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Witnesses in Daniel Penny Trial Recall How Subway Confrontation Unfolded

The government’s witnesses describe in detail their memories of the situation that developed on a Manhattan subway on May 1, 2023.
Witnesses in Daniel Penny Trial Recall How Subway Confrontation Unfolded
Former U.S. Marine Daniel Penny returns to the courtroom after a break for jury selection at his trial in the death of Jordan Neely in a May 2023 subway incident in New York City, at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse on Oct. 28, 2024, Eduardo Munoz/Reuters
Michael Washburn
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NEW YORK CITY—Witnesses to the May 2023 incident in which Marine Daniel Penny placed Jordan Neely, a homeless man with a history of mental illness, into a chokehold on a Manhattan-bound subway train and caused his death, testified in a Manhattan courtroom on Nov. 4 about what they saw and heard that day.

One witness, Yvette Rosario, said the incident made her far more frightened than anything else she had experienced on the subway in her 10 years of living in New York City. Jurors watched a portion of a video of the incident and its aftermath taken with Rosario’s cellphone.

Michael Washburn
Michael Washburn
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Michael Washburn is a New York-based reporter who covers U.S. and China-related topics for The Epoch Times. He has a background in legal and financial journalism, and also writes about arts and culture. Additionally, he is the host of the weekly podcast Reading the Globe. His books include “The Uprooted and Other Stories,” “When We're Grownups,” and “Stranger, Stranger.”