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   A man seen on video putting another man in a deadly chokehold on a New   
   York City subway train was released on bail Friday after turning himself   
   in to face criminal charges. Daniel Penny, a 24-year-old Marine veteran,   
   was charged with second degree manslaughter, the Manhattan district   
   attorney's office said Thursday.   
      
   Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old former Michael Jackson impersonator who was   
   homeless, died after being put in a chokehold by Penny earlier this month.   
   Attorneys for Neely's family on Friday supported prosecutors' decision to   
   charge Penny, but said he should have been charged with murder, not   
   manslaughter, and that he should have been arrested sooner.   
      
   "Daniel Penny chose, intentionally chose, a technique to use that is   
   designed to cut off air — that's what he chose — and he chose to continue   
   to hold that chokehold minute after minute, second after second, until   
   there was no life left in Jordan Neely," Neely family attorney Lennon   
   Edwards told reporters Friday.   
      
   if convicted of manslaughter in the second degree, Penny could face as   
   many as 15 years in prison. During Friday's court appearance, he didn't   
   enter a plea and was released on $100,000 bond. He's required to surrender   
   his passport, and he can't leave New York state without approval. His next   
   court date was scheduled for July.   
      
   "Jordan Neely should still be alive today, and my thoughts continue to be   
   with his family and loved ones as they mourn his loss during this   
   extremely painful time," Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a   
   statement after Penny's arraignment.   
      
   Penny surrendered to authorities at a New York City police precinct   
   shortly after 8 a.m. Friday was later led out of the precinct in   
   handcuffs. His attorneys have said they expect him to be "fully absolved"   
   as the case moves forward.   
      
   Jordan Neely's cause of death   
   A video lasting nearly 3 minutes shows Penny on the floor of a subway car   
   with Neely in a chokehold on May 1. Penny was initially questioned by   
   police and released without being charged.   
      
   "He should have been arrested on the spot," Edwards said Friday. Donte   
   Mills, another attorney representing Neely's family, said Penny   
   "absolutely" should have been charged "because he acted with   
   indifference."   
      
   The New York City medical examiner's office determined that Neely died   
   from a chokehold and ruled his death a homicide.   
      
   Witnesses told police Neely had been begging for food and acting   
   erratically on an F-line train before Penny intervened. According to   
   witnesses, Neely was screaming about being hungry and tired but didn't   
   attack anyone.   
      
   According to prosecutors, several witnesses saw Neely making threats and   
   scaring passengers. Penny approached Neely from behind and placed him in   
   the chokehold, taking him to the floor, prosecutors said in a bail   
   application Friday.   
      
   At the next stop, Penny continued to hold Neely for several minutes,   
   according to prosecutors. While Neely was in the chokehold, two other   
   males helped Penny by restraining Neely's arms. When Neely stopped moving,   
   Penny continued holding him for a period of time and released him,   
   according to prosecutors.   
      
   "There was no attack," Mills told reporters. "Mr. Neely did not attack   
   anyone, he did not touch anyone, he did not hit anyone. But he was choked   
   to death, and that can't stand. That can't be what we represent."   
      
   Daniel Penny's attorneys' statement   
   After charges were announced Thursday, Penny's attorneys said he "stepped   
   in to protect himself and his fellow New Yorkers."   
      
   "We are confident that once all the facts and circumstances surrounding   
   this tragic incident are brought to bear, Mr. Penny will be fully absolved   
   of any wrongdoing," Kenniff and fellow attorney Steven Raiser said in a   
   statement.   
      
   Last week, the attorneys said Neely was "aggressively threatening Daniel   
   Penny and other passengers," and that Penny and others "acted to protect   
   themselves."   
      
      
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