New York subway passenger died after chokehold

The New York City Medical Examiner has ruled that Jordan Neely, a subway passenger, was killed by a chokehold after a fight with another passenger that was caught on camera. The cause of death was due to “compression of neck [chokehold]”. 

The video of the incident shows Jordan Neely struggling as another man grabs him and holds him on the ground. Police have questioned and released the 24-year-old US Marine who restrained the passenger. A rally was held for Jordan Neely on the train platform near where he died. The incident happened on Monday afternoon on the F-line train in the SoHo section of Manhattan.

Juan Alberto Vazquez, the freelance journalist who filmed the incident, told the New York Times that the deceased man was screaming on the train before he was restrained. He said the passenger was frightening, but had not assaulted anyone. At the time of the incident, Mr Vasquez said he did not believe the man would die.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul called the video “deeply disturbing, and that causes a lot of fear for people”. She said the state would work with the city to determine whether homelessness and access to mental health services “were a factor here”.