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Wilfred Chan in New York

‘It’s a failure of the system’: before Jordan Neely was killed, he was discarded

Jordan Neely is pictured before going to see the Michael Jackson movie This is It, outside the Regal Cinemas in Times Square in 2009.
Jordan Neely is pictured before going to see the Michael Jackson movie This is It, outside the Regal Cinemas in Times Square in 2009. Photograph: New York Daily News/TNS

Ten years before he was killed on the New York subway, Jordan Neely had a stable routine.

Every morning, he would walk across the Washington Bridge connecting the Bronx to Upper Manhattan. In his red Michael Jackson jacket, he was easy to see coming. When he got to the corner store near 181st Street, he’d meet Jony Espinal, a local resident who befriended Neely after recognizing him from online videos.

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