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Former Marine misused a combat technique in fatal chokehold of NYC subway rider, trainer testifies

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72% Informative

Daniel Penny is charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely .

Neely, a homeless man and Michael Jackson impersonator, died in a chokehold last May .

A Marine combat instructor testifies that the maneuver should knock a person out without killing them.

Held too long, the maneuver can restrict the flow of blood to a person's brain, the instructor says.

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74

Informative language

72

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58

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informal

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English

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55

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offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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