{"id":1959089,"date":"2023-06-28T11:02:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T15:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/daniel-penny-pleads-not-guilty-in-subway-chokehold-death\/"},"modified":"2023-06-28T11:03:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T15:03:32","slug":"daniel-penny-pleads-not-guilty-in-subway-chokehold-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/daniel-penny-pleads-not-guilty-in-subway-chokehold-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Penny denies responsibility for the Subway chokehold death."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fdaniel-penny-pleads-not-guilty-in-subway-chokehold-death%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=1959089&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--><div>\n<h2>Former Marine Pleads Not Guilty in Fatal Subway Chokehold Case<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Daniel Penny, a former U.S. Marine sergeant, appeared in court on Wednesday to plead not guilty to charges of manslaughter and <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>. Penny is accused of fatally strangling Jordan Neely, a homeless man, in a chokehold on a New York subway car last month.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Videos recorded by bystanders captured Penny putting Neely in a chokehold from behind for several minutes on May 1 while they were riding on an F train in Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p>Penny initially appeared in court on May 12, facing a charge of second-degree manslaughter. Judge Kevin McGrath released Penny on a $100,000 bond and ordered him to surrender his passport. On June 14, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-grand-jury-affirms-stand-your-ground-law-declines-to-indict-man-who-shot-daughters-ex-boyfriend-as-he-broke-into-their-home\/\" title=\"Ohio Grand Jury Affirms \u201cStand Your Ground Law,\u201d Declines to Indict Man Who Shot Daughter's Ex-Boyfriend as He Broke Into Their Home\">grand jury voted<\/a> to indict Penny.<\/p>\n<p>Passengers on the subway car reported that in the minutes before his death, Neely, a 30-year-old former Michael Jackson impersonator who struggled with mental illness, was shouting about his hunger and expressing a willingness to return to jail or die.<\/p>\n<p>Penny claims he acted in self-defense and to protect other passengers, stating that he did not intend to kill Neely. However, his actions have been praised by prominent Republican politicians while protesters have criticized him as a vigilante and labeled Neely&#8217;s death as a lynching.<\/p>\n<p>Penny was questioned by police on the day of the incident but was not arrested until 11 days later when he made his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/missouri-man-charged-with-threatening-to-murder-2-us-congressmen\/\" title=\"Missouri Man Charged With Threatening to Murder 2 US Congressmen\">initial court appearance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Neely had a history of homelessness and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/daniel-penny-pleads-not-guilty-in-subway-chokehold-death\/\" title=\"Daniel Penny denies responsibility for the Subway chokehold death.\">mental health deteriorated significantly<\/a> after his mother was murdered when he was a teenager. He had been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspect-who-stabbed-killed-pentagon-officer-identified\/\" title=\"Suspect who stabbed, killed Pentagon officer identified\">arrested multiple times<\/a>, including a recent incident in 2021 where he punched a 67-year-old woman, causing facial fractures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published under:<\/strong> <span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/crime\/\" title=\"View all posts in Crime\">Crime<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former U.S. Marine sergeant, Daniel Penny, pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide charges for allegedly strangling homeless man Jordan Neely in a New York subway car. 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