Daniel Penny, the former Marine who placed Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold on a New York City subway train, pleaded not guilty to two charges in a Manhattan courtroom on Wednesday. The grand jury had added a charge of criminally negligent homicide, which would bring a lesser prison sentence if the 24-year-old is convicted of it as opposed to the original charge of manslaughter.
Daniel Penny spoke publicly for the first time since his arrest for putting Jordan Neely in a lethal chokehold on a New York City subway train almost a month ago. In the interview with the post, Neely claimed it "wasn't about race" and suggested that he would do what he did again in a similar situation. The post Cringe: Man Charged With Murder of Jordan Neely Speaks appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
Daniel Penny, the 24-year-old white Marine who put Jordan Neely in a chokehold on a New York City subway train leading to his death, surrendered to police on Friday morning. The surrender comes a day after the Manhattan District Attorney's Office announced that they would charge him with second-degree manslaughter in Neely's death. The post Subway Vigilante Daniel Penny Surrenders To NY Authorities For Killing Jordan Neely appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
A medical examiner confirmed that the death of Jordan Neely, a Black homeless man who was put in a chokehold by a white straphanger on an F train in New York City, was a homicide. The Manhattan District Attorney's office has asked other witnesses to come forward with information. The post Jordan Neely’s Chokehold Death On Subway Ruled A Homicide appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.