Daniel Penny pleaded not guilty Wednesday morning to charges of second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide over an incident in which he placed Jordan Neely in a chokehold in a New York subway train in May. The Wednesday arraignment was a procedural step after the 24-year-old Marine Corps veteran was indicted by a grand jury two weeks ago in the death of Neely, a 30-year-old homeless Black man, in a minutes-long incident captured on video. Penny was arraigned last month on a second-degree manslaughter charge after New York’s chief medical examiner ruled that Neely’s death was a homicide. Penny entered the New York Supreme Court in Manhattan just before 10 a.m. Wednesday. After he pleaded not guilty, Penny was released on $100,000 bail. His next court appearance is scheduled for Oct. 25

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