of the story emilie ikeda has the latest reporter: outrage over the chokehold death of jordan neely intensifying this weekend. say his name! reporter: calling for criminal charges in the case and better city support for mental health, protesters clashed with the nypd and spilled on to subway tracks a train seen stopped just down the line. until we see justice and accountability we will be out here. we will be online. he was murdered because he was poor. he was murdered by the system. reporter: the mta called the track takeover which led to more than a dozen arrests saturday dangerous and reckless playing out nearly a week since this minutes long deadly struggle on the subway the rider holding neely in the chokehold that authorities say killed him was questioned by police but not charged. lawyers identifying him as 24-year-old college student and marine veteran daniel penny. they say he, with the help of others, acted to protect themselves, adding he never intended to harm m
several 911 callers that day reported neely had been making threats according to a source the 30-year-old michael jackson impersonator was homeless and struggled with mental illness since his mother s brutal murder in 2007 according to his family s attorney. police say he had 42 prior arrests. even to say who he was as a person and what his history is, it had nothing to do with this incident what we re asking is why did daniel penny get the benefit of the doubt? we know for a fact that he killed jordan neely. if there is a defense to it, charge him and let him bring that defense. emilie joins me from the subway line where the deadly confrontation happened emilie, we could still see charges emerge in this case, right reporter: kate, that is right. the manhattan district attorney does plan to present the case to a grand jury according to two sources familiar with the matter that will determine whether charges are
hispanic male who is not cooperating and has given several names. he is charged with reckless driving, but more charges are likely. police are looking into reports from survivors who said the driver yelled anti-immigrant slurs at them while they detained him at the scene. meanwhile, president biden is defending his decision to send additional troops to the u.s./mexico border. 1,500 troops were to help with the influx as title 42 expires this week. the policy allowed the white house to expel people from the country rapidly. in an interview with msnbc s stephanie ruhle, the president said, the additional troops will help speed the asylum process. he also called on congress to pass an immigration bill. 1,500 people at the border, they re not there to enforce the law. they re there to free up the border agents that need to be on
they had been there for a day or two and had contacted their families and had already bought their tickets to travel, and they were enthusiastic about being in the united states and they re ready to go meet their family. reporter: law enforcement officials telling nbc news, the suspect, a hispanic male, was drunk when he rammed into the crowd with his vehicle. police say he ve been arrested and charged with reckless drivinging and they re investigating whether this was an intentional act. there had been announced a new processing center to help with the surge in migrants in the area. this is ahead of the biden administration s lifting of title 42, the co-vd policy that lifted the policies regarding
spanish? do we know anything about the driver? reporter: speaking with the migrants, they describe them as a hispanic male and police have confirmed that. they also say that he s uncooperative at this point, so it took a while to identify him. we still don t know, at least authorities have not identified him publicly. as for what we re hearing here on the scene, you know, they just don t know at this point. he appeared to be a hispanic male, again, unidentified. we stress we do not know a motive at this point. some of the witnesses described him as potentially being intoxicated. again, authorities have not confirmed that is what they re looking into, jose. gabe gutierrez, i thank you so very much from brownsville, appreciate that. let s turn now to the other mass casualty tragedy in texas. officials are searching for answers this morning after a shooting in allentown just outside dallas that left eight people dead there including a 5-year-old boy.