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 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.

Daniel Penny is charged with manslaughter for placing a man in a deadly chokehold on a New York City subway train last year.

The video of a former U.S. Marine putting a chokehold on another man until he died will play a vital role for both the prosecution and defense. Jury selection started Monday in the trial of Daniel Penny,

Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of Daniel Penny, a retired Marine charged in the deadly subway chokehold of Jordan Neely. Penny has pleaded not guilty to second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the death of Neely,