Daniel Penny indicted for 2nd-degree manslaughter in Jordan Neely's subway chokehold death.

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Daniel Penny indicted for 2nd-degree manslaughter in Jordan Neely's subway chokehold death.
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Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran charged with killing Jordan Neely with a chokehold on a New York City subway car, has been indicted by a grand jury on second degree manslaughter charges. Penny's attorneys said they will "aggressively defend" him when the case goes to trial. Penny maintains that Neely was behaving erratically on the train and threatening to kill fellow passengers when he moved to subdue him. Neely's family said in a statement that the grand jury's decision tells the city and nation that "no one is above the law."

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