Brad Hoylman-Sigal, a Democrat, said that police were banned from using the chokehold and that therefore 'there's no excuse for a civilian to use such a deadly maneuver, especially on someone experiencing a mental health crisis.' Vazquez told NBC New York that Neely got on the train and 'began to say a somewhat aggressive speech, saying he was hungry, he was thirsty, that he didn’t care about anything, he didn’t care about going to jail, he didn’t care that he gets a big life sentence.' New York police officers respond at the scene where Jordan Neely died on a subway train Monday, May 1, 2023, in New York. Two other subway riders appear to help restrain Neely, who was Black. 'During the physical struggle between the two males, the 30-year-old male lost consciousness.'Ĭellphone video taken by passenger Juan Alberto Vazquez showed the 24-year-old man on the ground with his arm around Neely's neck. 'Further investigation revealed the 30-year-old was involved in a verbal dispute with the 24-year-old male and it escalated into a physical altercation,' the spokesperson said. Monday after they got a 911 call about a fight, a spokesperson said. Officers responded to the Broadway and East Houston Street subway station around 2:27 p.m.

Neely’s family and everyday New Yorkers.” Neely said he was hungry and thirsty “I stand ready to work with my partners in government towards healing and solutions during this time of great pain for Mr. Neely’s death reveals the shortcomings of our approach in both areas and should be a moment of great anguish for this city, not a time for equivocation or tacit approval of vigilantism,” he said in a statement Thursday.

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