A man has been indicted for putting an agitated New York City subway rider in a fatal chokehold.
FILE - Daniel Penny, center, is walked by New York Police Department detectives out of the 5th Precinct, May 12, 2023, in New York. Penny, the man charged with manslaughter for putting an agitated New York City subway rider in a fatal chokehold, has been indicted by a grand jury, an expected procedural step that will allow the criminal case to continue.
Penny has said he was protecting himself and other passengers, claiming Neely shouted “I’m gonna’ kill you” and that he was “ready to die” or go to jail for life. The attorneys, Steven Raiser and Thomas Keniff, said they were confident that a trial jury would find Penny's actions on the train justified.
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