Daniel Penny Acquitted in New York Subway Chokehold Case

Marine veteran Daniel Penny has been acquitted of all charges in the high-profile subway chokehold case that stemmed from the death of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man, on a Manhattan subway train last year. The unanimous verdict, delivered by a New York jury, found Penny not guilty of criminally negligent homicide, just days after the judge dismissed the top charge of manslaughter when the jury declared it deadlocked.

The case revolved around an incident in May 2023, when Penny placed Neely in a chokehold on a. . .