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Jon Voight is looking on Individuals to understand the distinction between proper and incorrect … taking a minute to reward Daniel Penny — who was discovered not responsible within the deadly choking of Jordan Neely — and slam Luigi Mangione, the suspected killer in Brian Thompson‘s homicide.
We caught up with the actor following the massive updates in Penny and Mangione’s respective New York circumstances … and Angelina Jolie‘s dad made his opinions crystal clear on the extremely mentioned true-crime tales.
As Voight put it … Penny needs to be hailed as a hero, and applauded the Marine veteran for having “the guts” to do what he did.
He continued … “Holy smokes, that’s a big deal. I don’t know if I would be as brave as him … The guy did an extraordinary thing. There are heroes among us.”
As TMZ beforehand reported, Penny was acquitted after standing trial within the loss of life of a 30-year-old homeless man named Jordan Neely, who had reportedly been threatening passengers on a NYC subway earlier than DP put him in a deadly chokehold.
Whereas Voight was all for build up Penny within the aftermath of his not-guilty verdict, he was not involved in giving Mangione an analogous time of day. He blasted the Ivy League grad, who has been known as a hero by some after being charged with homicide within the UnitedHealthcare CEO killing … as he known as the capturing “a sick thing.”
Voight even took a second to defend the variations within the two circumstances … noting it is “very important that people have some kind of sense of right and wrong.”
He added … “People have got to go back to be being good citizens themselves and have a high standard for their behavior. And then, they’ll be able to make a judgment on what’s going on in front of them.”
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It is clear Voight feels that is an apples-and-oranges sort of state of affairs … and he could have some extent, FWIW.
