Daniel Penny: Ex-Marine defends NYC subway chokehold

A 24-year-old ex-Marine who placed New York City subway rider Jordan Neely successful a deadly chokehold has defended his response, saying helium and different passengers were acting successful self-defence.

In a connection issued by his lawyers connected Friday, Daniel Penny expressed condolences to Neely's family.

His origin of decease has been ruled a homicide. No charges person been filed for his decease truthful far.

The lawsuit has brought consciousness of transgression and homelessness successful nationalist transport.

"We would first, similar to express, connected behalf Daniel Penny, our condolences to those adjacent to Mr Neely," his lawyers said successful a connection issued to US media.

The connection says that Neely - a 30-year-old stateless Michael Jackson impersonator, "had a documented past of convulsive and erratic behaviour" which they said was "the evident effect of ongoing and untreated, intelligence illness".

The lawyers adhd that Neely had been "aggressively threatening" their lawsuit and different passengers, and that Mr Penny and others "acted to support themselves, until assistance arrived".

"Daniel ne'er intended to harm Mr Neely and could not person foreseen his untimely death."

The Manhattan authoritative and constabulary are presently deciding whether to property charges. Homicide means a decease caused by different person, but is not needfully a murder.

The incidental happened connected Monday day connected the F-line bid successful the SoHo conception of Manhattan.

A video captured by a freelance writer connected the bid shows the erstwhile Marine holding the 30-year-old antheral - who was said to person been acting erratically - astir the cervix for 2 minutes and 55 seconds.

Two different passengers are besides seen restraining his arms. All 3 aboriginal fto spell of the man, who is past seen lying motionless connected the floor.

Police told CBS News, the BBC's US partner, that Mr Penny told different passengers to telephone 911 during the conflict with Neely.

The web reports that a expansive assemblage volition astir apt conscionable adjacent week to find whether determination is capable grounds to property charges. If charges are brought, Mr Penny volition astir apt reason that his absorption was justified to support himself.

In bid to beryllium recovered guilty, prosecutors indispensable beryllium that helium utilized deadly unit without believing that Neely was besides prepared to usage deadly force, experts told the New York Times.

Protests person been held calling for an apprehension to beryllium made successful the aftermath of the chokehold death.

The connection by Mr Penny's lawyers went connected to say: "We anticipation that retired of this atrocious calamity volition travel a caller committedness by our elected officials to code the intelligence wellness situation connected our streets and subways."