Golf legend Phil Mickelson weighed in on the Daniel Penny case on Friday and thanked the former Marine for his role in an altercation that left Jordan Neely dead on a New York City subway.

Penny is awaiting his fate as jurors decide what sentence if anything is appropriate for the May 2023 incident that saw Penny place Neely in a chokehold.

Jurors deadlocked Friday, and the judge in the case threw out a manslaughter charge that could have seen Penny spend as many as 15 years in prison, CNN reported.

Penny has said he did not attempt to kill Neely, and that he was merely trying to protect passengers from the latter’s erratic behavior.

Friday afternoon, conservative social media personality Collin Rugg shared a clip of Penny describing the deadly altercation from his perspective.

“He puts his own safety at risk to help others. He didn’t cower or pull out his phone to film when Jordan Neely started threatening to k*ll people,” Rugg wrote. “Instead, he took it upon himself to protect subway passengers. He was praised by the passengers on the train but was ridiculed by the city of New York.”

Daniel Penny is a model citizen who should be praised by the city of New York.

He is a breed of young men who are becoming less and less common.

He puts his own safety at risk to help others.

He didn't cower or pull out his phone to film when Jordan Neely started threatening… pic.twitter.com/sSl74Mji0W

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) December 6, 2024

Rugg continued:

He is the citizen that every mayor of every city should want more of. He is the person you hope is around if your loved ones’ lives are being threatened. Anyone who is quiet about this injustice lacks moral clarity and should take a long look in the mirror. Daniel Penny is a hero.

Mickelson shared Rugg’s post on X and commented, “Agree. Thank you Daniel for serving your country and for protecting the many passengers whose lives were threatened by this violent and deranged individual.”

Agree. Thank you Daniel for serving your country and for protecting the many passengers whose lives were threatened by this violent and deranged individual. https://t.co/tUI5pe7pFV

— Phil Mickelson (@PhilMickelson) December 6, 2024

Deliberations in the Penny case are set to resume on Monday; the 26-year-old still faces a charge of criminally negligent homicide.

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