“What did he think would happen?” Mills asked. Neely’s father, Andre Zachery, wept as another family lawyer, Lennon Edwards, recounted the last moments before Penny tackled Neely to the ground and put him in a chokehold. Neely did not attack anyone.” Mills said at a news conference Friday. He didn’t care about Jordan, he cared about himself. Thomas Kenniff, a lawyer for Penny, said he didn’t mean to harm Neely and is dealing with the situation with the “integrity and honor that is characteristic of who he is and characteristic of his honorable service in the United States Marine Corps.”ĭonte Mills, a lawyer for Neely’s family, disputed Penny’s version of events, saying the veteran “acted with indifference. Police questioned Penny, who is white, in the aftermath but released him without charges.
Neely’s death has raised an uproar over many issues, including how the city treats people with mental illness, as well as crime, race and vigilantism. Penny pinned Neely to the floor of the subway car with the help of two other passengers and held him in a chokehold. Neely in the chokehold for several minutes,” even after he stopped moving, Steinglass said.Ī freelance journalist who recorded Neely struggling to free himself, then lapsing into unconsciousness, said he had been shouting at passengers and begging for money aboard the train but had not gotten physical with anyone. If convicted, he could face up to 15 years in prison.Īssistant District Attorney Joshua Steinglass said Neely had been making threats and “scaring passengers” when Penny approached him from behind and placed him in a chokehold. He spoke softly, offering one-word answers to Judge Kevin McGrath as his lawyer, Steve Raiser, placed an arm around his shoulder. At a brief arraignment, Penny faced straight ahead, his hands cuffed.
– NYC Mayor Adams calls fatal subway chokehold 'tragedy that never should have happened'.
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