On May 1, 2023, in New York City, Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless American man, was killed after being put in a chokehold by Daniel Penny, a 24-year-old United States Marine Corps veteran while riding the New York City subway. Neely, who was reportedly agitated and threatening passengers, was subdued by Penny, leading to his death.

Dec 16, 2024 · Daniel Penny enjoyed a well-earned beer more than a year too late. After protecting dozens of New York City subway passengers from the violent fantasies of Jordan Neely, Penny was punished at the hands of activist Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

May 18, 2023 · A witness who saw Marine vet Daniel Penny choke Jordan Neely on a New York City subway train called him a "hero" and said the passengers were scared for their lives.

May 18, 2023 · A straphanger who witnessed the fatal subway confrontation between Daniel Penny and Jordan Neely earlier this month called Penny a “hero” for restraining the homeless man before his death.

Dec 13, 2024 · After being acquitted of homicide in the subway chokehold trial, Daniel Penny is sadly being hailed by some, including elected officials, as a hero. Penny, a Marine veteran who choked a...

Dec 9, 2024 · It is razor thin, as the trial of Daniel Penny has shown. Penny is a white, former Marine who put Jordan Neely, a Black man, in a six-minute choke hold in the New York subway in May 2023. Neely...

Daniel Penny (born 1998 or 1999) is a former United States Marine who gained national attention following an incident on May 1, 2023, in which he restrained Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man, on a New York City subway.

Dec 9, 2024 · Marine veteran Daniel Penny was acquitted by a Manhattan jury Monday in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely — a lightning-rod case that cast a light on the mayhem plaguing Big Apple subways.

May 7, 2023 · The U.S. Marine Corps veteran who choked an unhoused man to death on the New York City subway this past week has been identified as Daniel Penny of West Islip, New York. Penny killed...

Dec 9, 2024 · A Marine veteran who put an agitated subway rider in a chokehold on a New York subway has been acquitted in the man’s death. A Manhattan jury cleared Daniel Penny on Monday of a criminally negligent homicide charge.