Anger mounts that white subway rider who put Black man in chokehold was released without charge

As New York City authorities continue to investigate the killing of an unhoused Black man who was put into a chokehold by a white transit passenger, anger and frustration mounted over the lack of an arrest in the case, reinforcing longstanding racial disparities over who gets charged for crimes in the city and nationally.

“His killing is a reflection of deep racial bias in our society,” Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, told the Guardian on Friday. “And the way he was treated after death is a reflection of other biases with regard to people who suffer mental illness.

Source confirms marine’s identity as Daniel Penny, 24, of West Islip, Long Island, but Penny has not yet been charged with a crime

The US Marine veteran who was recorded placing Jordan Neely in a chokehold on the New York City subway before the Michael Jackson impersonator died on Monday could face a manslaughter or criminally negligent homicide charge, an expert told the Guardian on Friday.

A source with knowledge of the case first confirmed the marine veteran’s identity as 24-year-old Daniel Penny of West Islip, Long Island. Attorneys for Penny later provided his name to news outlets after it was widely circulated late on Thursday by social media users, citing information from people who recognized him in cellphone video footage of Neely’s final moments.