A man who aided Daniel Penny while he restrained Jordan Neely in a lethal chokehold aboard a subway car in May 2023 recalled telling the former U.S. Marine he could safely release his grip from Neely’s neck in trial testimony on Tuesday.

( NewsNation) — In the trial of Daniel Penny, a man accused of killing a homeless and mentally ill man on the New York City subway, jurors are hearing from experts on chokeholds following an admission from a key witness that he lied to police.

The military trainer said that Marines are taught to render a person unconscious in seconds. Mr. Penny held Jordan Neely, a homeless man, for six minutes.

A subway commuter who helped an ex-Marine restrain an agitated man aboard a Manhattan subway last year testified that he tried to convince the veteran to loosen his grip around the man’s neck.

A Bronx man who helped Daniel Penny restrain Jordan Neely on a New York City subway car last year ”jumped in and tried to help” so Penny could release his chokehold.

Jordan Neely was killed aboard an NYC subway train in May 2023 by a white marine who calls himself trying to play hero. BOSSIP reported extensively on the incident in which that white man, Daniel Penny,