Daniel Penny (born 1998 or 1999) is a former United States Marine who gained national attention following an incident on May 1, 2023, in which he restrained and killed Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man, on a New York City subway. Neely's death, which occurred after Penny applied a chokehold, led to a polarizing public debate on issues of mental health, homelessness, public safety, and ...

On May 1, 2023, in New York City, Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless American man, was killed after being put in a chokehold by Daniel Penny, a 24-year-old United States Marine Corps veteran while riding the New York City subway. Neely, who was reportedly agitated and threatening passengers, was subdued by Penny, leading to his death.

Dec 10, 2024 · Daniel Penny walks at a Manhattan Criminal Court on the day of the verdict in the trial of the former U.S. Marine sergeant who faced charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide for...

Dec 11, 2024 · NEW YORK (AP) — After being acquitted of homicide, the military veteran who choked a volatile, mentally ill man on a New York subway told an interviewer he put himself in a “very vulnerable position” but felt compelled to act.

Nov 4, 2024 · The trial of Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran charged in the subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely, began Friday, with jurors seeing police bodycam video from the moments when officers arrived...

Dec 10, 2024 · NEW YORK -- Daniel Penny has been acquitted in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely last spring on the New York City subway. A jury of five men and seven women weighed whether Penny was guilty...

Dec 9, 2024 · Jurors deliberated for five days before declaring Daniel Penny not guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in the death of 30-year-old Jordan Neely on a New York City subway train on 1 May 2023. The...

Jun 14, 2023 · A Manhattan grand jury has indicted Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran who held the homeless Black man and street artist Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold on the New York City subway, a Manhattan...

Nov 16, 2023 · Former US Marine Daniel Penny put Jordan Neely in a lethal six-minute chokehold that continued for nearly a minute after the homeless subway performer had “ceased all purposeful movement,”...

Dec 9, 2024 · NEW YORK – A jury on Monday found former Marine Daniel Penny not guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Jordan Neely, a homeless man who Penny placed in a chokehold onboard a...