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Man Dies on Subway After Another Rider Places Him in Chokehold [1]

['Maria Cramer', 'Chelsia Rose Marcius']

Date: 2023-05-02  

A 30-year-old man who was screaming on a subway train died on Monday afternoon after another rider grabbed him and placed him in a chokehold, according to the police and video of the encounter.

The man, whose name has not been released, flailed his arms and kicked his legs as he attempted to free himself, the video shows. The video was taken by Juan Alberto Vazquez, a freelance journalist, who posted it on his Facebook page, “Luces de Nueva York.”

Witnesses said the victim had been acting in a “hostile and erratic manner” toward other passengers on the train when he was approached by the other man, 24, who moved to restrain him, according to the police.

In the video, the man who died pushes off another man who held his arms down.

The police later took the rider who had placed the man in a chokehold into custody, questioned him and released him. The man has not been charged and the investigation was continuing, the police said. He also was not named by the police.

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[1] Url: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/02/nyregion/subway-chokehold-death.html

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