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?