The woman interviewed said as much. And another one…
“One witness testified to the grand jury that Neely’s menacing words — which included ravings that “someone is going to die today” and that he was “ready to go to Rikers” — were “insanely threatening” and delivered with a “sickening” and “satanic” bent.
The witness “believed he was going to die as Neely began approaching him,” the motion read.
“He described the moment as ‘absolutely traumatizing’ beyond anything he had ever experienced in six years riding the subway,” the lawyers wrote.”
“Another witness — who was with her young son — told the grand jury that Neely said he wanted to hurt people.
“I want to go to Rikers, I want to go to prison,” she recalled him saying, adding that her nervous son asked her why the man would want to be jailed.”
Train passengers who were in the subway car when homeless man Jordan Neely launched into a maniacal rant just before his death described his words as “sickening” and “satanic” — as defense attorney…
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So in your opinion, do you think Neely’s desire to go to Rikers was for gainful employment?