Outrage grows after chokehold death of man on Subway, New York, USA - 06 May 2023
New York Police Department (NYPD) watch the protests at the Broadway/Lafayette Street subway station during a "Justice for Jordan Neely" protest on May 06, 2023 in New York City. More than 15 people were arrested throughout the day with most arrests happening in the subway station after protestors stopped a train from leaving the station and walked on the subway tracks. According to police and a witness account, Neely, who was 30 years old and residing in a shelter, died after being placed in a chokehold by a 24-year-old man on a subway train in New York City on Monday. Increasingly, activists are calling for the man who used the chokehold on Neely to be apprehended.