Much of the corporate press refrained from framing Neely as a victim, and far-right media outlets went even further to excuse the killing.

An earlier Daily News headline (5/2/23) was “Brawling NYC Subway Rider Dies After Chokehold, NYPD Says.”
Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old unhoused Black man, appeared to be in the throes of a mental heal…