“If a Black homeless man choked a white Marine to death, he wouldn’t be able to get off Rikers Island because he wouldn’t be able to pay the bail.”
Neely’s death has sparked fierce debate from either ends of the political spectrum with many protesters taking to the streets to decry what they feel is yet another racially motivated murder in America. However, there are also those who believe that Neely was a danger and bring up his criminal past — which reportedly included an assault on a senior woman.
“Apparently only Black folks are the ones that walk around with their records and things that they have done for everyone to see. No one had any idea at that moment of time what Jordan had done,” Williams said. “There was an elderly lady who was hit, that is horrible and we have to have accountability there as well. But it’s also a continued failure. I’m so happy that the elderly woman is alive, I wouldn’t want that to be my mom. [But] Jordan is dead. And he spent 15 months on Rikers Island.
“I’ll be honest, I did not think it would be controversial to simply say, New York City is not Gotham. We can’t be a city where you could choke someone to death who is experiencing a mental health crisis without any consequence and also we can’t be in a city where people are cheering when someone is killed,” Lander said. “We understand people are feeling anxious and fear that that can get turned into anger. But I really think we all know what to do in a moment like this is to take a deep breath.
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