Protesters stand on Manhattan subway rails, stop trains and fight police in protest
Chokehold protest turns violent: Angry activists block subway trains in Manhattan and start brawls with police in protest of ex-Marine chokehold death of Jordan Neely
Protesters brought a section of New York City’s subway system to a halt in Manhattan by venturing onto the tracks as they expressed their anger over the death of Jordan Neely from a chokehold by a US Marine earlier this week.
Photos and videos show the protest group taking control of the Lexington Avenue and 63rd Street subway stop on the Upper East Side, bringing trains to a complete halt.
Several individuals even went onto the tracks near the electrified third rail.
Protesters stand in the train tracks at the Lexington Ave/63rd Street subway station during a “Justice for Jordan Neely” protest Saturday night
People are arrested by NYPD as they participate in a protest over the death of Jordan Neely on the Lexington Av/63 St subway in Manhattan
Some of the demonstrators standing on the tracks held protest signs.
One person was seen standing atop the protective cover that shields the electrified third rail, which normally carries 600 volts of electricity.
Police made numerous arrests as trains on the F and Q lines were halted for nearly an hour from 6:15 p.m. The service would have resumed at 7 p.m.
Back on the surface, at street level, a black man was heard screaming “I can’t breathe” as he was handcuffed, despite no NYPD officer applying any force to his chest or face.
NYPD officers arrested protesters at the Lexington Ave/63rd Street subway station
Activists are demanding charges be brought against the Navy veteran at the center of the disturbing video showing Neely in a chokehold on the floor of a northbound F train.
Neely died of neck compression, the city’s coroner determined Wednesday.
On Monday afternoon, he was screaming as he paced back and forth on a train in Manhattan when he was stopped by at least three people, including the Navy veteran who pulled an arm tight around his neck.
A physical struggle ensued with Neely losing consciousness.
He was rushed to Lenox Hill Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Neely is recognizable to some New Yorkers as a Michael Jackson impersonator who regularly danced in the Times Square transit hub.
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The former Marine who put homeless Jordan Neely in a deadly stranglehold on the NYC subway has been formally identified as Daniel J. Penny (right)