How the killing of Jordan Neely on the NYC subway divided America
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How the killing of Jordan Neely on the NYC subway divided America

B1IntermediateOctober 28, 202644 min

Jordan Neely, a Black unhoused man in crisis, was frightening fellow passengers on the New York City Subway. A white former Marine named Daniel Penny put Neely into a chokehold, killing him. Journalist Anand Giridharadas investigates the incident, and what it reveals about American society in Man in the Mirror. He spoke with Tonya Mosley. John Powers reviews the Thomas Mann film Fatherland. Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter Follow us on Instagram Subscribe to our YouTube channel Check out the Fresh Air Archives See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our...

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I'm Tanya Mosley. Jordan Neely knew how to draw a crowd. For years, he danced as Michael Jackson in New York's subways, people stopping in their tracks to record him doing the moonwalk.

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