“What’s irresponsible is the Mayor’s failing to make clear that people cannot take the law into their own hands and kill someone having a mental health crisis.' Inside the growing outrage over Jordan Neely's death on a NYC subway
, killing him. Part of the incident was captured on video, and although the person who killed him is visible in the clip, he has not been publicly named. News outlets, citing police, have said he is a 24-year-old U.S. Marine Corps veteran. Police told reporters they took him into custody, questioned him, and released him. to his neck caused by the chokehold. His death was ruled a homicide.
In the wake of the incident, some officials quickly condemned the act, including New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, who on Tuesday , “NYC is not Gotham. We must not become a city where a mentally ill human being can be choked to death by a vigilante without consequence. Or where the killer is justified and cheered.” Lander’s tweet, calling it irresponsible. Adams, as well as Governor Kathy Hochul, have been circumspect in their responses to the killing, and, critics have pointed out, slow to cast blame on the man who was captured on video choking another passenger to death in the middle of the afternoon.
What began as a New York tragedy has grown into a national lightning rod for polarizing issues, from the perceived lawlessness of New York to criticisms of government officials for their treatment of people experiencing mental health issues and homelessness. Amid the political discourse, as news of Neely’s death has reached a national audience, a public cry for justice has risen, too, with many people demanding the unnamed killer be arrested for murder.
On Wednesday evening, after the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide, Manhattan District Attorney Bragg said his office would investigate the deadly incident. “This is a solemn and serious matter that ended in the tragic loss of Jordan Neely’s life,” read a statement from a spokesperson for the D.A.
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