WASHINGTON (TND) – A wave of conservative support is pouring in for 24-year-old ex-marine Daniel Penny who now faces second-degree manslaughter charges for plac

A U.S. Marine veteran who used a fatal chokehold on an agitated New York City subway passenger was freed from custody Friday.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the death of Jordan Neely at the hands of a fellow subway rider was "a tragedy that never should have happened."

The man who police say fatally choked a New York City subway rider will face criminal charges, according to prosecutors.

Attorneys for the Marine veteran who placed a man in a lethal chokehold on the New York City Subway this week released a statement Friday declaring their client

Penny is accused of using a fatal chokehold on Neely, a homeless man who witnesses and prosecutors say had been "making threats and scaring people."