Hawk Newsome, who has been described as a co-founder of Black Lives Matter of Greater New York, explicitly called for vigilante violence following news of the acquittal of Marine veteran and subway hero Daniel Penny. Well Hawk, you better get it out of your system now.

Penny was found not guilty of negligent homicide in the death of Jordan Neely following a malicious prosecution by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

Penny had subdued Neely on a New York City subway train in May, restraining a man with a long rap sheet who had been threatening passengers until police and first responders could arrive.

Neely, who had been breathing when Penny released the hold, later died. Penny was found not guilty of negligent homicide in Monday's verdict after jurors told the court Friday morning they couldn't reach an agreement on the top charge of second-degree manslaughter. That charge was dismissed.

“People want to jump up and choke us and kill us for being loud," Newsome continued while an unidentified woman shouted and affirmed his viewpoint. "How about we do the same when they attempt to oppress us?”

Newsome also reportedly issued a thinly veiled threat to Penny in the courtroom, shouting, "It's a small f**king world, buddy."


Newsome spent much of the leadup to the jury verdict making asinine comments about Penny being associated with the KKK and suggesting jurors were "white supremacists."