A U.S. Marine veteran will likely face serious criminal charges in the New York City chokehold killing of mentally ill subway rider Jordan Neely, experts told Fox News Digital.
Protesters clashed with police in subway stations and on the streets of New York during demonstrations following the death of Jordan Neely, a homeless man who was placed in a chokehold and died on the subway. subway passenger Jordan Neely after placing him in a chokehold Monday will likely be arrested, experts told Fox News Digital.
Vazquez told the New York Post that Neely, who has schizophrenia, barged into the train at about 2:30 p.m.,"screaming in an aggressive manner" that he had no food or water. As Neely yelled at riders, they moved away, prompting the 24-year-old Marine vet to put him in a headlock as two other straphangers helped restrain the disturbed man.
"At what point do we view him as a good Samaritan versus someone who goes too far and takes the law into his own hands?" she said."I feel for both parties, I really do. Of course, the man who died paid the ultimate price."
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