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On Monday afternoon, Neely was aboard a subway train in New York City when he began shouting at other passengers and "acting erratically," according to witnesses. Another passenger on the train, identified as 24-year-old Marine veteran Daniel Penny, came up behind Neely and put him in a chokehold, while two other passengers helped Penny restrain Neely. After several minutes of holding Neely on the ground, he stopped moving, at which point medics arrived and failed to revive him. New York City's medical examiner determined he had died from compression of the neck. Many on the right say the city of New York failed Neely by not putting him in an institution or imprisoning him after he committed so many crimes. Many on the left blame Neely’s death on our underfunded social safety nets, saying Neely was failed by a system that neglects the homeless and mentally ill.
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