Shocking video shows NYC subway passenger putting unhinged man in deadly chokehold - NEW SAINT FLOYD JUST DROPPED

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Dramatic new video shows a straphanger taking matters into his own hands, pinning down an unhinged man in a deadly incident at a Manhattan subway station this week.

The 24-year-old passenger stepped in after the vagrant, identified by sources as Jordan Neely, 30, began going on an aggressive rant on a northbound F train Monday afternoon, according to police and a witness who took the video.

“He starts to make a speech,” freelance journalist Juan Alberto Vazquez said in Spanish during an interview Tuesday, referring to the disturbed man.

“He started screaming in an aggressive manner,” Vazquez told The Post. “He said he had no food, he had no drink, that he was tired and doesn’t care if he goes to jail. He started screaming all these things, took off his jacket, a black jacket that he had, and threw it on the ground.”

That’s when he said the straphanger came up behind Neely and took him to the ground in a chokehold — keeping him there for some 15 minutes, Vazquez said.

The approximately three minute and a half long video shot by Vazquez shows the blond subway-rider lying on the floor of the train with his arm wrapped around the man’s neck.

The train was stopped, with the doors opened, at the Broadway-Lafayette Street/Bleeker Street station, where Vasquez said the conductor had called 911.

Neely — who was living on the streets and had a history of mental health issues — lost consciousness after being put in the chokehold, and EMS workers at the station were unable to revive him, police and law enforcement sources said.

The straphanger — who sources said is a Marine veteran — was taken into custody and later released without charges. The investigation is ongoing and authorities were waiting on autopsy results before deciding whether to pursue charges against the younger man, sources said.

He declined to comment when reached by The Post Tuesday, saying, “I am not interested in answering any questions, thank you.”

Vazquez, who was on his way to Yonkers at about 2:30 p.m. on Monday, said Neely barged into the train at the Second Avenue station — and quickly began screaming and yelling at riders, prompting many to move away.

Video taken later shows the man flailing his arms and legs in an effort to free himself as the straphanger has him in a headlock and another bystander helps to hold him down on the floor of the subway train.

“He moved his arms but he couldn’t express anything,” Vazquez said of Neely. “All he could do was move arms.

“Then suddenly he just stopped moving,” Vasquez recalled. “He was out of strength.”

A person can be heard in the video expressing worry about Neely’s wellbeing off-camera. The man who had been helping the straphanger hold Neely down replies that, “He’s not squeezing no more.” The two then let Neely go after a few seconds, leaving him lying on his side on the ground.

“None of us who were there thought he was in danger of dying,” Vasquez said. “We thought he just passed out or ran out of air.”

Vazquez said he had mixed feelings about the fatal encounter — particularly since he said Neely had not physically attacked anyone on the train before he was taken down.

“I think that in one sense it’s fine that citizens want to jump in and help. But I think as heroes we have to use moderation,” he said.

“This would never have happened if the police had shown up within five minutes,” he added. “Then we’d be talking about a true hero. It’s complicated.”

 
I've been trapped in subway cars with insane screaming bums, and these pieces of shit are basically terrorists who hold the whole car hostage until they wring $20 worth of money out of people. Then they hop off unmolested because there are probably no police nearby and no one is going to call them and file a report over a few dollars. Taking this man out is an act of public service.
Same. It was one of the reasons I started commuting by bike. After a few incidents I realized I would rather take my chances with cars than be stuck in a coffin on rails.
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I cannot wait for the hot takes from all the usual retards who have their own security details.
 
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I feel like a fucking liberal for this, but I don't think this was a good kill. Sure feral and all, but I think someone has to be doing something physical before you jump in. Courts love fucking white boys in the ass on anything.
I'm actually inclined to agree with you. You don't get to fuck someone up because he's being a loud crazy asshole. Making someone lose consciousness through compression of the neck is a pretty serious thing, especially if the person is unhealthy. I get that he has his gay little marine training, but it's not a combat zone (although maybe that's debatable when it comes to the NY subway); I gotta wonder what he was thinking.

If I was this guy, I'd be looking at taking a vacation in a non-extradition country for a couple years. Russia, maybe. He can live with Snowden.
 
that he was tired and doesn’t care if he goes to jail.
i've heard phrases like this from people and from experience i take it as a threat. luckily the situation was de-escalated with conversation but that can't always be the case.
I feel like a fucking liberal for this, but I don't think this was a good kill. Sure feral and all, but I think someone has to be doing something physical before you jump in.
i'd have to see how long he held him and what was being said. he had him in a solid lock with and with other people helping it would not have been hard to check to make sure he didn't have a weapon and transfer to a different method of restraining where several people just held his arms once they knew if he had a weapon or not.

if he was saying things like "just stop struggling" the whole time it's looks less bad to me. if he didn't say anything and just choked him out for 3 minutes or so it looks way worse. if the guy can't actually breath he's not gonna be talking and asking politely. if he just walked up behind him and started choking him out instead of saying something before hand it also looks pretty bad.
 
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