Daniel Penny, the college student and Marine veteran accused of putting Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold on a New York City subway, released his first statement Friday since the incident, saying he acted in self-defense.
The three paragraphs released through Penny’s lawyers alleges that Neely “aggressively” threatened Penny and other passengers. It added that Penny “never intended to harm Mr. Neely and could not have foreseen his untimely death.”
No one, including Penny, has been charged in connection with Neely’s death, which was ruled a homicide by the city’s medical examiner on Wednesday evening. The Manhattan district attorney’s office said earlier this week that they were reviewing the medical examiner’s report and video footage and interviewing witnesses as part of an investigation into the incident.
. “Killing is wrong. Killing the poor is wrong. Killing the mentally ill is wrong. Why is that so hard to say?”earlier in the week thatWitnesses said Neely was acting in a “hostile and erratic manner,” according to police. Juan Alberto Vazquez, who took theIn the statement, Penny’s lawyers said they hoped this “awful tragedy” will bring a commitment from those in government to “address the mental health crisis on our streets and subways.
The New York Police Department, Adams’s office and the local district attorney did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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