Clarence Page: Justice dies when politicians turn vigilantism into a campaign stunt
by Clarence Page, Tribune Content Agency
May 17, 2023
3 minutes
On his way to see whether his expected presidential bid can play in Peoria, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis upstaged himself with a newsmaking tweet.
“We stand with Good Samaritans like Daniel Penny,” he tweeted Friday about the former Marine accused in the May 1 killing of Jordan Neely, a homeless man who had been shouting in the faces of other passengers on a New York City subway.
“Let’s show this Marine ... “ DeSantis tweeted, “America’s
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