Former Marine surrenders, to be charged in lethal chokehold in New York subway | World News

A former U.S. Marine who killed a homeless man by inserting him in a chokehold on the New York Metropolis subway was taken into custody at a police precinct on Friday and was anticipated to be arraigned on a manslaughter price.

A viral video confirmed the earlier Marine, acknowledged as Daniel Penny, inserting 30-year-old Jordan Neely in a chokehold on May 1 whereas they rode on the F apply in Manhattan. Neely died from a compression of the neck, the medical knowledgeable acknowledged, nevertheless Penny’s authorized professionals acknowledged he didn’t indicate to kill him.

Primarily based on witnesses, Neely, who was recognized to impersonate Michael Jackson throughout the subway system, was complaining loudly about being hungry and saying he was in a position to die when Penny received right here up behind him and gripped him throughout the neck. Penny restrained him on the bottom of the subway automotive until he appeared to stop shifting. Neely was later declared lifeless.

Penny, 24, surrendered to police on the fifth Precinct in southeastern Manhattan on Friday, in step with a Reuters witness. He’s to be arraigned in Manhattan Authorized Courtroom on one rely of second-degree manslaughter, the Manhattan District Lawyer Alvin Bragg acknowledged on Thursday.

A bystander’s video of Neely’s demise garnered nationwide consideration and revived a debate amongst New Yorkers about crime throughout the subway and what to do with a rising number of homeless people throughout the metropolis.

The killing, and a delay by prosecutors in charging Penny, sparked protests, with some saying the incident amounted to a “lynching” and an occasion of “white vigilantism” in the direction of people of shade. Neely was Black and Penny is white.

In an announcement from his licensed group, Penny expressed “condolences to those close to Mr. Neely.” The assertion alleged that Neely had aggressively threatened passengers utilizing throughout the subway automotive.

“Daniel under no circumstances meant to harm Mr. Neely and couldn’t have foreseen his untimely demise,” the assertion acknowledged.

Penny’s attorneys, Steven Raiser and Thomas Kenniff, didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment.

An authorized skilled for Neely’s family acknowledged in an announcement on Monday that Penny’s actions on the apply and his phrases current that “he should be in jail.”

A spate of assaults on apply passengers closing yr, notably Asian People, prompted Adams to increase police patrols and broaden outreach to the mentally sick throughout the subway system, citing rising homelessness throughout the wake of the pandemic.

The video that circulated on social media after Neely’s demise confirmed an individual acknowledged as Penny making use of a chokehold to an individual acknowledged as Neely for better than three minutes. Two totally different males are seen throughout the video restraining Neely’s arms sooner than he went limp.

Reuters couldn’t affirm the authenticity of the video.