What was Jordan Neely doing? Why did he get Choked?

Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old African American man and Michael Jackson impersonator, was killed by an unidentified 24-year-old white Marine while riding the F Train in New York City on May 1, 2023.

According to police and video, Neely was harassing and threatening tube passengers when he was placed in a minutes-long headlock by the former US Marine.

Neely had lost consciousness by the time the train arrived at Broadway-Lafayette, a stop that connects the SoHo and Nolita neighbourhoods.

He was later declared dead in the hospital. The cause of death is being investigated by the city’s medical examiner.

The reporter who witnessed the incident, Juan Alberto Vazquez, told the New York Post that Neely was screaming “aggressively” and complaining of hunger and thirst but had not physically attacked anyone.

According to Vazquez, the 24-year-old man approached Neely after he threw his jacket on the ground. When the video begins, Neely is already on the floor of the tube car, with the man’s left arm around her neck.

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The former Marine who was involved in the headlock has not been identified. The New York medical examiner is said to have ruled the death a homicide.