Before he encountered Penny, Neely, a former Michael Jackson impersonator, ranted about being hungry and thirsty and said that he wanted to return to jail and didn’t care if he lived or died, witnesses testified.
Penny, 26, a former Marine and Long Island native, placed Neely in a chokehold that prosecutors said lasted almost six minutes.
“I submit to you there was a rush to judgment, based on something other than medical science,” he told jurors.
“You obviously cannot kill someone because they are crazy and ranting and looking menacing,” Yoran told jurors in her closing argument.
On Wednesday, Neely’s father sued Penny accusing him of negligent contact, assault and battery that caused Neely’s death.
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