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UPDATE: Jury Indicts Daniel Penny In Death Of Jordan Neely, Charges Temporarily Sealed

<p>Nearly a month after <strong>Jordan Neely <&sol;strong>was laid to rest&comma; <strong>Daniel Penny<&sol;strong>—the man who stranged Jordan- was indicted&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;jordan-neely-laid-rest-phenomenal-dancer&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Jordan Neely Laid To Rest As Family&comma; Friends Remember Him As A &&num;8216&semi;Phenomenal&&num;8217&semi; Dancer<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Details Surrounding The Charges Against Daniel Penny Remain Hazy<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;abcnews&period;go&period;com&sol;US&sol;grand-jury-indicts-daniel-penny-chokehold-death-jordan&sol;story&quest;id&equals;100077897&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;dlvr&period;it&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;twitter" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><em>ABC News<&sol;em><&sol;a>&comma; law enforcement confirms that a grand jury recently indicted the former U&period;S&period; Marine&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; the exact charges won&&num;8217&semi;t be unveiled until the 24-year-old appears in court&comma; which won&&num;8217&semi;t go down until a later date&period; While Daniel Penny was initially arrested on a second-degree manslaughter charge&comma; a medical examiner later ruled the matter a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;jordan-neely-death-subway-strangle-homicide&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;1nouc92&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;NTA5NDI0NzQxLjE2ODY3NzYyNTU&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4Njc3NjI1My4xLjEuMTY4Njc3NjI5Mi4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">homicide<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CtfBvaCSgcs" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Here&&num;8217&semi;s The Rundown On The Death Of Jordan Neely &amp&semi; Aftermath<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>As <em>The Shade Room <&sol;em>reported&comma; Daniel Penny <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;nyc-subway-passenger-strangles-homeless-man-to-death&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;1nouc92&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;NTA5NDI0NzQxLjE2ODY3NzYyNTU&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4Njc3NjI1My4xLjEuMTY4Njc3NjI5Mi4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">strangled<&sol;a> Jordan Neely to death in a New York City subway car on May 1&period; Neely—a <strong>Michael Jackson<&sol;strong> impersonator—was reported to have had an outburst on the subway&comma; and Penny reportedly held him in a chokehold for about 15 minutes until he passed away&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Following public outcry&comma; Daniel eventually released a statement on the matter&period; However&comma; Jordan&&num;8217&semi;s family referred to it as &&num;8220&semi;an admission of guilt&&num;8221&semi; that also served as a &&num;8220&semi;character assassination&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For context&comma; Daniel Penny called out Jordan Neely&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8220&semi;documented history of violent and erratic behavior&&num;8221&semi; in his statement&period; He also said he merely &&num;8220&semi;acted to protect&&num;8221&semi; subway passengers after Jordan began &&num;8220&semi;aggressively threatening&&num;8221&semi; others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;jordan-neely-family-react-daniel-penny-statement&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Jordan Neely&&num;8217&semi;s Family Responds After Choking Suspect Releases Statement Regarding His Death<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Cr8zDfRJply" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A week before Neely was laid to rest&comma; Penny was <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;daniel-penny-surrenders-police-jordan-neely&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;19swnko&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;Njc2ODY1NDY4LjE2ODY3NzYyNjU&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4Njc3NjI2NC4xLjEuMTY4Njc3NjI3MS4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">charged<&sol;a> with manslaughter after turning himself in&period; He didn&&num;8217&semi;t enter a plea and was released on &dollar;100&comma;000 bond&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We should also add that an <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;fundraiser-daniel-pennys-raises-2-million-dollars&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;1nouc92&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;NTA5NDI0NzQxLjE2ODY3NzYyNTU&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4Njc3NjI1My4xLjEuMTY4Njc3NjI5Mi4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">online fundraiser<&sol;a>&comma; 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