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From The Post Millenial- New York's medical examiner determined that Jordan Neely, 30, who was put into a chokehold by a fellow subway passenger - a veteran Marine - on Monday, died from "compresison of neck" and stated that his death was the result of homicide. DA Alvin Bragg is investigating the incident.
The city saw protests and anger from residents on Tuesday after the news of Neely's death was made public. Straphangers converged on the MTA stop at Broadway Lafayette Streets in downtown Manhattan to protest the killing.
Neely was homeless man who was killed by a fellow subway passenger in New York on Monday. The man, Jordan Neely, 30, was reportedly behaving in a "hostile and erratic" manner, and had a warrant out for his arrest on the charge of felony assault. He had been arrested more than 44 times for public lewdness, and assaulting a senior citizen.