AOC: “Jordan Neely was murdered. But because Jordan was houseless and crying for food in a time when the city is raising rents [...] the murderer gets protected with passive headlines and no charges. It’s disgusting.”
typically reserved for police killings, writing on Twitter: “A 30-year-old man died on the subway on Monday after he was placed in a chokehold.” The outlet claimed that Neely was acting in a “hostile and erratic manner” and that the veteran was simply moving to “restrain him.”’s post on Twitter. “Jordan Neely was murdered.
Such passive and dehumanizing framing is common among large media outlets and political elites, she added. “It is appalling how so many take advantage of headlines re: crime for an obsolete ‘tough on crime’ political, media, and budgetary gain, but when a public murder happens that reinforces existing power structures, those same forces rush to exonerate and look the other way. We shouldn’t,” she wrote.
Later, the lawmaker condemned a statement from New York City Mayor and right-wing Democrat Eric Adams, who appeared to blame Neely for his own death.. “However, we do know that there were serious mental health issues in play here, which is why our administration has made record investments in providing care to those who need it and getting people of the streets and the subways, and out of dangerous situations.
Adams later doubled down, claiming that Ocasio-Cortez’s statement was “[ir]responsible at a time when we’re still investigating the situation,” even though videos clearly show the ex-Marine choking Neely to death.
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