Former Soldier Performs Choke Key on Homeless Man in New York Subway Resulting in Homicide by Strangulation

A former soldier made a choke key on the victim, unbalanced, who suffocated after being immobilized for several minutes.

The sequence greatly reacted across the Atlantic. Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old black homeless man who was shouting at subway train passengers in New York, died on Monday afternoon after several individuals tried to control him.

That day, in the early afternoon, several witnesses reported an agitated man pacing in a subway line F train. He was yelling at passengers and also throwing trash in their direction.

“Homicide by strangulation”

As reported Associated Pressa 24-year-old former marine then intervened to try to calm and immobilize the thirties, and performed a choke key until the victim, known for his imitations of Michael Jackson in the New York subway, did not suffocates.

In a video published by an independent journalist present on the spot at the time of the events, it is possible to see the former soldier strangling the homeless man while two other passengers hold his shoulders and arms.

After three minutes, Jordan Neely lost consciousness and could not be revived by the firefighters who intervened. He was officially pronounced dead at a hospital in Mahnattan. Also according to the Associated Press, the veteran of the American army was taken into custody before being released, for the time being without charge.

At the same time, the medical examiner’s office assured for its part that Neely’s death could indeed be classified as a homicide by strangulation, but that justice had to decide on the follow-up to be given to the file. An investigation has been opened by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.

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He complained of hunger and thirst

In New York, the news of the homeless man’s death provokes anger and misunderstanding. On Wednesday afternoon, a dozen protesters gathered at the station where the homeless man died, Lafayette Street, to show their displeasure. “I couldn’t believe this was happening on the subway in the city I grew up in,” one said.

Nearby New York Post, Juan Alberto Vazquez, the independent journalist who filmed the attack, explains for his part that if Neely was indeed acting aggressively, he did not attack anyone. According to him, he complained of being hungry and thirsty.