Jordan Neely Had History Of Attacks On Subway Riders Before NYC Chokehold Death

According to court records, it was revealed that Jordan Neely had a history of attacks on subway riders and had been arrested numerous times before the chokehold death in New York City.

Jordan Neely had a troubling history of violent attacks on straphangers in New York City before the disturbed man reportedly threatened passengers and Marine vet Daniel Penny allegedly put him in a fatal chokehold.

The 30-year-old vagrant, who once performed as a Michael Jackson impersonator, had been arrested dozens of times – including most recently for vicious assaults on subway riders, court records show.

In 2021, Neely socked a 67-year-old woman as she exited the Bowery station in the East Village in Lower Manhattan. 

The woman sustained a broken nose, a fractured orbital bone, and "bruising, swelling and substantial pain to the back of her head" in the Nov. 12 attack, according to a criminal complaint.  

Marine veteran Daniel Penny, right, and Jordan Neely (Mills & Edwards/AllT...

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