What are we gonna do people? What’s gonna happen to us now? I had enough of this,” Zachary said. “The system is rigged. C’mon people. Let’s do something about this.”

The dead man’s father and other supporters were escorted from the courtroom after it erupted in applause when the jury acquitted Penny of criminally negligent homicide.

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