U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Daniel Penny, pleaded not guilty to the chokehold death of Jordan Neely last month in a subway squabble in the court trial, Wednesday. Prosecutors then filed an additional five videos as evidence to the case. Specifically, according to disclosure forms the videos originated from three witnesses and surveillance footage from the day of Neely’s death.
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One of the said video evidence recently spread online, showing how Penny wrestled Neely, with assistance from another passenger in the subway squabble. Prosecutors will also include multiple 911 calls received by the police, recorded interviews from two witnesses, and penny’s own statements to police on May 1, days before he was charged with the said crime.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Penny, a 24-year-old individual, mentioned that he was on the way to the gym in the afternoon of May 1st when Neely, 30, boarded the train agitatedly around 2:30 p.m., screaming at passengers while begging forcibly. The subway squabble took place at the Second Avenue F train station in Manhattan. His statement was supported in the court filings. Police only questioned and released Penny on that day and only arrested him on May 12.
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“So I just came up behind him and put him in a chokehold,” Penny allegedly added. “He was threatening everybody.” “If [Neely] had carried out his threats, he would have killed somebody,” Penny told Fox News Digital in June.
To be more precised, Penny, willingly surrendered to the police after the announcement of the said charges with a $100,000 bail. He was charged with one count of manslaughter and one count of criminally negligent homicide and may end up sentenced to 19 years of imprisonment if proven to be guilty of both charges.
Critics of the decision to prosecute Penny have considered the move political and believe that the veteran only acted in self-defense or to protect other passengers. Specifically since, Neely had a history of violence, including his assault on a 67-year-old woman at another subway squabble.
Jordan Neely was a known Michael Jackson impersonator.
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