Former Marine Daniel Penney, who was indicted in the strangled death of Jordan Neely, has reportedly been charged.
Exact charges in indictment currently unknown, ABC News report said on Wednesday, citing an unnamed law enforcement official. In mid-May, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office charged Penny with second-degree manslaughter after Neely held Penny in a stranglehold for allegedly erratic behavior on a New York City subway train. .
Before being strangled, Neely allegedly yelled “aggressively” and told passengers that he could go to jail, then took off his jacket and threw it to the ground. Neely was reportedly able to move his arm before becoming unresponsive when Penny intervened.
Several witnesses jumped to Penny’s defense in the May 1 incident. An unidentified woman in her 60s reportedly described herself as a “woman of color” and called Penny a “hero.”
“I was sitting on the train reading a book and suddenly I heard someone spouting rhetoric like this. He said, ‘I don’t care if I have to kill F, I will kill.’ said. I will go to jail and get shot,” the woman told Fox News.
BREAKING: A grand jury has indicted U.S. Marine Daniel Penny in connection with the strangulation death of Jordan Neely on the New York City subway, law enforcement officials told ABC News. https://t.co/RFgIyq4wF2
— ABC News (@ABC) June 14, 2023
A Manhattan medical examiner ruled Neely’s death a homicide on May 3. (Related article, ‘Our City Is Declining’: Protesters clash with NYPD, block subway over strangulation death)
New York law Permits the use of “reasonable” physical violence when individuals believe there is a “justifiable” need to protect themselves from others. Legal experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation that Penny could avoid a long-standing legal conviction.
ABC News reported that Penny’s attorney “expressed his condolences to those close to Neely” and claimed that Neely “began aggressively threatening Danielle.”
“Mr. Neely has a documented history of violent and deviant behavior, apparently the result of untreated and continuing mental illness,” said law firm Reiser & Co. Kenniff’s statement reads: according to ABC news. “When Mr. Neely began to aggressively threaten Daniel Penney and the other passengers, Mr. Daniel acted with the help of others to defend himself until help arrived. Daniel Neely I never intended to harm him, nor could I have foreseen his untimely death.”
Neely’s family called the attorney’s statement “assassination of a person” and Penny claimed she “didn’t know anything about Jordan’s history” when she “deliberately” detained him, ABC reported. Neely has been arrested many times and has had mental health problems. new york post.
“Even at the time of murdering Jordan, and now in his first public message, it’s clear he acted indifferent. He never tried to help him. In short, train. His actions inside and his words now show why he should be in prison.” Said Neely’s family attorneys, Donte Mills and Lennon Edwards.
