Daniel Penny, a 24-year-old Marine veteran, walked out of an NYPD precinct in Manhattan on his way to be arraigned after he surrendered to authorities Friday morning in the chokehold death of 30-year-old Jordan Neely.
, a 24-year-old Marine veteran, was charged with second degree manslaughter, the Manhattan district attorney's office said Thursday.
if convicted of manslaughter in the second degree, Penny could face as many as 15 years in prison. During Friday's court appearance, he didn't enter a plea and was released on $100,000 bond. He can't leave New York state without approval, and his next court date was scheduled for July. "He should have been arrested on the spot," Edwards said Friday. Donte Mills, another attorney representing Neely's family, said Penny"absolutely" should have been charged"because he acted with indifference."ruled his death a homicideWitnesses told police Neely had been begging for food and acting erratically on the F-line train before Penny intervened. According to witnesses, Neely was screaming about being hungry and tired but didn't attack anyone.
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