I'll ask so we can have the answer in here. How is it political?
1. Penny was one of three men that restrained Neely. The other two men weren't white... one black & hispanic, and they weren't charged.
The DA obviously wants to play the race card on this case, implying it was racially motivated, completely ignoring the other two men involved.
2. The NYC mayor - "One of our own is dead. A black man, black like me."
In another clip, which I've seen but can't find he mentions his own son's name is Jordan, like Jordan Neely. Personalizing this.
3. The Soros-funded DA, Alvin Bragg, who's also prosecuting Trump, didn't bother to take this case to a Grand Jury, he's taking it straight to trial.
A Grand Jury is a necessary step to guage if the general population of the area would be open to put the defendant on trail, and therefore be open to convict. A Grand Jury is an effective time-saver to avoid pointless and expensive prosecutions. But this DA wants the most public trials possible to increase his political profile and chances he could run - and win - the NY Governorship.
For those that want to argue this isn't political, you better have a very convincing argument that counters those points.
BTW, I completely left out the fact the victim is black, the perp is white, and if... blah blah blah... the media wouldn't... blah blah blah... so this is getting 1,000 times the media coverage... blah blah blah.