For some in a city divided by Jordan Neely’s videotaped death, his death in a chokehold killing was a homicide and the former Marine seen with his arm wrapped around the man’s neck aboard a Manhattan F train was responsible. For others, the case was more nuanced than slapping handcuffs on Daniel Penny, who was questioned and then released after last Monday’s lethal confrontation with the homeless victim.
Even if he was the guy that took out Osama bin Laden in his Pakistani hideout, that wouldn’t give Daniel Penny the right to kill Jordan Neely on a New York City subway because he was being obnoxious.
Jordan Neely had more than a dozen run-ins with police due to his mental health issues part of a lengthy history of instability that was tragically never remedied.