The lack of action among New York City’s prosecutors on crime has left its residents with the need for people like Daniel Penny to protect them from harm, his attorney Thomas Kenniff told Newsmax Friday. 

“I’m not even going to get into politics here but to have this culture, this mentality among their prosecutors that crime is not something to be deterred, crime is not something to be addressed or punished in any real way, they have left the average person defenseless,” Kenniff said on Newsmax’s “Wake UP America.”  

“They’ve emasculated the decent police officers from doing the jobs that they’re supposed to do,” he added. “So now more than ever, unfortunately, you know, we need people like Danny Penny out there.”

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