Neely is writhing on the ground, but does not make any audible pleas for help.
Now, protesters have erupted over New York City, spurred on by AOC and other Democrats like city Comptroller Brad Lander, calling the Marine a 'murderer'.Ĭity comptroller Brad Lander also chimed in on Neely's death The Medical Examiner's Office has ruled his death a homicide by way of pressure to the neck. Two other men helped the Marine restrain Neely until police were called to the scene. I’m ready to die.'Ī fight broke out and the former Marine, who has not yet been named, put him in a chokehold. Juan Alberto Vasquez, who was on the train and filmed the chokehold, said Neely yelled: 'I don’t have food, I don’t have a drink, I’m fed up. I don’t mind going to jail and getting life in prison.
Neely, 30, was a homeless Michael Jackson impersonator with autism and schizophrenia who has been arrested 42 times in the past, including for punching a 67-year-old woman in the face.Īt 2.30pm on Monday, he was riding on the F train heading towards Broadway Lafayette station when he started screaming and throwing garbage at fellow passengers, according to witnesses. New York City Mayor Eric Adams has slammed AOC for labeling the former Marine who put homeless man Jordan Neely in a chokehold on the subway a 'murderer' and urged her to wait until the facts of the investigation into his death emerge.
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