Police were inundated with 911 calls as Marine veteran Daniel Penny wrapped his arm around Jordan Neely, who gradually lost consciousness and died in a New York City subway car.
Attorney Lexie Rigden joined ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ to provide professional analysis of the death of Jordan Neely, who died in a chokehold on an NYC subway.
Neely's tragic May 1 death, which was caught on cellphone video, has sparked a wave of protests in the Big Apple and highlighted a safety crisis on the largest subway system in the U.S.of a physical fight on the F train at the Broadway-Lafayette Street subway station in Manhattan. A minute later, another call came in reporting"threats," according to police.An assault in progress was called in at 2:29 p.m. followed a minute later by another report of threats.
Neely, 30, a Michael Jackson impersonator who suffered from mental illness, was acting aggressively and screaming at other passengers – but hadn't attacked anyone, according to a freelance journalist who recorded the deadly confrontation.Penny, 24, pulled Neely to the ground from behind and held him in a chokehold as two other men helped restrain the agitated man. Neely initially flailed his arms, but within minutes, can be seen going limp in the disturbing footage.
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