Daniel Penny, the Marine Corps veteran who is accused of killing homeless man Jordan Neely on a New York City subway, said he didn’t intend to take Neely’s life but to protect the frightened passengers from Neely.
Penny was charged with manslaughter after he was caught on video putting Neely in a fatal chokehold on the floor of a northbound F train on May 1. The city’s medical examiner ruled Neely’s death a homicide, saying that he died because of “compression of neck.”
In a series of video clips released by Penny’s lawyers, the 24-year-old recounted what he called “a scary situation,” saying that he had to do something as Neely threatened to kill people on the train….