Lawyers and law enforcement have spent months analyzing bystander videos of the May 1, 2023, incident, in which Penny, who was honorably discharged from the Marines in 2021, wrapped his arms around Neely's neck,

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.

Jury selection was expected to begin Monday in the manslaughter case of Daniel Penny, who put Jordan Neely in a chokehold on a New York City subway last year leading to Neely's death.

A trial has begun in the case of a former US Marine who is accused of putting a homeless man in a fatal chokehold on a New York subway train. Daniel Penny, 25, has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree manslaughter and negligent homicide.

Penny, is accused of "recklessly causing the death" of Jordan Neely, a street performer, on a train on May 1, 2023.

Jury selection has begun in the criminal trial of the U.S. Marine Corps veteran who placed a man in a deadly chokehold aboard a New York City subway train last year.