Man pleads not guilty to manslaughter over chokehold death of Jordan Neely

Daniel Penny, 24, also pleads not guilty to criminally negligent homicide after incident on New York subway

The man accused of fatally strangling Jordan Neely with a chokehold in a New York City subway car last month pleaded not guilty to charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in a court appearance on Wednesday to enter a plea to a grand jury indictment charging him in the killing.

Daniel Penny, 24, was captured in videos recorded by bystanders choking Neely from behind for several minutes on 1 May while they rode on a train on the F line, in Manhattan.