Ex-marine who held man in fatal chokehold on subway to face manslaughter charge

The killing of Jordan Neely has sparked a debate about race and the treatment of mental illness (AP Photo/Brooke Lansdale, File)

Manhattan prosecutors said on Thursday that they will bring criminal charges against a man who used a fatal chokehold on an unruly passenger aboard a New York City subway train.

The death stirred outrage and debates about the response to mental illness in the largest transit system in the United States.