Jordan Neely's father was escorted out of courtroom after the watershed verdict finding Daniel Penny not-guilty was read.

A Manhattan jury finds former Marine Daniel Penny not guilty for the death of Jordan Neely on a subway train in May 2023.

New York’s Black Lives Matter chapter head called for “black vigilantes” in response to the acquittal of Daniel Penny, saying “there is no love for black people” after the ruling. Penny was found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide by a jury Monday for placing a black man,

Penny was acquitted in the death of Jordan Neely, a homeless Black man, this week. Neely said he was "ready to die" when he entered the subway car and proceeded to threaten riders. Neely died after Penny used a chokehold on him while both were riding a New York City subway in 2023.

A leader in the Black Lives Matter movement called for "Black vigilantes" after Daniel Penny was acquitted in of a homicide charge after he choked and killed a homeless man in New York City in May 2023.

The founder of the Greater New York City chapter of Black Lives Matter on Monday called for “black vigilantes” after Daniel Penny was acquitted in the 2023 death of Jordan Neely. Penny was riding a New York City subway when Neely began acting out,