Jordan Neely, who died last week on a New York City subway after a Marine veteran allegedly put him in a chokehold, had a troubling history of violent attacks on straphangers.
In June 2019, Neely attacked Filemon Castillo Baltazar, 68, on the platform of the W. 4th St. Station in Greenwich Village, according to the court papers.He said he'd seen Neely before looking for food in the trash bins. One month prior, he hit a man so hard in the face that he broke his nose on the platform of the Broadway-Lafayette station – the same subway stop where he died four years later.
For both 2019 cases, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and was sentenced to six months in jail. Outreach workers were so familiar with Neely that he was on the city's"Top 50" list – an internal roster kept by the Department of Homeless Services of people living on the street who were most in need of help, theNeely's tragic death unfolded May 1 at bout 2:30 p.m. after he boarded an F train screaming and threatening passengers, according to a freelance journalist who recorded the confrontation.
Penny grabbed him from behind, dragged him to the ground and allegedly wrapped his arm around his neck until he lost consciousness and died. Penny hasn't been criminally charged. Penny's attorneys, Steven Raiser and Thomas Kenniff, argued that Penny had acted in self-defense to protect himself and other riders and could not have anticipated Neely's unfortunate death.
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