Death of man who was placed in chokehold on subway ruled a homicide
The medical examiner determined that the victim's cause of death was a chokehold, officials said.
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The medical examiner determined that the victim's cause of death was a chokehold, officials said.
The death of a man reportedly put in a chokehold by another passenger on a New York City subway has been deemed a homicide. Police spoke with the 24-year-old Marine veteran witnesses say initiated the choke but he was not arrested. CBS News anchors Lana Zak and Errol Barnett spoke with Greg Donaldson, an associate professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, about why the man was let go.
Sources say a former Marine restrained the other passenger, who was acting erratically. Video shows the passenger who later died being kept in a chokehold.
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