Grand jury indicts Daniel Penny in chokehold death of Jordan Neely

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A grand jury has indicted former U.S. Marine Daniel Penny in connection with the chokehold death of Jordan Neely aboard a subway train.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/grand-jury-indicts-daniel-penny-chokehold-death-jordan/story?

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Pathologist disputes finding that Marine veteran’s chokehold caused subway rider’s death

NEW YORK (AP) — For roughly six minutes, Jordan Neely was pinned to a subway floor in a chokehold that ended with him lying still. But that’s not what killed him, a forensic pathologist testified Thursday in defense of the military-trained commuter charged with killing Neely.

https://apnews.com/article/daniel-penny-subway-chokehold-death-trial-436b3a5c79e9dbd34b351c4f3a2ac302?

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Jury will consider lesser charge in NYC subway chokehold case, judge dismisses manslaughter charge

NEW YORK (AP) — The judge overseeing the trial of a man accused of using a deadly chokehold on an unruly New York subway passenger dismissed the top charge in the case on Friday at prosecutors’ request, allowing jurors to consider a lesser count after they deadlocked on whether Daniel Penny was guilty of manslaughter.

https://apnews.com/article/daniel-penny-nyc-subway-chokehold-death-trial-e7db3b52395aa61a80adbac5cf8ea9b4?

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New York Judge Maxwell Wiley dismissed Daniel Penny's manslaughter charge on Friday, which legal analyst and attorney Jonathan Turley says is "precisely" what Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg was hoping for.

Penny, a 26-year-old former U.S. Marine, faced manslaughter and criminal negligent homicide charges in the death of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man who performed as a street artist. In May 2023, Neely, who was Black, was placed in a chokehold by the veteran from Long Island, who is white, after yelling at other passengers about being hungry in a crowded subway car in New York City.

 

Witnesses said Neely proclaimed that he didn't care if he lived or died and that he wanted to return to jail. Penny and some others said they heard him say he was also ready to kill. Penny, who was already on the train when Neely boarded, approached him from behind and put him in a chokehold. Several minutes of the altercation were caught on bystander video and was a key piece of evidence in the trial.

The jury can now only consider the criminally negligent homicide charge, per the judge's instructions. The negligent homicide charge carries a maximum of four years in prison.

Prosecutors say that Penny's chokehold is what ultimately killed Neely. However, Penny's defense team's pathologist said that Neely died from a combination of using synthetic marijuana, schizophrenia, the altercation with Penny and a genetic condition.

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MSN

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/alvin-bragg...

Alvin Bragg trying to 'strong-arm' Daniel Penny jury into ... - MSN

M anhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is trying to "strong-arm" the jury in the Daniel Penny case into deciding on a verdict by dismissing manslaughter charges when they appeared deadlocked ...

 

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Veteran Daniel Penny is acquitted in NYC subway chokehold case over Jordan Neely’s death

NEW YORK (AP) — A Marine veteran who used a chokehold on an agitated subway rider was acquitted on Monday in a death that became a prism for differing views about public safety, valor and vigilantism.

https://apnews.com/article/daniel-penny-subway-chokehold-jordan-neely-305a4eb324f6466a67bdb6734a7b999a?