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Jordan Neelys Subway Chokehold Death Draws Attention To His Mothers Murder In Similar Fashion
Christine Neely was 36 years old when her boyfriend choked her to death, stuffed her body in a suitcase and dumped it on the side of a highway in the Bronx in 2007.
The vigilante chokehold death of an unarmed and nonviolent Black man on a New York City subway this week is drawing comparisons to the murder of his own mother years earlier and the subsequent legal case in which he played a significant role.
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Slightly more than 16 years earlier, 14-year-old Neely was an eyewitness to the domestic violence that ultimately contributed to the murder of his own mother.
https://newsone.com/4573840/jordan-neely-mother-chokehold-deaths/
LoisB
(7,212 posts)he has found peace.
Solomon
(12,311 posts)running his mouth.
LoisB
(7,212 posts)What happened to him is indefensible and the murderer should be arrested, convicted, and sent to prison. He was obviously having mental issues and a little kindness could have prevented his murder.
obamanut2012
(26,083 posts)At peace?! HE IS DEAD
dalton99a
(81,531 posts)LoisB
(7,212 posts)JanLip
(845 posts)People are afraid to help. The man that killed him should pay dearly. There was no need to choke him. Its just a sad set of circumstances
Jan
LoisB
(7,212 posts)someone in need. I don't know how we change that.