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Daniel Penny trial: New bodycam video in subway chokehold case
The trial of Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran charged in the subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely, began Friday, with jurors seeing police bodycam video from the moments when officers arrived at the scene. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.
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Prosecutor says Marine vet's subway chokehold ‘went too far.' Defense says ‘courage' helped others
Prosecutors and defense lawyers agree on one thing about Marine veteran Daniel Penny’s encounter last year with a distressed, angry and threatening man on a New York subway: Penny didn’t mean to kill him. But a prosecutor told jurors Friday that Penny “went way too far” in trying to neutralize someone he saw as a threat and not as...
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Newest tool in NYC's push to stop subway surfing: Drones
City leaders are trying to tackle the growing problem of teens riding on top of subway cars. Since January, at least six people have died while subway surfing, including the son of one woman who has said the death-defying stunts are getting out of control. Now Mayor Eric Adams says he’s going to start using drones to stop it. NBC...
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After string of deaths, NYC has new tool to fight subway surfing: Drones
In the wake of three young New Yorkers dying from subway surfing in a six-week span, the city is expanding its plan aimed at ending the dangerous stunt — with more help of drones in the air, and more student-driven public service announcements.
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Pirate-costumed robber suspected of assault in Bronx subway station: NYPD
A man in a pirate costume is accused of robbing and assaulting a person inside a Bronx subway station, the NYPD said. The violent robbery occurred Sunday at 4 a.m. inside the Brook Avenue 6 Train station, which is located at the intersection with East 138th St. Police said the suspect approached a 32-year-old person at the turnstile and punched…
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MTA, Metro-North adding service to and from Yankee Stadium for World Series
Looking to get to Yankee Stadium for World Series games 3, 4, or possibly 5? The commute just got a little easier.
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Everything you need to know about Game 3 of the World Series
The Los Angeles Dodgers head to Yankee Stadium up 2-0 in the best-of-seven World Series.
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13-year-old girl dies, another badly hurt in Queens subway surfing tragedy
A 13-year-old girl is dead, another teenager critically injured after police say the two were subway surfing in Queens. Authorities responding to a call about people hit by a train at 111th Street shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday found the two girls. They had apparently fallen between two cars while subway surfing on a southbound No. 7 train and were…
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Teenage girl killed, another badly hurt in subway surfing incident
It happened at 111th Street in Queens.
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Daniel Penny trial: Potential jurors in subway chokehold death asked about train use
Jury selection continued Friday, but no jurors have yet been chosen in the case against Daniel Penny.
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AI-powered weapons scanners used in NYC subway found zero guns in one month test
A pilot program testing AI-powered weapons scanners inside some New York City subway stations this summer did not detect any passengers with firearms — but falsely alerted more than 100 times, according to newly released police data.
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Jury selection begins in Daniel Penny's deadly subway chokehold trial in NYC
Jury selection was underway Monday in the trial of Daniel Penny, the Marines veteran accused of putting Jordan Neely in a deadly chokehold on a subway train last year. NBC New York’s Rana Novini reports.
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Daniel Penny trial: Jury selection begins in NYC subway chokehold death
Jury selection was underway Monday in the trial of Daniel Penny, a retired Marine charged in the deadly subway chokehold of Jordan Neely.
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Subway rider shot in head accuses NYPD cops of recklessly opening fire at Brooklyn station
A lawyer for a New York City subway rider who was inadvertently shot in the head by police at a station has filed a legal claim against the city, accusing the officers of showing “carelessness and reckless” disregard for the lives of others when they opened fire on a man holding a knife in front of a train.
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Daniel Penny appears in court for pretrial hearing
A retired Marine charged in a deadly chokehold on the subway in 2023 returned to court Thursday in the a case that captivated the country. Daniel Penny faces charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide charge in the death of Jordan Neely. He was in court Thursday for an all-day hearing regarding evidence that could be presented in trial. NBC New...
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Man attacked, stabbed on 4 train in the Bronx
A man is recovering in the hospital Tuesday morning after being attacked on a subway train in the Bronx, the NYPD said. Police said the attack happened on a northbound no. 4 train around 3 a.m. at 138th Street and Grand Concourse. The victim, 45, suffered stab wounds to the upper chest, but was alert and conscious, according to the…
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Bodycam footage shows shooting at Brooklyn subway station that left four hurt
The new bodycam video shows what happened before the subway shooting that injured two innocent bystanders, in addition to a police officer and the man who allegedly pulled a knife on the cops after they tried to stop him for fare beating. The officers were seen using Tasers in an effort to subdue him, but those failed, and shortly after...
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Woman pushed to tracks in Brooklyn subway station
A 62-year-old woman is recovering after an attack in a Brooklyn subway station. Romney Smith reports.
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Shunned lighter-seeker shoves woman to subway tracks in Brooklyn
Authorities are looking for a man who shoved a 62-year-old woman to the train tracks in Brooklyn when she ignored his request for a lighter early Thursday, officials say. According to investigators, the woman was waiting on a northbound platform for the L train at the Jefferson Street station in Bushwick shortly before 6 a.m. when a stranger walked up…
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11-year-old subway surfer falls to death in Brooklyn
Police believe an 11-year-old boy was subway surfing in Brooklyn when he fell off and died. News 4’s Chris Jose reports.