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   So ARREST THEM! to Bob Duncan   
   Re: Protesters jump onto subway tracks,    
   08 May 23 02:49:58   
   
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   From: arrest.them@nypd.com   
      
   Bob Duncan  wrote in news:so3ikf$ild$96@news.dns-   
   netz.com:   
      
   > Rudy Registered Sex Offender wrote   
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   >> Why aren't these criminals being arrested?   
      
   At least seven people were arrested in Manhattan Saturday after shutting   
   down subway service and clashing with NYPD officers while protesting the   
   chokehold death of homeless man Jordan Neely, law enforcement sources told   
   The Post.   
      
   Dozens of demonstrators jumped onto the subway tracks at Lexington Avenue   
   and East 63rd Street around 6:15 p.m., forcing an oncoming Q train to slam   
   on the brakes at the mouth of the tunnel, video shows.   
      
   “No justice, no peace!” the protesters chanted as police can be heard   
   struggling to call for order in the background.   
      
   The risky move caused the power to temporarily shut off in the Lenox Hill   
   station.   
      
   After several minutes, the police were able to get the protesters off the   
   tracks, allowing the train to roll into the station, but demonstrators   
   were determined to continue blocking transit service.   
      
   The group was calling for justice in the case of Neely’s Monday homicide.   
      
   He was held in a fatal chokehold by 24-year-old marine Daniel Penny after   
   yelling at subway riders and throwing trash.   
      
   Penny — who has since acquired a legal team who claims he “never intended   
   to harm” the homeless man — has not been charged with the crime, despite   
   the medical examiner’s ruling that Neely was choked to death.   
      
   Another video filmed by journalist Rebecca Brannan shows several   
   protestors barricading the car’s open doorway so that commuters were   
   forced to stay inside.   
      
   A frustrated straphanger begged officers to help remove the demonstrators   
   so he could get off the train while the protestors verbally berated the   
   man.   
      
   They shouted “find another train” and “you not getting off this train sir”   
   at him, while offering him advice for other routes he could take.   
      
   Chaos erupted once police began evacuating the station.   
      
   Several protestors became aggressive and began pushing against officers,   
   which ignited a small mosh of people rushing toward the brawls.   
      
   What we know about NYC subway choking victim Jordan Neely   
   Who is Neely?   
   Jordan Neely, 30, a homeless man, was strangled aboard a northbound F   
   train just before 2:30 p.m. on May 1, according to police.   
      
   He reportedly started acting erratically on the train and harassing other   
   passengers before being restrained and ultimately choked by a straphanger,   
   identified as a 24-year-old Marine from Queens.   
      
   The Marine, who was seen on video applying the chokehold, was taken into   
   custody and later released but the DA is mulling charges, which could   
   include involuntary manslaughter, according to experts.   
      
   Why is there fallout over Neely’s death?   
   The city medical examiner ruled Neely’s death a homicide, noting he died   
   due to “compression of neck (chokehold).” This will be weighed during the   
   investigation into whether charges will be brought for Neely’s death.   
      
   Neely’s aunt told The Post that he became a “complete mess” following the   
   brutal murder of his mother in 2007. She noted he was schizophrenic while   
   suffering from PTSD and depression.   
      
   “The whole system just failed him. He fell through the cracks of the   
   system,” Carolyn Neely said.   
      
   Law enforcement sources said Neely had “numerous” arrests on his record,   
   including for drugs, disorderly conduct, and fare beating.   
      
   At the time of his death, Neely had a warrant out for his arrest for a   
   November 2021 case in which he was accused of assaulting a 67-year-old   
   woman in the East Village, the sources said.   
      
   Mayor Eric Adams has said it’s important for the DA to complete the   
   investigation into Neely’s death and not rush to conclusions.   
      
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   The NYPD tackled several protestors to the ground to execute arrests.   
      
   The violent clashes resumed on the street level when protestors blocked   
   the roadway intersection.   
      
   One protestor told arresting officers “I can’t breathe,” a nod to the   
   violent murder of George Flyod at the hands of arresting officers in 2020.   
      
   The man was taken away in cuffs.   
      
   Sources told The Post at least seven people were taken into custody,   
   though the number could continue to grow.   
      
      
      
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