Man Acting Erratically On Subway Dies After Being Restrained. Legal Analysis With NY Criminal Defense Attorney, Former Prosecutor David Schwartz on CBS 2 NY.

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0:00 a man died after being put in a 0:02 Chokehold on the subway sources tell us 0:04 a former Marine restrained a pastor 0:06 who'd been acting erratically CBS 2's 0:08 Alec browman obtained video from the
0:10 incident we want to warn you you may 0:11 find the images disturbing 0:13 the video is hard to watch so we're only 0:16 showing still frames from it you can see 0:18 a 24 year old Subway Rider putting a 30 0:21
year old man into Chokehold he holds the 0:24 30 year old around the neck for two 0:26 minutes and 55 seconds of this video at 0:29 some points two other Riders try to 0:31 restrain the 30 year old's arms before
0:33 all three let him go lifeless on the 0:35 floor this happened Monday afternoon on 0:38 the F train at the East Houston and 0:40 Lafayette Street Station in SoHo police 0:42 sources tell us the 30 year old man in 0:44 the video had been acting erratically on 0:46 the subway car allegedly throwing trash 0:48 and yelling at passengers we're told the 0:51 24 year old man who's a former Marine 0:53 stepped in to try and quell him things 0:55 turned physical and sources say the 0:57 Marine put him in a Chokehold while 0:59 telling those around to call 9-1-1 when 1:02 police eventually got there they brought 1:03 the 30-year-old man to the hospital 1:05 where he was pronounced dead sources 1:07 tell us police took the 24 year old 1:09 Marine into custody for questioning but 1:12 released him without any charges the 1:14 NYPD is still investigating and waiting 1:16 for the medical examiner to determine 1:18 the official cause of death 1:20 you could only assert as much force as 1:23 necessary in that particular situation 1:26 so was force even necessary I don't know 1:29 we have to see what the investigation 1:31 unfolds criminal defense attorney and 1:33 former prosecutor David Schwartz says 1:35 self-defense may be a tough legal 1:38 argument in this situation was there 1:40
another uh way to subdue this person 1:43 besides getting getting him into a 1:46 Chokehold he says whatever happened 1:47 before this video starts could determine 1:50 which way the case goes was this person 1:52 just causing Havoc or were they 1:55 threatening the lives of others on the 1:57 subway I think the city of New York has 2:00 created conditions as such where things 2:03 like this are gonna happen police
2:04 sources tell us the man who died had 2:06 more than 40 prior arrests at an active 2:09 warrant out for his arrest from a felony 2:11 assault charge in SoHo Ali Bauman CBS 2 2:14 News