Marine veteran Daniel Penny pled not guilty to manslaughter and negligent homicide charges on Wednesday after being accused of killing Jordan Neely on a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York City</a> subway train last month. 
On May 1, Penny placed Neely in a chokehold on the floor of a Manhattan subway car to subdue him alongside other passengers after witnesses said Neely was making threatening comments towards passengers on board the vehicle. 
Penny <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/daniel-penny-expected-court-chokehold-death-jordan-neely/story?id=100334248" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pled not guilty</a> to second-degree manslaughter and negligent homicide before being freed on $100,000 bail. “We are a long way off from trial, but all the evidence we’ve seen is that our client acted under the law,” said Thomas Keniff, a lawyer for Penny. 
Neely, a homeless man with more than 40 arrests, had a known history of mental issues before he died. The New York Daily News <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-subway-chokehold-victim-20230503-4o33lbkdufb7lbf36jeur52z3i-story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Neely was most recently arrested in November 2021 on felony assault charges after being accused of “slugging a 67-year-old female stranger in the face.” After pleading guilty to the latter charge, Neely failed to appear for court, leading to a warrant being active for his arrest at the time of his death, per <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/05/11/manslaughter-charge-jordan-neely-chokehold-death/70209542007/">USA Today</a>. 
“Daniel Penny did not have the courage to look Mr. Jordan’s father in the eye,” said Dante Mills, a lawyer for the Neely family. 
Penny <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/grand-jury-indicts-daniel-penny-in-death-of-jordan-neely-reports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was indicted on</a> June 14 after New York officials promised to investigate the incident. The indictment was praised by attorneys for Neely’s family.
“The grand jury&#8217;s decision tells our city and our nation that &#8216;no one is above the law&#8217; no matter how much money they raise, no matter what affiliations they claim, and no matter what distorted stories they tell in interviews,&#8221; Neely’s family lawyers said.
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Penny’s defense team has consistently maintained his innocence, saying the evidence is in their favor. 
&#8220;While we respect the decision of the grand jury to move this case forward to trial, it should be noted that the standard of proof in a grand jury is very low and there has been no finding of wrongdoing. We&#8217;re confident that when a trial jury is tasked with weighing the evidence, they will find Daniel Penny&#8217;s actions on that train were fully justified,” lawyer Steven Raiser said. 
Penny <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/daniel-penny-breaks-his-silence-following-the-death-of-jordan-neely" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spoke out after the incident,</a> saying Neely&#8217;s skin color was not a factor. 
“This had nothing to do with race,” he said. “I judge a person based on their character. I’m not a white supremacist. I mean, it’s, it’s a little bit comical. Everybody who’s ever met me can tell you, I love all people, I love all cultures.”
Penny is scheduled to appear in court next on October 25. 

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