By Le Figaro and AFP agency
Published on 05/04/2023 at 16:58, Updated on 05/04/2023 at 22:02
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Jordan Neely was a homeless man of African descent and regularly played music on the subway. He was reportedly held on the ground for almost three minutes.
Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man of African descent, was strangled Monday May 1 in the New York subway by a 24-year-old US Marine, reports CBSNews . Jordan Neely, who rose to fame by impersonating late star Michael Jackson on the street, was the victim of a «homicide» par «compression» in the neck, New York forensic medicine told AFP. The New York justice was investigating this death, this Thursday, alerted by passengers and by a video circulating on social networks. The latter shows a violent altercation in the metro. Police found on Monday afternoon that a 30-year-old African-American had lost “awareness”. Taken to hospital, he died there shortly after, according to an email from law enforcement.
«Homicide»
The five-minute video, widely shared in the press and seen by AFP, shows the victim on the ground in a subway car, another man – a 24-year-old Marine soldier according to media reports – lying behind to hobble him and squeeze his upper body. Other passengers standing above the two men look taken aback. A witness told AFP that Jordan Neely burst into the car, shouting at passengers and asking them for something to eat or drink. “It does not appear that this man, who appeared to be suffering from some sort of mental disorder, was seeking to assault anyone“, Estimated a witness of the city by CBSNews.
Police briefly questioned the choke hold suspect and it is now up to the New York State Attorney’s Office for the Borough of Manhattan to decide whether to prosecute. “As part of our ongoing rigorous investigation, we will review the forensic pathology report, all available photos and video, identify and interview as many witnesses as possible”a spokesperson for the Manhattan prosecution said in an email Thursday.
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«Any loss of life is tragic. There’s a lot we don’t know about what happened here, so I’ll refrain from commenting further.», for his part reacted the mayor of New York Eric Adams. A protest in response to the death of Jordan Neely was held Wednesday, May 3, at a midtown Manhattan subway station, also reports The Guardian. Jordan Neely imitated Michael Jackson in the streets of downtown Manhattan, where he lived, and had been arrested dozens of times, in particular for uproar on the public highway, according to the press.
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