Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran who killed Jordan Neely, a homeless man known as a Michael Jackson impersonator around New York City, was found not guilty on a charge of criminally negligent homicide. The verdict was reached after four days of deliberations, during which the more serious charge against Penny, …
Read More »'Character Assassination': Jordan Neely's Family Slams Statement From Man Who Killed Him
Lawyers for the family of Jordan Neely have responded to the first statement from Daniel Penny, the man who killed Neely on a New York City subway last week. The attorneys, Donte Mills and Lennon Edwards, called Penny’s statement neither “an apology nor an expression of regret” but a “character …
Read More »Jordan Neely Subway Killing a 'Wake-Up Call for More Compassion'
Government officials clashed over their responses to the killing of Jordan Neely, a homeless man seemingly having a mental health crisis on the New York subway. On Monday afternoon, Neely, 30, was reportedly yelling and acting erratically on an F train in Manhattan, when a fellow passenger put him in …
Read More »Man Who Killed Jordan Neely Identified
A 24-year-old U.S. Marine Corps veteran named Daniel Penny has been publicly identified as the man who killed Jordan Neely, 30, a dancer and Michael Jackson impersonator, on theNew Yorksubway, two senior law enforcement officials told the New York Times. On Monday, Neely, who washomelessand seemingly having a mental health …
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