The family of Jordan Neely, the man who died in a chokehold on the NYC subway, says a statement issued by the man who choked him amounts to an 'admission of guilt,' and that 'his actions on the train, and now his words, show why he needs to be in prison.
A group of several hundred people protest the death of Jordan Neely, on Friday, May 5, 2023, at Washington Square Park in New York. / Credit: Brooke Lansdale / AP
Bystander video footage of the restraint, which happened inside an F train car on May 1, shows Penny lying on the floor beneath Neely with both arms wrapped around his neck. Penny, who is 24, claimed he acted to restrain the man who was behaving erratically, according to witnesses and Penny's attorney, who characterized the chokehold as "a tragic incident on the NYC subway, which ended in the death of Jordan Neely.
"In the last paragraph, Daniel Penny suggests that the general public has shown 'indifference' for people like Jordan, but that term is more appropriately used to describe himself. It is clear he is the one who acted with indifference, both at the time he killed Jordan and now in his first public message," they said in the statement. "He never attempted to help him at all. In short, his actions on the train, and now his words, show why he needs to be in prison.
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