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Daniel Penny Is Acquitted in NYC Subway Chokehold Case Over Jordan Neely's Death
A more serious manslaughter charge was dismissed earlier in deliberations because the jury deadlocked on that count.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A Marine veteran who used a chokehold on an agitated subway rider was acquitted on Monday in a death that became a prism for differing views about public safety, valor and vigilantism.
A Manhattan jury cleared Daniel Penny of criminally negligent homicide in Jordan Neely ’s 2023 death. A more serious manslaughter charge was dismissed last week because the jury deadlocked on that count.