Manhattan prosecutors say they will bring criminal charges against a man who used a deadly chokehold on an unruly passenger aboard a New York City subway train.
and debates about the response to mental illness in the nation’s largest transit system.
The charges come nearly two weeks after Penny pinned fellow subway rider Jordan Neely, 30, to the floor of a subway car and put him in a chokehold that lasted for several minutes. “Daniel never intended to harm Mr. Neely and could not have foreseen his untimely death,” they said in a statement.
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