Daniel Penny found not guilty in subway chokehold death case BY Associated Press and Patrick Adcroft New York City UPDATED 2:43 PM ET Dec. 09, 2024 ...

NEW YORK — A Marine veteran who used a chokehold on an agitated subway rider was acquitted on Monday in a death that became a prism for differing views about public safety, valor and vigilantism.

Jordan Neely’s father, Andre Zachary, has sued Marine veteran Daniel Penny as a Manhattan jury continues to deliberate Penny's case Zachary filed the suit against Penny in New York Supreme Court.