A Marine veteran and martial arts instructor who served alongside New York City subway chokehold suspect Daniel Penny takes the witness stand.
A Marine veteran who served alongside New York City subway chokehold suspect Daniel Penny took the stand Thursday during his trial on manslaughter charges in the death of Jordan Neely. Joseph Cavaller, a former Marine sergeant, said he had given Penny martial arts instruction and explained a 'blood choke' designed to knock out an aggressor in just a few seconds with pressure to the carotid artery – which he said is never held more than 5 seconds in training.
If you release the hold too soon, there could be struggling, fighting,' he said. After the video played again, Cavaller said that at the start, Penny did not appear to be applying as much pressure as he was at the 1 minute, 43 second mark, when Neely started struggling, and then he relaxed his grip again. Under redirect examination from the prosecution, Cavaller backed off of an earlier exchange in which he suggested Penny could have been holding a botched blood choke.
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