A viral video showed an ex-Marine named Daniel Penny strangling 30-year-old Jordan Neely on May 1 as they boarded the F train in Manhattan. The medical examiner said Neely died of neck compression, but Penny’s lawyers said he did not want to kill him, Reuters reported.
Witnesses said Neely, who was posing as Michael Jackson on the New York City subway, was loudly complaining of being hungry and ready to die when Penny came up behind him and grabbed him by the neck. The ex-Marine held him down in a subway car until he stopped moving. Neely was later pronounced dead.
“We can confirm that Daniel Penny will be arrested for second-degree manslaughter. We cannot provide any further information until he appears in Manhattan Criminal Court,” the Manhattan District Attorney said. Alvin Bragg, the one who issued an indictment against former President Donald. Asset.
The video, filmed by an eyewitness to Neely’s death, captured national attention and reignited debate among New Yorkers about crime on the subway and what to do about the growing number of sans -shelter in the city. A spike in attacks on train passengers last year, particularly Asian Americans, prompted Mayor Eric Adams to increase police patrols and expand awareness of the mentally ill on the subway, citing the rise in homelessness as a result of the pandemic.
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