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It’s no exaggeration to say that New York City resident Jordan Neely was born unlucky. Neely was living on the streets when she died. As reported by FOX News, he had a “long criminal history, and was said to have shouted death threats on the subway before being subdued and suffocated.”
When he was only 14 years old, Neely’s mother was murdered by her violent boyfriend. Her killer left her body in a suitcase on the side of Henry Hudson Parkway in New York City. Young Neely had to testify in court on behalf of her mother. Imagine how traumatizing that would be to a young person’s mind. He was then quickly placed in an orphanage as an orphan.
People are lucky to find love and human compassion in the foster care system, but Neely probably didn’t. Despite being talented enough to perform Michael Jackson impersonations on subway platforms across New York City, Neely struggled with homelessness, substance abuse, and mental health issues including depression and schizophrenia. there was. He has also been arrested 42 times for petty theft, subway turnstile jumping and three counts of assault on women.
Daniel Penny murder charges dropped due to weekend jury recess
New York City leadership from New York State Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Lieutenant Governor Antonia Delgado when a fateful encounter on a New York City subway train finally led to Marine veteran Daniel Penny being charged in his death. people appeared at the venue. Funeral. Activist and MSNBC host Al Sharpton issued a eulogy, predictably blaming systemic racism for Neely’s death. At that time I said, where were you all when he was alive?
And I recently learned that Andre Zachary, Jordan’s father, filed a lawsuit against Daniel Penny “seeking a judgment awarding damages in an amount exceeding the jurisdiction of all lower courts of competent jurisdiction.” I learned.
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Now I was furious. Where has Zachary been all these years? What did he do to his son who had to witness an abusive relationship? Where was he when his son was sent to the foster care system? Where was he while his son was in the system? Was it there? Did you even visit there once? Where was he when his son left? Where exactly was he when his son was alone, dealing with his demons, in and out of homelessness?
And now he appears when the son is cold and buried? To be clear, he didn’t show up for Jordan. He showed up for himself. Andre Zachary has never been a father in any meaningful sense and is not worthy of that precious title.
This pisses me off in a way that most people don’t understand. I serve and work on the South Side of Chicago, and I understand more than anyone how detrimental the absence of fathers is to our community. I work with them every day. I advise them about how God has blessed children and how it is a sacred responsibility to be there and raise them. I provide these young people with a path to opportunity. I’ve seen them leave the path of destruction and become forklift operators and construction workers. Some went back to college while working full-time jobs.
These people are good people. They were lost, but the possibility of salvation was within them, and they just needed a nudge in the right direction.
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They’re not like lost souls like Andre Zachary. I never completely turn my back on any man, but he has never shown an ounce of fatherliness. I know some people will try to excuse him based on race because he’s black. But it’s immoral. Most of the absentee fathers I deal with are black. If we use that as an excuse, what will happen to us as a society?
That’s why I stand here and hold Andre Zachary fully accountable for his actions. He was involved in his son’s death. That’s something he needs to realize if he wants to make things right with a power far higher than money: God. If he chooses to pursue this filthy gold, we must make an example of him.
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