BREAKING: Manhattan prosecutors said they will charge the man who used a deadly chokehold on Jordan Neely, a passenger aboard a New York City subway train, with second degree manslaughter.
A group of several hundred people protest the death of Jordan Neely, Friday, May 5, 2023, at Washington Square Park in New York. Neely, a locally-known Michael Jackson impersonator who friends say suffered from worsening mental health, died Monday, May 1, when a fellow rider pulled him to the floor and pinned him with a hold taught in Marine combat training. A group of several hundred people protest the death of Jordan Neely, Friday, May 5, 2023, at Washington Square Park in New York.
“We cannot provide any additional information until he has been arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court, which we expect to take place tomorrow,” the Manhattan district attorney’s office said in a statement. Attorneys for Penny did not immediately respond to a request for comment. They previously said their client, along with two other riders who helped restrain Neely, had acted in self-defense.
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