Closing arguments in the NYC subway chokehold trial start today. Here’s how we got here
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Closing arguments will take place Monday in Daniel Penny’s subway chokehold death trial in New York City. Afterward, a jury of 12 Manhattanites will deliberate his fate.
Closing arguments will take place Monday in Daniel Penny’s subway chokehold death trial in New York City. Afterward, a jury of 12 Manhattanites will deliberate his fate. Penny, 26, is facing charges of second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the death of 30-year-old Jordan Neely, a homeless New Yorker. Penny is facing up to 15 years in prison if convicted of second-degree manslaughter or up to four years if convicted of criminally negligent homicide. Neely boarded a subway car in Manhattan in May 2023, acting erratically and loudly yelling when Penny put him in a chokehold. The former Marine maintained the hold for about six minutes, even after Neely stopped moving, prosecutors have said. Jurors have to answer whether Penny’s actions were justified that day. But the trial itself has raised broader questions of mental illness, race relations and the concept of vigilante justice. Even without cameras or recording allowed in the courtroom, the case has been filled with video and audio evidence, including 911 calls, bystander video shot on smartphones, and police body camera footage capturing the chokehold and the moments following. Prosecutors have argued Penny, who is White, showed indifference and acted with disregard by holding Neely, who is Black, in the chokehold for an excessive amount of time.
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