his lawyers say penny acted in self-defense after neely, who was homeless and suffered from mental illness, aggressively threatened him and others on board. daniel penny has got to go! reporter: penny wasn t initially arrested. protests spilled onto subway tracks and divided political leaders nationwide. so-called antiantism and the response to record levels of homelessness. on friday, hundreds gathered to remember the 30-year-old street performer. justice for we keep criminalizing people with mental illness. they don t need abuse. they need help. reporter: when asked what penny would say to neely s family, he said, i m deeply saddened by the loss of life. it s tragic what happened to him. hopefully we can change the system that so desperately failed us. penny faces up to 15 years invi
indicated it wasn t like anything i d experienced before his lawyers say penny acted in self-defense after neely, who was homeless and long suffered mental illness, aggressively threatened him and others on board. hey hey, ho ho, daniel penny s got to go reporter: penny wasn t initially arrested, quickly spawning protests that spilled on to subway tracks and dividing political leaders nationwide decrying so-called vigilanteism and response to record levels of homelessness on friday, hundreds gathered to remember the 30-year-old street performer. we keep criminalizing people with mental illness. they don t need abuse they need help reporter: when asked what penny would say to neely s family he said, i m deeply saddened by the loss of life. it s tragic what happened to him. hopefully we can change the system that so desperately failed us
board. penny wasn t initially arrested, quickly spawning protests that spilled on to subway tracks and dividing political leaders nationwide over crimes, so called vigilanteism and the response to record levels of homelessness. on friday, hundreds gathered to remember the 30-year-old street performer. we keep criminalizing people with mental illness. they don t need abuse. they need help. reporter: when asked what penny would say to neely s family he said, i m deeply saddened by the loss of life. it s tragic what happened to him. hopefully we can change the system that desperately failed us. penny faces 15 years in jail if convicted of manslaughter. a charge lawyers for neely s family says doesn t go far enough. the family attorney reacting to the interview, calling it an