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Reuters
Reuters
World
By Luc Cohen

Former US Marine charged with manslaughter in NYC subway choking death

Former U.S. Marine Daniel Penny arrives at a New York City Police precinct to surrender for the death of Jordan Neely, a man whose death has been ruled a homicide by the city's medical examiner after being placed in a chokehold on a subway train, in New York City, U.S., May 12, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

A former U.S. Marine sergeant who killed a homeless man by putting him in a chokehold on the New York City subway was charged with manslaughter on Friday in a Manhattan criminal court, hours after he surrendered to police.

A viral video showed Daniel Penny putting 30-year-old Jordan Neely in a chokehold on May 1 while they rode on an F train in Manhattan. Neely died from a compression of the neck, the medical examiner said, but Penny's lawyers said their client did not mean to kill him.

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