Daniel Penny learned the "rear choke" that killed Jordan Neely in boot camp, Marine veterans tell Insider.
What Penny learned about chokeholds in his Marine training will be key at that trial, as a Manhattan judge or jury weighs whether Penny was negligent, or reckless, or neither.
An illustration of a "figure-four variation" of a rear chokehold from the Marine Corps martial arts program training manual.
The chokehold that killed Neely was "sloppy" and "excessive," said Alex Hollings, a former Marine black belt.
We call this 'sinking your heels in,' and it provides added control and leverage for the choke," Hollings said.
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