On May 1, 2023, in New York City, Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless American man, was killed after being put in a chokehold by Daniel Penny, a 24-year-old United States Marine Corps veteran while riding the New York City subway. Neely, who was reportedly agitated and threatening passengers, was subdued by Penny, leading to his death.

Daniel Penny (born 1998 or 1999) is a former United States Marine who gained national attention following an incident on May 1, 2023, in which he restrained and killed Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man, on a New York City subway.

Dec 10, 2024 · Speaking publicly for the first time since his acquittal, Daniel Penny said he restrained Jordan Neely on a subway car last May for more than five minutes because Neely was “extraordinarily...

Dec 9, 2024 · Daniel Penny was acquitted Monday of criminally negligent homicide in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man with a history of mental illness whose final moments on a...

Nov 4, 2024 · Never-before-seen cellphone video showed the moment Daniel Penny put Jordan Neely in a deadly chokehold on a subway train in May 2023. It came out during day 2 of the manslaughter trial against...

Dec 9, 2024 · A Manhattan jury found Daniel Penny not guilty of criminally negligent homicide Monday in the death of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway last year.

Dec 11, 2024 · NEW YORK (AP) — After being acquitted of homicide, the military veteran who choked a volatile, mentally ill man on a New York subway told an interviewer he put himself in a “very vulnerable position” but felt compelled to act.

Dec 9, 2024 · A Marine veteran who put an agitated subway rider in a chokehold on a New York subway has been acquitted in the man’s death. A Manhattan jury cleared Daniel Penny on Monday of a criminally negligent homicide charge.

Jun 14, 2023 · A Manhattan grand jury has indicted Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran who held the homeless Black man and street artist Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold on the New York City subway, a Manhattan...

Oct 21, 2024 · Daniel Penny, who is White, is charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide, court records indicate, after a 2023 incident that was captured on video.