Controversy Surrounds Daniel Penny's Involvement in Fatal Subway Chokehold
Daniel Penny, the Marine who placed Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold, “should be celebrated” for jumping into action “for the benefit of others” on the crowded Manhattan subway, his lawyer asserted in a new radio interview. Thomas Kenniff made the remarks Friday night on WABC’s ‘Cats & Cosby’ show hours after Penny, 24, was arraigned on a charge of second-degree manslaughter. Penny placed Neely into a deadly chokehold aboard an uptown F train on May 1 after the homeless man was observed “making threats and scaring passengers,” prosecutors said.