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Recently, a video went viral showing a brave commuter taking action and restraining an erratic homeless man on a New York City subway. While being held down by the 24-year-old passenger, the unruly vagrant sadly ended up dying,
The 24-year-old passenger stepped in after the vagrant, identified by sources as Jordan Neely, 30, began going on an aggressive rant on a northbound F train Monday afternoon, according to police and a witness who took the video.
“He starts to make a speech,” freelance journalist Juan Alberto Vazquez said in Spanish during an interview Tuesday, referring to the disturbed man.
“He started screaming in an aggressive manner,” Vazquez told The Post. “He said he had no food, he had no drink, that he was tired and doesn’t care if he goes to jail. He started screaming all these things, took off his jacket, a black jacket that he had, and threw it on the ground.”
That’s when he said the straphanger came up behind Neely and took him to the ground in a chokehold — keeping him there for some 15 minutes, Vazquez said.
The viral video was captured by journalist Juan Vazquez, who just happened to be on the train when the incident went down. It shows a blond subway rider lying on the train floor, with his arm wrapped around the neck of the unruly man.
Video taken later shows the man flailing his arms and legs in an effort to free himself as the straphanger has him in a headlock and another bystander helps to hold him down on the floor of the subway train.
“He moved his arms but he couldn’t express anything,” Vazquez said of Neely. “All he could do was move his arms.
“Then suddenly he just stopped moving,” Vasquez recalled. “He was out of strength.”
A person can be heard in the video expressing worry about Neely’s well-being off-camera.
The man who had been helping the straphanger hold Neely down replies that “He’s not squeezing no more.” The two then let Neely go after a few seconds, leaving him lying on his side on the ground.
“None of us who were there thought he was in danger of dying,” Vasquez said. “We thought he just passed out or ran out of air.”
Once the train came to a stop, the conductor called 911. However, according to Juan, the police took a long time to arrive. He believes that if they had shown up quicker, the homeless man might still be alive.
While the heroic act was praised by many, people are also concerned about the political implications. After all, Soros-backed Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg has a well-earned reputation for politicizing cases – after all, this is the man who arrested President Trump. The investigation into the incident is still on going, and authorities are reportedly waiting for the results of the autopsy before deciding whether or not to press charges against the brave commuter.
The question now is, will disgraced Alvin Bragg use this incident as yet another political stunt to score popularity points with the radical mob? It remains to be seen if this good-hearted vigilante hero and modern-day Bernie Goetz will be thrown to the progressive wolves… keep him in your prayers.
For those of you who aren’t in the know, who was Bernhard Goetz?
Bernhard Goetz, also known as the Subway Vigilante, was a fed-up New York citizen who, in the violent and crime-ridden 1980s, had been mugged by criminals who ultimately got away with a slap on the wrist (sounds familiar, eh?). An enraged and resentful Goetz applied for a concealed carry permit and NYC denied his request, but that didn’t stop him from buying a Smith & Wesson revolver that he carried around the city. The next time a gang of four young black men tried to accost and rob him on a subway, Goetz opened fire and managed to shoot each one of the muggers. The criminals survived, although one was paralyzed, and a jury acquitted on all charges except for a minor gun charge. Goetz ultimately only had to serve eight months in prison. What’s more, the people of New York turned Goetz into a hero:
After his actions brought him celebrity status, he became somewhat of a national hero for vigilante justice. Bumper stickers with slogans like “Ride with Bernie – he Goetz ’em!” were all over New York, and people were praising him for taking a stand against the crime-ridden city.
Even more shocking than the support was the fact that, beginning in 1990, the crime rate in New York rapidly declined. One of the most dangerous cities in the country soon became one of the safest, and Goetz’s supporters couldn’t help but attribute it to their hero.
As of 2014, Bernhard Goetz still lives in the same Union Square apartment he lived in on that fateful December day and is still a supporter of vigilante justice, though he’s not as personally involved in enacting it as he once was.
The full backstory of Bernie Goetz at All Things Interesting is indeed interesting and worth a read. Read it here…
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