Navy veteran Daniel Penny celebrates his birthday The final vindication Charged with manslaughter inside the college's historic football pavilion.
Penney, who was recently found not guilty in the subway strangulation death of homeless man Jordan Neely, joined President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance in the lawsuit. wing at Northwest Stadium in Maryland for the 125th Army-Navy game on Saturday. The Trump Pavilion also hosted Elon Musk, Tulsi Gabbard, House Speaker Mike Johnson, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Trump's FBI Director Kash Patel.
Photos of Penny appearing alongside Trump and Vance in the suite during the game went viral.
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Many social media users responded with waves of praise for Benny, hailing the Marine Corps veteran as a hero.
Cryptocurrency influencer Tiffany Fung shared the photo and praised Penny as a hero in a post on X.
“Donald Trump (and) J.D. Vance know Danielle Penny is a hero,” Fong wrote. Fung shared another photo, where she described the three men as “heroes.”
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“Daniel Penny received a hero's welcome from President Trump and J.D. Vance at the Army Navy Game he so richly deserves!” Sorter wrote. “I really hope Trump awards Penny the Presidential Medal of Freedom.”
Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., shared the photo and accompanied it with a comment that said: “Common sense prevails again!”
Ramaswamy and his son Arjun took their own photo with Binny and are proud to contribute to Binni's legal fund.
“Our family contributed to this man's legal defense fund last year because he was wronged. We have no regrets. We hope Daniel Penny has a bright future and a good life ahead,” Ramaswamy wrote.
Author Ashley St. Clair shared the photo with a caption suggesting that Benny was being put on trial for being a white man. Penny's strangulation of Nellie, who was black, ignited a national conversation about race.
“The days of vitriol and persecution against white men simply for being white men are over,” St. Clair wrote.
During Binney's trial, prosecutors routinely referred to the Marine veteran as “the white guy.”
Penney has been charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the subway strangulation death of Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man with schizophrenia who stormed the train screaming death threats on May 1, 2023.
Witnesses testified that Neely's threats frightened them more than a typical subway explosion, and they were thankful for Penny's intervention.
Nellie had a long run Criminal recordan active arrest warrant, a history of psychosis and was high on K2, a synthetic form of marijuana described by pathologists as a stimulant.
Daniel Penny arrives at Manhattan Supreme Court in New York City on December 3, 2024. (Rashid Omar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
When jurors announced they had found Benny not guilty of criminally negligent homicide on December 9, cheers erupted in his side of the New York City courtroom. Meanwhile, the ruling sparked angry reactions from Neely, including his father, Andre Zachary, who was escorted from the courtroom along with several Black Lives Matter leaders.
Penny thanked jurors for their verdict in an interview with Fox News Wednesday.
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“I would like to hug them. I would like to thank them. Yes, absolutely. It takes a lot of courage, especially in this climate in New York City, to support me,” he said. Five” co-host judge Jeanine Pirro appeared in Wednesday's preview during an exclusive interview airing on Fox Nation.
The Marine veteran said if he encountered the same situation on the subway with someone being threatening and acting erratically, he would take action again.
“I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I didn't do anything in this situation and someone got hurt,” he said. “I will feel guilty for the rest of my life.”
Daniel Binney arrives at the Manhattan Supreme Court, in New York, New York, November 18, 2024. (Adam Gray for Fox News Digital)
Vance was one of the first politicians to express his support for Penney in the wake of the ruling and said he extended the initial invitation to Penney to attend the ceremony on Saturday.
“Daniel is a good guy, and the New York mob prosecutor tried to ruin his life because he had a backbone,” Vance wrote on X Friday. “I am grateful that he has accepted my invitation and I hope he can have a good time and appreciate how much his compatriots admire his courage.”
Penny still faces a lawsuit from Zachary, who accuses the 26-year-old of causing his son's death through “negligence, negligence and recklessness.” Zachery is seeking unspecified damages for assault and battery, according to a copy of the complaint.
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