A spokesperson for the Manhattan District attorney said that Daniel Penny, the commuter who put Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold, will be arrested on second-degree manslaughter charges.
NEW YORK — A spokesperson for the Manhattan District attorney said Thursday that Daniel Penny, the commuter who put Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold on the subway last week, will be arrested on second-degree manslaughter charges.
“We can confirm that Daniel Penny will be arrested on a charge of manslaughter in the second degree,” said a spokesperson for Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg. “We cannot provide any additional information until he has been arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court, which we expect to take place tomorrow.”On May 1, Neely was acting erratically aboard a subway train when Penny placed him in a chokehold and held him there with the assistance of other passengers.
Pressure had been mounting for Bragg to act, with leading political figures including Rev. Al Sharpton calling on the prosecutor to bring charges against Penny. “We all viewed a lynching for 15 minutes, we understand that was a crime,” said Council Member Kevin Riley, co-chair of the body’s Black, Latino and Asian Caucus, at a press conference outside City Hall. “When it happens to us, we don’t get the same justification or the same leeway as our counterparts … I just want the same level of respect that we give other people for Black people.
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