The man who choked Jordan Neely to de@th on a New York City subway has been charged with second-degree manslaughter, the Manhattan district attorney’s office announced on Friday.
Daniel Penny, 24, could face up to 15 years in jail if found gu!lty on the charges. Penny turned himself in to the police in New York on Friday morning.
He appeared in Manhattan cr!minal court to answer the charge against him but did not enter a plea and was freed on a $100,000 bond.
Thomas Kenniff Penny’s attorney told ABC News that his client “has been fully cooperative” with investigators following Neely’s de@th. “We fully expect Danny will be exonerated of all charges,” Penny’s legal team said in a statement.
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Penny mu*dered Neely on May 1st after putting him in a lethal chokehold. Neely, who was homeless, had been yelling at passengers that he was hungry and thirsty and didn’t mind going to jail.
Penny can be seen in a viral social media video holding Neely in a chokehold while other passengers join in restraining him. You can watch the video we provided to you below:
Neely was taken unconscious to a hospital and later pronounced de@d. The city medical examiner later ruled his de@th a homic!de, stating that he d!ed as a result of his neck being squeezed during the chokehold.
Penny, a white former US Marine, was held and questioned by police shortly following the event but was later released without charges.
The video aroused considerable outrage over racial unfairness and the city’s treatment of those in need of social services. Neely, who was Black, had long suffered from a number of mental problems and was well-known to city homeless activists, purportedly being on a city list of the “top 50” homeless people in need of assistance.
Neely, a superb Michael Jackson mimic, had suffered from PTSD and extreme depression following his mother’s de@th by his stepfather in 2007 when he was 14 years old.
According to the family, he also had autism and developed schizophrenia. While living on the streets, he experienced a series of mental health crises and was @rrested several times.
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On May 5, four days after the k!lling, Penny’s lawyers issued a statement on his behalf, claiming that Neely had a history of aggressive behavior and urging the city to address mental health issues.
New: Daniel Penny, the man who choked and killed Jordan Neely, has released a statement through his attorneys pic.twitter.com/QvHS5N69sG
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) May 6, 2023
On May 8, Neely’s family issued their own press release, calling Penny’s remarks “a character assassination and a clear example of why he believed he was entitled to take Jordan’s life.”
Jordan Neely's family has released a statement: “Daniel Penny’s press release is not an apology nor an expression of regret.” pic.twitter.com/dQJTxKFfWW
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) May 8, 2023
Penny acted with indifference during a news conference on Friday, according to Neely’s family attorney Donte Mills.
Mills continued, “And we can’t let that stand. For everybody saying, ‘I’ve been on the train and I’ve been afraid before and I can’t tell you what I would’ve done in that situation,’ I’m gonna tell you – ask how you can help. Please, don’t attack. Don’t choke, don’t k!ll, don’t take someone’s life.”
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