The Memo: Tragic subway death sparks firestorm among New York Democrats

By: Niall Stanage, The Hill

A group of several hundred people protest the death of Jordan Neely, Friday, May 5, 2023, at Washington Square Park in New York. Neely, a locally-known Michael Jackson impersonator who friends say suffered from worsening mental health, died Monday, May 1, when a fellow rider pulled him to the floor and pinned him with a hold taught in Marine combat training. (AP Photo/Brooke Lansdale)
(Brooke Lansdale / Associated Press)

The killing of a troubled man in a New York City subway car earlier this week has ignited a political firestorm….

“No matter the possible mental health challenges or emotional disturbance that Jordan might have been experiencing, there is no reason why we should be supporting — or not calling out — vigilante justice,” Elmer Flores of RAPP, or the Release Aging People in Prison campaign, told this column.

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