Penny chose not to testify at the trial, but the anonymous jury heard what he told police in the minutes and hours after his encounter with Neely.
Daniel Penny rips 'self-serving' prosecutors, 'policies that clearly have not worked'
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“I knew I had to act, and I acted in a way that would protect the other passengers, protect myself and protect Mr. Neely,” he said in a video released by his lawyers last year.
EDITORIAL: Daniel Penny goes free
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