Jury selection began Monday in Manhattan in the case against Daniel Penny, the former Marine accused of recklessly choking a homeless man to death on a crowded subway train. Penny, 24, arrived on the first day of his trial as dozens of placard-bearing protesters gathered outside the lower Manhattan courthouse,

The Daniel Penny trial officially got underway Monday as the court looked to select jurors to oversee the infamous 2023 train ride chokehold death of Jordan Neely. Penny is accused of taking Neely’s life during an incident on board a Lower Manhattan F train in May 2023.

Daniel Penny, who put the man, Jordan Neely, in a chokehold last year, told investigators that Mr. Neely posed a deadly threat. The killing polarized New York.