Daniel Penny, the U.S. Marine veteran who is facing criminal charges after he put a homeless man, Jordan Neely, in a fatal chokehold in New York City at the start of the month, has decided to speak publicly about the incident.
In an interview with the New York Post, the 24-year-old Penny said the deadly altercation that took place on a subway train in NYC “had nothing to do with race.”
Neely, 30, is black. He had a long history of mental illness and more than 40 prior arrests ranging from disorderly conduct to assault, and an active warrant out for his arrest from a felony assault….