The family of Jordan Neely, a homeless man who died in a chokehold on a New York City subway train, says the Marine vet who held him in the fatal restraint 'needs to be in prison.'
A group of several hundred people protest the death of Jordan Neely, on Friday, May 5, 2023, at Washington Square Park in New York."Daniel Penny's press release is not an apology nor an expression of regret. It is a character assassination, and a clear example of why he believed he was entitled to take Jordan's life," the Neely family said in Monday's statement.
Sources previously told CBS New York that Neely was homeless and had a history of mental illness as well as an arrest record for charges that included assault and disorderly conduct. "In the last paragraph, Daniel Penny suggests that the general public has shown 'indifference' for people like Jordan, but that term is more appropriately used to describe himself. It is clear he is the one who acted with indifference, both at the time he killed Jordan and now in his first public message," they said in the statement."He never attempted to help him at all. In short, his actions on the train, and now his words, show why he needs to be in prison.
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