NEW YORK — The family of Jordan Neely, a homeless man who died after allegedly being put into a chokehold by Daniel Penny during an altercation on a New York City subway on May 1, has responded to Penny's statement on the death.
NEW YORK — The family of Jordan Neely, a homeless man who died after allegedly being put into a chokehold by Daniel Penny during an altercation on a New York City subway on May 1, has responded to Penny’s statement on the death.Attorneys for Penny offered “condolences to those close to Mr. Neely" and claimed “Mr. Neely began aggressively threatening Daniel,” and that the Marine veteran and others “acted to protect themselves.
Police sources told ABC News that Penny was not specifically being threatened by Neely when he intervened and that Neely had not become violent and had not been threatening anyone in particular. "Mr. Neely had a documented history of violent and erratic behavior, the apparent result of ongoing and untreated mental illness," said the statement from the law firm of Raiser and Kenniff."When Mr. Neely began aggressively threatening Daniel Penny and the other passengers, Daniel, with the help of others, acted to protect themselves, until help arrived. Daniel never intended to harm Mr. Neely and could not have foreseen his untimely death.
The mayor, who has been outspoken about addressing crime in the city, called Neely's death"tragic," but refrained from commenting further as"there's a lot we don't know about what happened here."
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