![]() Jordan Neely is pictured before going to see the Michael Jackson movie, “This is It,” outside the Regal Cinemas in Times Square in 2009. A warrant for his arrest on felony assault charges was issued on Feb. The NYPD arrested Neely 42 times across the last decade, and he had a documented mental health history with police, with his most recent arrest in November 2021 for slugging a 67-year-old female stranger in the face. The Manhattan district attorney’s office is investigating the death. To be honest with you, we are guilty of that,” he added. They choked him til he went unconscious, and then they kept choking him,” Grima said. “We must not become a city where a mentally ill human being can be choked to death by a vigilante without consequence.”Īt least three people were cuffed following a demonstration inside the Broadway-Lafayette station, where Neely died, and a subsequent march in the local streets.įriends Johnny Grima and James King came to the vigil, saying they had witnessed the Monday incident. “NYC is not Gotham,” city Comptroller Brad Lander tweeted. Neely, 30, was a familiar sight around town, performing in Times Square and on subways as the King of Pop. The determination came after friends and elected officials expressed outrage over the death, insisting the homeless busker didn’t deserve to die. The finding is a critical piece of the investigation as police said they were awaiting the results of the autopsy before determining if criminal charges should be filed. The city Medical Examiner found the cause of victim Jordan Neely’s Monday death was compression of the neck. Marine aboard a Manhattan subway train was ruled a homicide on Wednesday as anger and protests erupted over the killing. ![]() The caught-on-video chokehold death of a homeless, mentally-ill Michael Jackson impersonator by a former U.S.
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