passengers when he stepped in, neely was a subway passenger who had a history on mental illness, an onlooker recorded as neely was held in a choke hold he said lasted 15 minutes. neely died. authorities have not commented on the altercation, and only three minutes of the altercation was captured on that video. neely s death was ruleds a homicide of that choke hold. in a statement to nbc news penny s lawyers defended his actions on that subway train. quote, we re confident once all the facts and circumstances surrounding this tragic incident are brought to bear, mr. penny will be fully absolved of any wrongdoing. the incident has led to days of protests throughout the city as advocates have called for penny s arrest. this story feels like it s going to resonate for quite some time. elsewhere a federal judge has struck down a law that bans federally licensed dealers from
he was hungry and ready to die. according to penny s attorney neely aggressive threatened his client and other people on the train adding he confidence once all the circumstances are brought to bear, mr. penny will be fully absolved of any wrongdoing but lawyers for neely s family say they are guilty and aren t happy with the charge. we disagree with the charge. we think it should be murder because he knew what would happen. reporter: what is the difference between a manslaughter and murder charge? murder is a specific intent crime. it means you intended to kill someone. this manslaughter law is about recklessness. it s about the conscious disregard of a known risk. reporter: penny s case will likely come down to a question of self-defense. it is split, some saying he is a vigilante, others saying he is a hero. stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. in 60 seconds, why a pilot jumped out of hihis own planane and let t it crarash in the e mountatains. ththe legal fafallout tonight
more than 20 people have been killed in a russian missile strike in vin nyt sia, southwest of the capital, kyiv. dozens more are injured and several missing after the attack on the city hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sienna rodgers, senior writer at the house magazine, and kate maltby, who s a columnist for the i newspaper. tomorrow s front pages, starting with, penny s in heaven the metro front page reports blue on the conservative leadership contest, and candidate penny mordaunt s success today pushing further ahead, after round 2 of voting. but the i newspaper s front strikes a different tone, saying tory rivals are turning
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in other words, feeling ostracized because they apparently didn t go to j.c. penney and get the cool clothes. that s created some sort of a firestorm. peter: i guess. come on, get real. listen, maybe there should be uniforms for everybody. maybe that s offensive when they say make or break. maybe they re trying to break these children. brian: maybe they should be forced to wear football uniforms and eye black. here is the thing, it is absolutely intimidating. this is a very risky thing jc penny is trying to do. when i thought cool in the past, i never thought penny s. i never said mom, bring me to penny s, i want to fit in. but that s what they want to see happen. what they re doing is talking about penny s and back to school. however, like it or not, in school, kids hang out with other kids because they re perceived as cool. halfway there could be how you re dressed. gretchen: this is why i m in favor of uniforms and i never thought i would say that. but going back to school