Community Outrage Grows After Chokehold Death Of Jordan Neely On NYC Subway

Essence Magazine:

Photograph by Barry Williams / New York Daily News / Getty By Melissa Noel ·Updated May 5, 2023

Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old man from New York City, was put in a chokeholdby another rider on the subway as he experienced an apparent mental health episode on Monday. When police officers arrived, Neely was reportedly unresponsive and was brought to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

On Wednesday night,

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