The fundraiser, which was posted on Christian fundraising site GiveSendGo by Penny's law firm Raiser & Kenniff P.C., exceeded $1.8 million as of Sunday evening. Last week, Penny was charged with second-degree manslaughter over the May 1 altercation on a New York City subway train.arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court"The outpouring of generosity and support for Daniel Penny, is beyond anything we could have imagined," Kenniff said to Fox News Digital.
"He said, ‘I don’t care. I’ll take a bullet, I’ll go to jail’ because he would kill people on the train," a 66-year-old woman told the New York Post. "He said, ‘I would kill a motherf—er. I don’t care. I’ll take a bullet. I’ll go to jail.’" "He said he had no food, he had no drink, that he was tired and doesn't care if he goes to jail," Vasquez described. "He started screaming all these things, took off his jacket, a black jacket that he had and threw it on the ground."
"We stand with Good Samaritans like Daniel Penny. Let’s show this Marine... America’s got his back," DeSantis wrote.Penny's lawyers maintained that their client intervened to protect train passengers.