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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Trial in subway killing of Jordan Neely to begin in New York

a man in a suit and tie walks into court
Daniel Penny arrives at court in New York on 23 October 2024. Photograph: David Dee Delgado/Reuters

New York City central criminal courthouse braced this week for the start of a trial that will shed light on and perhaps assign accountability for the death of a 30-year-old unhoused Black man.

Was Daniel Penny, the 24-year-old former US Marine accused of causing the death of Jordan Neely, an unhoused former Michael Jackson impersonator, acting recklessly when he placed Neely in a chokehold allegedly for more than six minutes on the subway last May?

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