Readers sound off on mental health care, Daniel Penny’s arrest and Trump’s town hall – New York Daily News

Basking Ridge, N.J.: To Voicer Jonathan Kleid: I totally agree with you. I think a majority of the country doesn’t think mental illness is a real thing or a real illness. It certainly is, and left untreated, it can and does lead to death.

I was very successful in life. I was vice president of employee benefits for a large corporation that had 50,000 employees. I suffer from mental illness and I’m not afraid to say it. I actually want to. People don’t understand that you can’t and don’t cause your own mental illness. I’m writing a book about how successful you can be, as I was, if you have mental illness so long as you get diagnosed and take your medications daily. Accept that you have the illness like you would any other and treat it.

I’m not sure why Daniel Penny isn’t sitting in jail. How can you get released when you killed a man via a chokehold? I’m not saying he is innocent or guilty, but you don’t release a guy who held someone in a chokehold for several minutes until they died, no matter the circumstances. They didn’t even charge the guy at first. Until the grand jury hears the case, he should be in jail. He took the law into his own hands and decided to choke Jordan Neely. That’s not defending yourself — the guy didn’t even attack him. After Neely’s first incident, he should have been treated for mental illness. He wasn’t a bad man. He needed help and the system failed him, and that can lead to death. Joe Tierney

Brooklyn: It’s a crime that poor Neely had to die for his family and politicians to come forward because it seems when he was alive and troubled, they were nowhere to be found. That would have been too much to handle for them, but since he is no longer a physical being, they only have to talk. That’s easy, it’s not a physical job. Shame on them. Where were they? Joe Many

Daniel Penny is escorted from the 5th Pct. Friday, May, 12, 2023 in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams/for New York Daily News)

Massapequa, L.I.: The young Marine, who was removing a person considered to be a threat, has now taught us all a lesson: “Don’t get involved!” I’m sure he had no intention of killing anyone. Is the answer to issues like these to change cars, get off the train or just don’t get involved? If you see something, do something! The city needs to get the homeless, panhandlers and mentally challenged individuals off the streets and trains, and get them the care they need. Phil Rail

Astoria: NYC political cowards are letting Al Sharpton and protesters dictate what is happening in the city yet again. A brave Marine is being criminally charged for causing the death of a homeless criminal in the subway. Penny clearly did not put pressure on the neck — watch his arm, there is muscle flexing. Neely died some time later at a hospital. This case should have gone directly to a grand jury, there is absolutely no need for an arrest, they are only doing it to appease the idiots. Tim Austin

Manhattan: Daniel Penny didn’t kill Jordan Neely, K2 (synthetic marijuana) did. Neely didn’t engage in threatening and bizarre behavior until he started taking K2, a drug known to increase aggressive behavior. If it wasn’t for that, there would have been no reason for Penny to protect the subway passengers being threatened by Jordan and he would be alive today. It’s possible that even after Penny subdued Neely, he would be alive if it weren’t for the effects that K2 has on respiration. Gamaliel Isaac

Bronx: To Voicer Frank Brady: I stand by my comments. I have read Leonard Greene’s comments and, like most columnists, I do not agree with him on everything. I didn’t agree with his recent column about the ex-Marine. He is still less slanted than the N.Y. Post. Thursday’s Post headline had something to do with President Biden and how being related to him gets money. Someone has to tell the Post that Hunter Biden does not work for the government, so if he sells his paintings, who cares? Unless Hunter is indicted, there should not be columns on him every day. The Post has Donald Murray, who is conservative and slanted but for the most part readable. Others are not. All columnists are slanted, it’s just to what extent. Martin Sandok

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Secaucus, N.J.: Anything on the Biden conflicts of interest around acquiring tens of millions of dollars from sources in other countries for doing nothing? You know, stealing for favors. Money flowed to the Biden family and some back to President Biden himself. That’s a crime. It’s also a sin that you don’t address that. Your daily failure to report these facts only shows your lopsided approach to reporting the facts, just like Bramhall’s cartoons always making fun of Republicans and Donald Trump. They are not even funny, they are rather stupid. The lack of integrity runs rampant. Jesus Linares

Clearwater, Fla.: Here’s Donald! Yessiree, former President Donald Trump received more laughs and applause than the late Johnny Carson. Trump had the audience wrapped around his little finger. And kudos to him for appearing on CNN’s town hall. The only way President Biden would appear on a Fox News town hall is in the Twilight Zone. Bad news bears to AOC and everyone else who criticized Trump and the event. We know exactly why their nose is out of joint: Trump won the audience over. It’s about time that folks realize Trump is not the big bad wolf that Democrats portray him to be. JoAnn Lee Frank

Mount Sinai, L.I.: It’s astounding that early polling shows neck-and-neck approval ratings for Biden and Trump. To me, it’s as simple as choosing between a mild skin rash (Biden) versus a malignant carcinoma (Trump). Those noble citizens in the audience at that CNN town hall debacle have assured me that the country I loved and used to be so proud of is sliding away at breakneck speed. Sad. Karl Bean

Scranton, Pa.: Much is made of Donald Trump’s base. These are his hardcore supporters who would allow their immaculate, indicted idol to shoot them, as he so eloquently put it, without losing their loyalty. Trump’s base was in attendance at the recent town hall televised by CNN. The base hooted and hollered in delight as he denigrated the woman who grabbed him for $5 million for sexually assaulting her in a department store dressing room. The following are some of the definitions of the word “base” as it applies to a person: Morally low; without estimable personal qualities; dishonorable; meanspirited. It’s the perfect description of a base that is basically as base as it gets. Vin Morabito

North Bergen, N.J.: By Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s transporting some of the refugees entering from Mexico to cities like New York and Chicago, he is committing a crime. It is a federal offense to knowingly transport illegal or otherwise undocumented individuals across state lines. That is exactly what Abbott did when he sent busloads of undocumented individuals to cities like New York and Chicago. Abbott’s arrogance should not be ignored and should not go unpunished. Irving A. Gelb

Forest Hills: Why doesn’t the city just charge cars with license plates that aren’t from the tri-state area? I see more cars from every state, even from Canada, all over the city. The MTA will always be mismanaged, with money never accounted for, and they’ll always have their hands out. When is everybody going to stop supporting them? Sara Ross

Staten Island: Why does the Daily News print complaints about the comics that bother people? There are more serious problems that should upset these individuals. To state that it is a waste of newspaper space to print the comic is your opinion. Now I will say it is a waste of space to print your complaint. You need to organize your time better. And the Daily News has to stop printing nonsense. Jeffrey Van Pelt

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