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Charging Daniel Penny, the Subway Samaritan [1]

['The Editorial Board']

Date: 2023-05 

Review and Outlook: A crowdfunded defense fund now exceeds $2 million for a 24-year-old Marine veteran who intervened to subdue a mentally ill man behaving erratically on the New York City subway. Images: Reuters/Zuma Press/Getty Images Composite: Mark Kelly

Every subway rider in New York City knows the experience. You get on a train, and a passenger nearby is shouting to himself or at others. He may ask for money or harass a passenger. You move away as far as you can, perhaps wondering if you should intervene to calm him down or stop the harassment. Should you take the risk? Most of us walk away and get on another subway car.

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[1] Url: https://www.wsj.com/articles/jordan-neely-daniel-penny-charged-alvin-bragg-manhattan-new-york-crime-mental-illness-subway-a012a0e5

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