Daniel Penny's lawyer: Client 'wasn't choking anyone'

(NewsNation) — The lawyer for a man who fatally choked another person on a New York City subway rejected the idea his client was acting dangerously or recklessly, but instead was reasonable in trying to protect other riders from a perceived threat.

Daniel Penny, 24, is facing a second-degree manslaughter charge in the May 1 death of 30-year-old Jordan Neely, a Black man who died after he was held in a chokehold by Penny on the subway. Penny claims he was acting in self-defense because Neely was being aggressive toward and threatening riders.

Penny’s defense attorney, Thomas Kenniff, rejected claims that Penny, as a Marine veteran, knew the dangers of hold...