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tulipsandroses

(5,124 posts)
Thu May 4, 2023, 11:49 PM May 2023

Jordan Neely's mother was choked to death

Jordan Neely’s Subway Chokehold Death Draws Attention To His Mother’s 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/

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LoisB

(7,212 posts)
1. Maybe if someone had offered him a sandwich and bottle of water, he would still be alive. I hope
Fri May 5, 2023, 12:13 AM
May 2023

he has found peace.

LoisB

(7,212 posts)
6. Maybe if someone had shown him a little kindness, he wouldn't have been running his mouth.
Fri May 5, 2023, 09:05 AM
May 2023

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.

JanLip

(845 posts)
8. With everything that happens in our world
Fri May 5, 2023, 11:12 AM
May 2023

People are afraid to help. The man that killed him should pay dearly. There was no need to choke him. It’s just a sad set of circumstances

Jan

LoisB

(7,212 posts)
9. You are right. It is also sad that we have gotten to the point where people are afraid to help
Fri May 5, 2023, 12:05 PM
May 2023

someone in need. I don't know how we change that.

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