June 29th 2023.
Daniel Penny, the former Marine who placed Jordan Neely in a chokehold that resulted in the 30-year-old's death on a New York City subway train, has pled not guilty to charges of second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide.
ABC News reported that the 24-year-old was released on a $100,000 bail. His next scheduled court appearance is October 25, 2023.
Court documents show that Neely, who was homeless, got on the F train at the 2nd Avenue station. Allegedly, he threatened several people without singling out anyone in particular. Videos capturing the incident showed Penny placing Neely in a chokehold for several minutes, even after he had gone limp.
When questioned by police officers about the incident, Penny stated, "He came on, and he threw s--, he's like 'I don't give a s--, I'm going to go to prison for life' and stuff, so I just came up behind him and put him in a chokehold. He was threatening everybody."
The police let Penny go from the scene and did not make an arrest until two weeks later. This caused outrage as Penny, a white man, was not detained for killing Neely, a homeless Black man.
Penny's attorney, Thomas Keniff, is confident that his client will walk away a free man. "We are a long way off from trial, but all the evidence we've seen is that our client acted under the law."
At the court hearing, Neely's family members were seated in the courtroom, and Penny's family members were seated behind them. Dante Mills, Neely's family attorney, said, "Daniel Penny did not have the courage to look Mr. Jordan's father in the eye."
If convicted of the second-degree manslaughter charge, Penny faces five to 15 years in prison.
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