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Was subway killing self-defense or excessive force? That's the question before jury as Daniel Penny ends

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Defense lawyer asks jurors to put themselves in frightened subway riders' shoes.

Daniel Penny is accused of choking Jordan Neely to death after an outburst on a New York underground train.

Prosecutors say Penny was justified in using some physical force after Neely shouted in a crowded train about being willing to die, willing to go jail or — as Penny and some other passengers recalled — willing to kill.

Some in New York and around the country see Penny as a valiant protector of fellow subway riders.

Penny wanted only to hold Neely for police, so used a “simple civilian restraint” instead of a textbook chokehold’ that would be applied to render someone unconscious.

“The police weren’t there when the people on that train needed help. Danny was.”.

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