Daniel Penny, the 24-year-old Marine veteran accused of choking Jordan Neely to death on a New York City subway, said he was trying to protect passengers.
"Some people say that I was holding on to Mr. Neely for 15 minutes," Penny said."This is not true – between stops is only a couple of minutes. So the whole interaction lasted less than 5 minutes."
"Some people say I was trying to choke him to death, which is also not true. I was trying to restrain him," Penny continued."You can see in the video there’s a clear rise and fall of his chest, indicating that he’s breathing. I’m trying to restrain him from being able to carry out the threats."for Neely's death. A medical examiner ruled that Neely died of"compression of the neck.
Neely’s death spurred widespread protests across the city with many demonstrators and even politicians calling Penny a"murderer" and a racist, given that Penny is White and Neely was Black.
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