As we witness the closing stages of the trial for Daniel Penny, the former Marine who is being charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in New York City, we’re being reminded of a brutal truth that goes far beyond the corruption of our justice system and strikes to the core of our society’s descent into chaos.

On May 1, 2023, Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless schizophrenic with a substantial criminal record, a history of drug abuse, and an active arrest warrant who would hear the devil’s voice and hallucinate conversations with Tupac Shakur, allegedly boarded the New York City Subway while high on drugs and screamed death threats at passengers, announcing that he didn’t care if he died while threatening to “kill a motherf***er.”