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Marine veteran Daniel Penny’s comments to police following the fatal chokehold of Jordan Neely in a New York City subway have been released in new documents.
“He came on and he threw s—, he’s like ‘I don’t give a s—, I’m going to go to prison for life’ and stuff, so I just came up behind him and put him in a chokehold. He was threatening everybody,” a court filing accompanying Penny’s indictment quoted him telling officers on May 1.
Prosecutors alleged of the incident, “Several witnesses observed Mr. Neely making threats and scaring passengers, the defendant approached Mr. Neely from behind and placed him in a chokehold, taking him down to the ground.” They said Penny continued for several minutes including after Neely stopped moving.
During the arraignment, Penny’s attorneys told the judge Penny has been cooperating with police and the district attorney’s office, he has strong ties to New York City, he’s attending a four-year college in pursuit of a bachelor’s degree in architecture, and he enlisted in the Marine Corps when he was teenager, spending four years there before being honorably discharged. Attorneys added while serving, Penny earned multiple medals and ribbons for good conduct while serving.
After Penny surrendered, police brought him to Manhattan Criminal Court for his afternoon arraignment, where he waived the reading of his charges and was not required to enter a plea.
“Why didn’t he enter a plea? It’s because the grand jury hasn’t yet indicted him. The people, the prosecutor planned to bring this before a grand jury,” attorney and legal expert Andrew Lieb said.
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