{"id":1926266,"date":"2023-05-07T18:12:49","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T22:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marine-involved-in-fatal-nyc-subway-headlock-acted-in-self-defense-his-lawyers-say\/"},"modified":"2023-05-07T18:15:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T22:15:34","slug":"marine-involved-in-fatal-nyc-subway-headlock-acted-in-self-defense-his-lawyers-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marine-involved-in-fatal-nyc-subway-headlock-acted-in-self-defense-his-lawyers-say\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Subway Headlock: Marine Claims Self-Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmarine-involved-in-fatal-nyc-subway-headlock-acted-in-self-defense-his-lawyers-say%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1926266&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>U.S. Marine Veteran Identified as Man Involved in Fatal Subway Incident<\/h2>\n<h3>Lawyers Claim Self-Defense<\/h3>\n<p>The man who put Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold on a New York City subway has been identified as Daniel Penny, a U.S. Marine veteran. Penny&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marine-involved-in-fatal-nyc-subway-headlock-acted-in-self-defense-his-lawyers-say\/\" title=\"NYC Subway Headlock: Marine Claims Self-Defense\">criminal defense attorneys issued<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/life-is-precious-kenny-chesney-speaks-out-after-fan-tragically-dies-at-concert\/\" title=\"\u2018Life Is Precious\u2019: Kenny Chesney Speaks Out After Fan Tragically Dies At Concert\">statement expressing condolences<\/a> to Neely&#8217;s relatives and claiming that Penny and other passengers were acting in self-defense. According to the lawyers, Neely had been &#8220;aggressively threatening&#8221; their client and other passengers on an F train in Lower Manhattan Monday afternoon. They noted that Penny and others &#8220;acted to protect themselves, until help arrived.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Penny never intended to harm Mr. Neely and could not have foreseen his untimely death.<\/li>\n<li>Neely had a documented history of violent and erratic behavior, the apparent result of ongoing and untreated mental illness.<\/li>\n<li>The Manhattan District Attorney&#8217;s Office is currently investigating the incident.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Lengthy Rap Sheet<\/h3>\n<p>Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man, had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/multiple-child-sex-offenders-criminal-aliens-arrested-after-crossing-sw-border\/\" title=\"Multiple Child Sex Offenders, Criminal Aliens Arrested After Crossing SW Border\">lengthy criminal record including<\/a> more than 40 prior arrests ranging from disorderly conduct to assault and an active warrant out for his arrest from a felony assault. Most recently, he was charged with assaulting a 67-year-old woman leaving a subway station. After pleading guilty, he missed a court date, leading to the warrant for his arrest that was still active at the time of his death.<\/p>\n<h3>Hope for Change<\/h3>\n<p>Penny&#8217;s lawyers blamed elected officials for turning a blind eye to mental illness in the state and expressed hope that &#8220;out of this awful tragedy will come a new commitment by our elected officials to address the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-year-old-girl-pepper-sprayed-during-interaction-with-rochester-police\/\" title=\"9-Year-Old Girl Pepper Sprayed During Interaction With Rochester Police\">mental health crisis<\/a> on our streets and subways.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Possible Legal Action<\/h3>\n<p>If a case does go forward, an argument of self-defense would likely brush up against a &#8220;tricky&#8221; legal requirement, according to legal experts. The Manhattan District Attorney may choose to bring the case before a grand jury, and a charge of second-degree manslaughter or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prison-guard-allegedly-watched-man-hang-himself-wouldnt-allow-other-guards-to-cut-him-down-for-15-minutes\/\" title=\"Prison Guard Allegedly Watched Man Hang Himself, Wouldn\u2019t Allow Other Guards To Cut Him Down For 15 Minutes\">criminally negligent homicide<\/a> is most likely. However, some experts believe that given the apparent fear among riders in response to Neely&#8217;s behavior, charges may not be filed at all.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the legal outcome, this tragic incident highlights the need for better mental health resources and support for those experiencing homelessness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Marine veteran who put Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold aboard a subway in New York City earlier this week has been identified through his lawyers as Daniel Penny. In a statement issued by Penny\u2019s criminal defense attorneys on Friday, the lawyers said their 24-year-old client expresses condolences to Neely\u2019s relatives, arguing Penny<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1926267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[4856,26111,7801,7332,11684,6743],"class_list":["post-1926266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-claims","tag-headlock","tag-marine","tag-nyc","tag-self-defense","tag-subway"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1926266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1926266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1926266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1926267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1926266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1926266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1926266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}