"Upon arrival, officers discovered a 30-year-old male unconscious on the floor of a northbound 'F' train with a number of individuals standing at the scene. The Press Information Office said: "On Monday, at approximately 1427 hours, police responded to multiple 911 calls of an incident at the Broadway-Lafayette Street subway station, located within the confines of the 5th Precinct and Transit District 4. However, it did not say whether any charges would be pursued against Penny or the other civilians who intervened. The New York Police Department Press Information Office told Newsweek about the incident. Penny's LinkedIn page also lists training he has taken part in, including an advanced assault Marine course, an urban breacher's one and a water-survival course. Prior to this, he was an infantry assaultman. He has worked for multiple years as an instructor of water survival as well as an infantry squad leader. Penny's LinkedIn page details his military experience and states he is an infantry squad leader at the United States Marine Corps. Neely began aggressively threatening Daniel Penny and the other passengers, Daniel, with the help of others, acted to protect themselves, until help arrived." Neely and could not have foreseen his untimely death," the firm said, according to The New York Times. Marine veteran from Long Island, who is between deployments, according to a Mail Online report.Īttorneys for Penny with the law firm Raiser and Kenniff issued a statement Friday evening, offering condolences to Neely's family and explaining their client's actions. The individual in the video who got Neely in a chokehold was eventually identified as Daniel Penny, according to reports. On Wednesday afternoon, protesters gathered in the Broadway-Lafayette Street subway station where the incident took place to call for an arrest. Some have denounced it as a deadly overreaction to a person suffering from mental illness, while others have defended the Marine veteran. Outrage over Neely's death has grown as video of the encounter spread online. Jordan Neely, 30, was yelling and pacing back and forth on an F train in Manhattan on Monday afternoon when he was restrained by at least three people, including U.S. Stock image of a police officer and a police car.
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