“We must not become a city where a mentally ill human being can be choked to death by a vigilante without consequence”. This is what New York City’s financial chief Brad Lander said on Twitter as outrage grows over the killing of an unhoused Black man on the city’s subway, who was apparently having a mental health episode on a train. Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old who regularly danced in the Times Square transit hub, died on Monday after a confrontation with a fellow passenger. Neely was placed in a nearly three minute long headlock, which was recorded in a video shared to social media. His death has led to outrage over the treatment of unhoused people and the mental health crisis in New York City. Find out more about this story by clicking the link in bio. #jordanneely #newyork #newyorkcity #news #usa #usanews | Crowds have been protesting in the New York subway after footage emerged showing the death of an unhoused Black man on a train. | Jordan Neely, who regularly danced in the Times Square transit hub, | was killed during a confrontation with a fellow subway passenger | while Neely was suffering an apparent mental health episode. | Footage showed Neely on the floor in a train carriage as a man held him in a chokehold. | Others were seen holding his arm and shoulder. | Scuffles broke out during a protest march over Neely's death, | as outrage grows over the treatment of unhoused people and a mental health crisis in New York City. | Police claim Neely was harassing passengers when the incident occurred. | The man who placed Neely in the chokehold was released without charges as the police investigation continues.