Marine Who Trained Daniel Penny in Chokeholds Testifies at Manslaughter Trial NYT | Top Stories Hurubie Meko and Anusha Bayya 15 November 2024 at 07:09 The military trainer said that Marines are taught to render a person unconscious in seconds. Mr. Penny held Jordan Neely, a homeless man, for six minutes. © Jefferson Siegel for The New York TimesDaniel Penny told police detectives that he had kept a tight hold on Jordan Neely: “I was in the Marines.”