Being loud and angry about hunger and homelessness doesn’t appear to be legal grounds for homicide, let alone manslaughter. To be sure, it is unclear how the vigilante killing doesn’t violate the law in some way, fashion or form.Īccording to all accounts, Neely was not demonstrating any violent behavior. Journalist Soledad O’Brien noted on Twitter how much words matter when she drew attention to how media outlets chose to report that Neely “died” instead of reporting that he had been “killed.” Because someone is acting a fool doesn’t give you the right to kill em,” the tweet seemingly accurately pointed out. “The cops let him go and the media is reporting this as a heroic incident.”Īnother Twitter user put it much more bluntly. “An unhoused man on a subway was loudly upset about not having any food to eat, so an ex marine put him in a chokehold and killed him-because public displays of suffering is offensive to the american public,” the tweet said. But never did I feel the need to jump on them,” the tweet said.Īnother person tweeted in amazement at how the person who killed Neely was being portrayed as a hero. Some of them made passengers nervous, including me once or twice. I’ve seen homeless and mentally-ill people in the stations and on the train. “I’ve been in New York since late December and on the subway a lot. Killing people for displaying such behavior, on the other hand, is not. One person on Twitter suggested that Neely’s behavior has long been par for the course on New York City subways. The NYPD has not identified the vigilante aside from the age of 24.Ĭritics expressed outrage on social media over the lack of an arrest and criminal charges for a situation that likely would have swiftly resulted in both had the killer been black and the victim been white. The video footage of the incident is graphic and should be viewed with discretion. The man who had been helping the straphanger hold Neely down replies that, “He’s not squeezing no more.” The two then let Neely go after a few seconds, leaving him lying on his side on the ground. “He was out of strength.”Ī person can be heard in the video expressing worry about Neely’s well-being off-camera. “Then suddenly he just stopped moving,” recalled. “He moved his arms but he couldn’t express anything,” said of Neely. Video taken later shows the man flailing his arms and legs in an effort to free himself as the straphanger has him in a headlock and another bystander helps to hold him down on the floor of the subway train. “That’s when said the straphanger came up behind Neely and took him to the ground in a chokehold - keeping him there for some 15 minutes,” the Post reported. None of the reports claim Neely tried to physically harm anyone. The New York Daily News reported that Jordan Neely “yelled and threw garbage at commuters” before the vigilante sprang to action.Ī witness told the New York Post that Neely, 30, was “screaming in an aggressive manner” about his life challenges before taking off his jacket and throwing it on the ground. Jordan Neely’s Family Calls Out NYC Mayor Eric Adams: ‘You Can’t Assist Someone With A Chokehold’.Daniel Penny, Jordan Neely’s Subway Chokehold Killer, To Turn Himself In For Manslaughter Charges: Report.Jordan Neely’s Killer Had Help: Will The People Who Aided And Abetted Daniel Penny Be Charged Too?.
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