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Trial Opens of Former U.S. Marine Who Choked Jordan Neely to Death on NYC Subway

HeadlineOct 23, 2024

Here in New York, the trial for a white former U.S. marine who choked Black street performer Jordan Neely to death on a subway train in May 2023 began this week in a Manhattan court. Daniel Penny is facing charges of second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide for holding Neely in a chokehold until he died. Neely, a 30-year-old beloved street performer, was unhoused and hungry, and crying out for help when the ex-marine attacked him. Neely was well known to New Yorkers and tourists as a talented Michael Jackson impersonator. 

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