Dozens of demonstrators jumped onto the subway tracks, forcing an oncoming Q train to slam on the brakes at the mouth of the tunnel, video shows.
by journalist Rebecca Brannan shows several protestors barricading the car’s open doorway so that commuters were forced to stay inside.
A frustrated straphanger begged officers to help remove the demonstrators so he could get off the train while the protestors verbally berated the man.Protesters blocking the subway tracks in NYC.Sam Hartson / Freedom News TV They shouted “find another train” and “you not getting off this train sir” at him, while offering him advice for other routes he could take.Several protestors became aggressive and began pushing against officers, which ignited a small mosh of people rushing toward the brawls.Jordan Neely, 30, a homeless man, was strangled aboard a northbound F train just before 2:30 p.m. on May 1, according to police.
He reportedly started acting erratically on the train and harassing other passengers before being restrained and ultimately choked by a straphanger, identified as a 24-year-old Marine from Queens. The Marine, who was seen on video applying the chokehold, was taken into custody and later released but the DA is
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