Daniel Penny, a former Marine, has pled not guilty to choking a man to death on a New York subway. The next court date is set for October. NBC News' Emilie Ikeda has the details.
Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of Daniel Penny, a retired Marine charged in the deadly subway chokehold of Jordan Neely. Penny has pleaded not guilty to second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the death of Neely, a former Michael Jackson impersonator who was shouting and begging for money on a Manhattan train last May.
” In one of the videos, Penny was seen telling an officer “I just put him out.” Witness video from the day of the incident shows Penny, a Long Island native and Marine veteran, restraining Neely. Prosecutors have said the chokehold, which Penny held for several minutes, killed Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man and former Michael Jackson impersonator. Body camera footage showed Neely laying on the ground.
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