Jordan Neely killing: lack of arrest highlights racial disparities in charging

Anger mounts that white subway rider who put Black man in chokehold was released without charge

As New York City authorities continue to investigate the killing of an unhoused Black man who was put into a chokehold by a white transit passenger, anger and frustration mounted over the lack of an arrest in the case, reinforcing longstanding racial disparities over who gets charged for crimes in the city and nationally.

His killing is a reflection of deep racial bias in our society," Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, told the Guardian on Friday. And the way he was treated after death is a reflection of other biases with regard to people who suffer mental illness.