Before Jordan Neely was killed on a New York City subway car this week, he was known for his swift Michael Jackson dance moves that entertained many — yet he struggled with the trauma his mother's murder had left him with at an early age.
The New York man whose subway chokehold death sparked outcry this week was remembered by family and friends as a loving entertainer with a “beautiful smile” who spiraled into mental illness after h…
A Black man who was homeless was choked to death by a white man on a New York City subway train. The incident is another flashpoint in the discussion of crime, race, mental illness and homelessness.
Neely, 30, died after he was held in a chokehold for about 15 minutes in an altercation on a subway train, according to witnesses and police. His death was ruled a homicide.
When homeless man Jordan Neely boarded an F train in Manhattan — screaming and flailing his arms – on Monday, no one onboard could have fathomed that his lifeless body would be lying before t…
Amid mounting pressures to charge the man who restrained Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold on a New York City subway train car this week, the man's attorneys contend he didn't foresee the "awful tragedy," which has sparked protests and further accentuated the city's struggles with homelessness and m…
Jordan Neely, the man who died last week after being held in a chokehold on a New York City subway, was on a list of homeless people identified as having dire needs, according to a source familiar with his case.
The family of Jordan Neely, the man who was held in a chokehold and died on the subway in New York last week, issued a statement criticizing the "indifference" of the man who restrained Neely and calling for his imprisonment, while prosecutors continued investigating the case.
Jordan Neely, who died last week on a New York City subway after a Marine veteran allegedly put him in a chokehold, had a troubling history of violent attacks on straphangers.
Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man with a long history of psychosis, had only been in his court-mandated mental health program for two weeks before he strolled out the door.
After several days of not commenting directly on Jordan Neely’s killing at the hands of ex-Marine Daniel Penny, who put Neely in a fatal chokehold on a
NYC Mayor Eric Adams condemned the death of Jordan Neely, who died after a subway passenger was captured on video holding him in a chokehold, in remarks on Wednesday.
Neely, a subway busker who performed dance routines in costume as Michael Jackson, was unconscious when officers arrived. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Jordan Neely died after being held in a chokehold by a fellow passenger, Daniel Penny, who will now face charges. He was previously questioned and released.
Neely's death, captured on video, has raised an uproar over many issues, including how those with mental illness are treated, as well as crime and vigilantism.
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