A 24-year-old US Marine Corps veteran is expected to be charged with manslaughter following the death of a homeless man on a New York subway train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prosecutors in Manhattan said they will bring criminal charges against Daniel Penny on Friday after he used a fatal chokehold to pin Jordan Neely, 30, to the ground in a train carriage on 1 May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We cannot provide any additional information until he has been arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court, which we expect to take place tomorrow,” the Manhattan district attorney’s office said in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Neely, a black homeless man, had been shouting and begging for money but had not physically attacked anyone before he was restrained and put in a chokehold that lasted several minutes, witnesses said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Neely was found unconscious by police after the train stopped and was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He died from compression of the neck, the city medical examiner ruled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Penny, who is white, was questioned by police in the hours after Mr Neely died but was released without charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He is expected to be charged with second degree manslaughter when he is due to appear in a Manhattan Criminal Court later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His lawyers did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but they have previously said their client, along with two other passengers who also restrained Mr Neely, had acted in self-defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Daniel never intended to harm Mr Neely and could not have foreseen his untimely death,” they said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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