Daniel Penny, a 24-year-old former Marine, is facing a charge of second-degree manslaughter in the death of Jordan Neely 10 days ago on a train in Manhattan.
over accountability following the medical examiner's determination that the case was a homicide. It wasn't clear if Bragg's office intended to pursue charges against two other people seen restraining Neely in that video or if those people had yet been identified.
"We need people to be held accountable for their actions, however we don’t want this just to be about the need to incarcerate this man," said Jawanza James Williams, the organizing director for Vocal NY."It’s ten days too late," said protester Tanesha Grant."Yes it’s some step towards progress, but we’ve been waiting too long."
"One of our own is dead," Adams said, empathizing with the emotional intensity coursing through the city over the case."A Black man, Black like me -- a man named Jordan, the name I gave my son, a New Yorker who struggled with tragedy, trauma and mental illness, a man whose last words were to cry for help, a man named Jordan Neely."
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