After Daniel Penny not-guilty verdict, calls mount for DA Alvin Bragg to ‘resign in shame’

Calls for Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg to be booted intensified Monday after the controversial prosecutor’s decision to take Daniel Penny to trial in Jordan Neely’s chokehold death.

The condemnation began just minutes after Penny was acquitted of negligent homicide charges.

“Case after case Alvin Bragg demonstrates contempt for reality and common sense – pursuing heroes like Daniel Penny while allowing criminals to roam our streets,” one Queens council member said. “For the sake of New Yorkers, the governor must remove him,” “This cannot continue.”

Joining the calls was state Assemblyman Michael Tannousis (R-Staten Island), who charged that Bragg “wasted taxpayer dollars” on the case.

“Penny was wrongfully accused and slandered to better serve the DA’s skewed agenda. New Yorkers stood up against the unlawfulness and dishonesty,” the lawmaker said. “If only Alvin Bragg actually did his job and protected New Yorkers the city would be a lot safer than it is today.”

Councilman Joe Borelli (D-Staten Island) said the case “underscores nothing other than the perverse sense of justice held by Alvin Bragg.”

“The district attorney should resign in shame.”

The Manhattan DA has long been the target of critics of his soft-on-crime reputation, including filing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and bodega worker Jose Alba, whose fatal stabbing of a violent intruder was ultimately dismissed as self-defense.

“Alvin Bragg has failed in his responsibilities to enforce the law and keep New Yorkers safe. Sadly, he has engaged in political prosecutions on numerous cases, including President Trump, Daniel Penny and Jose Alba,” US Rep. Michael Lawler said in a statement Monday. “He should be removed from office immediately.”

In a release after the verdict Bragg’s office said prosecutors “followed the facts and the evidence in the case,” accept the jury’s verdict.