Sunday, May 7, 2023 12:46 p.m
UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) — The president of New York City Transit is responding to Saturday’s demonstration that spilled onto the subway tracks in a show of protest.
The protests were in response to the death of Jordan Neely on a subway train in NOHO.
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NYC Transit President Richard Davey reacted to the events that unfolded on Saturday, saying that while he supports peaceful protests, jumping onto subway tracks is “dangerous, reckless and potentially deadly.”
Scores of protesters took part in the protest on the subway tracks that brought the Q and F trains to a halt Saturday evening, the same line on which Neely was killed.
Protesters began their march that began in Union Square and headed inside 63rd Street-Lexington Avenue where they crowded the platform demanding justice.
Of course, this all comes from the video of Neely being restrained by Danny Penny, a 24-year-old US Navy veteran and college student.
He told police he wasn’t trying to kill Neely, but was just trying to hold him back for police.
A grand jury could be convened next week to hear evidence in the case.
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