Staten Island lawyer Louis Gelormino, who represented two clients in a similar chokehold case last year, says Manhattan DA Bragg’s prosecutors are trying to paint Daniel Penny as a racist even though their indictment doesn’t accuse him of racism. Staten Island lawyer Louis Gelormino, who represented two clients in a similar chokehold case last year, says Manhattan DA Bragg’s prosecutors are trying to paint Daniel Penny as a racist even though their indictment doesn’t accuse him of racism.