Veteran arraigned in NYC subway chokehold death

(12 May 2023)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York - 12 May 2023
1. U.S. Marine veteran Daniel Penny leaves court after arraignment
HEADLINE: Veteran arraigned in NYC subway chokehold death
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STORYLINE:
A U.S. Marine veteran who used a fatal chokehold on an agitated fellow passenger on the New York City subway turned himself in to authorities Friday on a manslaughter charge that could send him to prison.

Daniel Penny, 24, appeared in court to answer to criminal charges in the May 1 death of Jordan Neely.

Penny didn’t speak to reporters as he arrived at a Manhattan police station with his lawyers Friday morning. His attorneys have said he was acting in self-defense when he pinned Neely to the floor of the subway car with the help of two other passengers and held him in a chokehold for several minutes.

Penny left the police station in handcuffs and was walked to a waiting vehicle.

He made no comment to reporters.

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