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Daniel Penny Acquitted In Chokehold Death Of NJ Native Jordan Neely Aboard Subway Car Daniel Penny Acquitted In Chokehold Death Of NJ Native Jordan Neely Aboard Subway Car
Daniel Penny Acquitted In Chokehold Death Of NJ Native Jordan Neely Aboard Subway Car A New York ex-Marine was acquitted in the chokehold death of a New Jersey street artist aboard a Manhattan subway. Daniel Penny was found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Jordan Neely by a Manhattan jury on Monday, Dec. 9, following 20 hours of deliberations, CBS News reports. It came days after Judge Maxwell Wiley dismissed a manslaughter charge against Penny after jurors were unable to reach a verdict on the top count. The 26-year-old Penny, a Long Island resident from West Islip, had been accused of killing 30-year-old New Jersey native Jordan Neely aboard a …

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by Michael Mashburn
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UPDATE: 6 Now Arrested In Connection With Viral-Video Jersey City Attack UPDATE: 6 Now Arrested In Connection With Viral-Video Jersey City Attack
Update: 6 Now Arrested In Connection With Viral-Video Jersey City Attack UPDATE, July 25: Police have made more arrests in connection with this incident. Click here for more.  Original story:  Police in Jersey City have made two more arrests in connection with a brutal attack on a Newark driver that was filmed and posted online earlier this month.  Qwadir Frazier, 26, was arrested Tuesday and 27-year-old Shawn Herbert Wednesday, a city spokeswoman said. They both have been charged with aggravated assault, endangering an injured victim and riot.  Early on the morning of July 14, a 42-year-old Newark man was pulled from his car and pummeled i…

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by Paul Milo