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Finding Jordan Neely
Not to totally rehash the contentious debate from earlier in the year, but there is a New York Magazine article that goes into the life of Jordan Neely -- the guy who was choked to death on the subway -- detailing some new information about his life and the incident. I didn't want to create a new thread in order to posit my opinion.
It's clear that outreach workers, many of whom had come into contact with Jordan, were both without options and naive (iirc the article flat out says many of them dislike the police). You see, Jordan had exhausted most of the measures used to keep mentally ill people off the streets whilst simultaneously trying to get them on track, not unlike the program the judge put Neely into before he was killed. But the guy was a menace to the community. He should have been a 'call the police asap' case. Sadly, the type of care that he required, talking about long term (real long term, like life), isn't available.
The guy was running around NYC as dirty as can be, attacking elderly people, and panhandling, all without a support system, because his mother was tragically killed by her shitbag boyfriend and the community couldn't truly intercede. Being a judge is tough, but in hindsight, he should have never been let out of Rikers, no matter the overflow. Again, hindsight.
I would like to see a follow-up on Daniel Penny featuring similar coverage. I bet there's a similar buildup, too, that would lead to a man holding a choke for as long as he did, even after the guy (Jordan) stopped moving.
Not to totally rehash the contentious debate from earlier in the year, but there is a New York Magazine article that goes into the life of Jordan Neely -- the guy who was choked to death on the subway -- detailing some new information about his life and the incident. I didn't want to create a new thread in order to posit my opinion.
It's clear that outreach workers, many of whom had come into contact with Jordan, were both without options and naive (iirc the article flat out says many of them dislike the police). You see, Jordan had exhausted most of the measures used to keep mentally ill people off the streets whilst simultaneously trying to get them on track, not unlike the program the judge put Neely into before he was killed. But the guy was a menace to the community. He should have been a 'call the police asap' case. Sadly, the type of care that he required, talking about long term (real long term, like life), isn't available.
The guy was running around NYC as dirty as can be, attacking elderly people, and panhandling, all without a support system, because his mother was tragically killed by her shitbag boyfriend and the community couldn't truly intercede. Being a judge is tough, but in hindsight, he should have never been let out of Rikers, no matter the overflow. Again, hindsight.
I would like to see a follow-up on Daniel Penny featuring similar coverage. I bet there's a similar buildup, too, that would lead to a man holding a choke for as long as he did, even after the guy (Jordan) stopped moving.
