A U.S. Marine veteran who held a homeless man who was acting erratically in a chokehold for several minutes on a subway in New York City turned himself in to authorities Friday morning to face a manslaughter charge.
Daniel Penny was captured on video walking into the 5th Precinct in Chinatown together with his lawyers, Thomas Kenniff and Steven Raiser.
In a brief statement to reporters outside the police station, Kenniff said that he expected an arraignment later on Friday and that the process “will unfold from there.”
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg confirmed this week that Penny will be arrested on a charge of second-degree manslaughter in the death of Jordan Neely. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 15 years imprisonment….