- Jordan Neely died after being put in a chokehold on an NYC subway practice earlier this month.
- Daniel Penny, 24, was charged with manslaughter in Neely’s loss of life.
- The New York Submit reported that Neely’s household will file a wrongful loss of life lawsuit towards Penny.
The household of Jordan Neely, a homeless man positioned in a deadly chokehold on a New York Metropolis subway practice earlier this month, is suing the person accused of killing him.
The New York Submit reported that Neely’s aunt Carolyn Neely has employed a legislation agency, Mills & Edwards, and can file a civil wrongful loss of life lawsuit towards Daniel Penny.
In a video broadly distributed on-line, Penny, 24, was seen holding Neely, a Black man, in a chokehold. Witnesses mentioned that Neely, 30, was yelling about starvation and thirst, and Penny then put him within the chokehold.
Penny turned himself in to police on Might 12 to face a manslaughter cost in connection to the loss of life of Neely. He’s now out on $100,000 bail.
His legal professional’s raised greater than $300,000 in funds on the Christian crowdfunding web site GiveSendGo.
“Funds are being raised to pay Mr. Penny’s authorized charges incurred from any felony expenses filed and any future civil lawsuits which will come up, in addition to bills associated to his protection,” reads the donation web page for Penny.
The attorneys additionally mentioned further funds might be donated to a psychological well being advocacy program within the metropolis.
In an interview with the New York Submit after his arrest, Penny mentioned the incident “had nothing to do with race” and that he mentioned he was not a white supremacist.