https://thefederalist.com/2023/05/05/th ... -punished/
This is what the Republican party has come to, and they wonder how anyone could possibly confuse them with being racist.

So a 30 year old black homeless man, Jordan Neely was choked to death by a white marine on the NY subway this week and much of it was caught on camera. Neely was known to many New Yorkers as a street entertainer and Michael Jackson impersonator:
It is hard to tell from the photo below but I'm guessing the marine is significantly bigger than Neely.
According to witnesses Neely went on an unhinged rant, talking about how he was hungry, thirst and homeless and he became very aggressive in his talk and threw down his jacket on the ground saying he doesn't care if he goes to jail. At no point did it appear he was armed, and at no point did he threaten to hurt anyone.
But apparently his speech offended one guy who took it upon himself to just kill the guy. He's a trained Marine, so I assume he wasn't completely ignorant of the fact that a 15 minute chokehold would likely cause someone to die. One bystander even warned him to stop squeezing him because he had already defecated on himself and if he's dead he could face a murder charge.
The killer was released and the DA is weighing the evidence before deciding to press charges. But I think it is interesting, especially in light of the Right Wing's recent love affair with "FREE SPEECH" when it comes to defending Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson.
But an outspoken black man on a subway? Who does this guy think he is anyway, someone with the same rights as those with white privilege?