Daniel Penny, the former Marine who placed Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold on a New York City subway train, pleaded not guilty to two charges in a Manhattan courtroom on Wednesday. The grand jury had added a charge of criminally negligent homicide, which would bring a lesser prison sentence if the 24-year-old is convicted of it as opposed to the original charge of manslaughter.
A Manhattan grand jury has indicted Daniel Penny for the death of Jordan Neely last month on a subway train. Alvin Bragg, the district attorney, declined to comment through representatives, while lawyers representing Neely applauded the grand jury's decision.
Daniel Penny spoke publicly for the first time since his arrest for putting Jordan Neely in a lethal chokehold on a New York City subway train almost a month ago. In the interview with the post, Neely claimed it "wasn't about race" and suggested that he would do what he did again in a similar situation.
Daniel Penny, the 24-year-old white Marine who put Jordan Neely in a chokehold on a New York City subway train leading to his death, surrendered to police on Friday morning. The surrender comes a day after the Manhattan District Attorney's Office announced that they would charge him with second-degree manslaughter in Neely's death.
No word on whether or not Daniel Penny will be charged with the crime, but expect these protests to go up a few notches if a grand jury decides not to bring charges against the marine.
A medical examiner confirmed that the death of Jordan Neely, a Black homeless man who was put in a chokehold by a white straphanger on an F train in New York City, was a homicide. The Manhattan District Attorney's office has asked other witnesses to come forward with information.
