PICTURED: NYC subway rider charged with manslaughter for fatally stabbing a man who punched his girlfriend and harassed other passengers… as lawyer asks why cops haven’t released him like Jordan Neely’s killer
- Jordan Williams, 20, allegedly pulled out a pocket knife and stabbed Devictor Ouedraogo, 36, on a northbound J train in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on Tuesday
- He was arrested by police on Wednesday and charged with manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon
- His attorney Jason Goldman said his client was acting in self defense and claimed the reason he is being treated differently is because he is black
An NYC subway rider accused of fatally stabbing a man who punched his girlfriend and harassed other passengers has been pictured – as his lawyer questioned why he’s not been released like Jordan Neely’s killer.
Jordan Williams, 20, allegedly pulled out a pocket knife and stabbed Devictor Ouedraogo, 36, on a northbound J train in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on Tuesday.
He was arrested by police on Wednesday and charged with manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon.
Ouedraogo, who has attempted robbery convictions in his past, reportedly punched his girlfriend and was bothering other passengers before he was knifed to death.
The case echoes that of black homeless man Jordan Neely, 30, who was killed on the F-train on May 1 when Daniel Penny, 24 – a white ex-Marine – put him in a chokehold for allegedly threatening fellow passengers, claiming he acted in self-defense.
Ex-Marine Penny surrendered himself to the police almost two weeks after Neely’s death on May 12 when he was charged with second-degree manslaughter and then released on $100,000 bail.
Williams’ attorney said his client was also acting in self-defense – but claimed the reason he is being treated differently is because he is black.
The lawyer of a New York City subway rider who fatally stabbed a man for punching his girlfriend and harassing others has asked why he hasn’t been released like Jordan Neely’s killer
Jordan Williams, 20, (center) allegedly pulled out a pocket knife and stabbed Devictor Ouedraogo, 36, on a northbound J train in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on Tuesday
Ouedraogo, who has attempted robbery convictions in his past, reportedly punched his girlfriend and was bothering other passengers before he was knifed to death
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Williams’ attorney Jason Goldman said: ‘It’s upsetting to see that Mr. Williams is even being charged without a thorough investigation.
‘We already know that the victim punched his girlfriend and menaced passenger.
‘Is Mr. Williams not getting the same treatment that Mr. Penny received — released, voluntary surrender, and low bail — because his skin color is different and he comes from a particular neighborhood?
‘Instead, those very factors will likely result in Mr. Williams, a young boy, fighting this case of clear self-defense from a cage at Rikers.’
Authorities said Ouedraogo boarded the Brooklyn-bound train with the couple at around 8.10pm on Tuesday night, before he allegedly started to harass commuters traveling over the Williamsburg Bridge.
Video obtained by the New York Daily News showed the victim, who was slurring his words and was shirtless, getting into a random passenger’s face. The outlet has not published the footage.
As the commuter tried not to react, Ouedraogo began gyrating in front of him.
Williams could be seen approaching the man in an apparent attempt to calm him down by the end of the video.
But a second clip obtained by the outlet showed the two men fighting, as an unknown woman was heard screaming ‘Don’t f******* touch her, you piece of s***.’
‘Get your f****** hand off of her.
It is not known if this woman referenced was Williams’ girlfriend who was allegedly punched.
Ouedraogo was then seen backing off as his chest was covered in blood and stumbled off the train and collapsed on the platform.
Police and first responders rushed to the scene, and emergency service crews took the man to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
A witness, identified only as Eric, told the New York Post that Ouedraogo ‘was getting in the face of somebody on the other end of the train’ and ‘at one point he took his shirt off and I heard him say he was going to erase someone.’
He said Ouedraogo was with a friend and they were both ‘acting obnoxious’ on the train and were sat next to a young woman and opposite two older women.
One of the older women reacted defensively when Ouedraogo started to speak to her and Williams rolled his eyes and told him ‘you need to chill or you need to relax’, according to Eric.
The pair then began to talk until Ouedraogo struck him in the face before also punching his girlfriend.
Passengers fled the scene while the fight took place and Eric said he ‘didn’t see him [Williams] pull out a knife but it looked like he punched him [Ouedraogo] in the chest.’
Police and first responders rushed to the scene, and emergency service crews took the man to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead
Williams was arrested by police on Wednesday and charged with manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon
Attorney Jason Goldman said his client was acting in self defense and claimed the reason he is being treated differently to Daniel Penny, who was charged over the chokehold death of Neely on the subway, is because he is black
The victim then ‘walked through the car doors into the car where everyone was and I backed up and he had a hole in the center of his chest and it was pumping blood and he had a glossed over look in his eyes,’ Eric added.
‘His friend was kind of smacking him in the face but he was completely unconscious laying on the subway platform.’
Officers said the couple involved in the attack stayed on the train, but were tracked down at the Chauncey Street station.
They said they did not know the victim, and both Williams and his girlfriend were taken into custody as ‘persons of interest,’ though the woman was later released.
Ouedraogo had spent three years in prison beginning in 2009 following an attempted robbery conviction in Queens.
Meanwhile in Penny’s case, the ex-Marine was indicted by a grand jury on Wednesday and is expected to appear in court on July 17 charged with second-degree manslaughter, after being released on bail.
More than $2.8million has been raised for Penny’s legal defense on GiveSendGo- which until now was better known for being used by those charged with participating in the January 6th Capitol riot and by supporters of Kyle Rittenhouse.
In a recent interview, Penny further claimed Neely ripped off his jacket and threatened to kill the subway passengers.
‘The man stumbled on, he appeared to be on drugs, the doors closed, and he ripped his jacket off and threw it down at the people sitting next to me at my left,’ he added.
Penny said he was listening to music and took his headphones out as he heard Neely yelling in what he deemed a ‘scary situation.’
The incident has drawn similarities with the death of Neely, 30, a homeless man with drug addiction problems, who died on the subway on May 1 after he was restrained by Penny
‘The three main threats that he repeated over and over again were I’m going to kill you, I’m prepared to go to jail for life and I’m willing to die,’ Penny said.
Penny said he felt he couldn’t sit and do nothing any longer, echoing an interview he gave earlier this week where he cited a talk at school from author Elie Wiesel.
‘There’s a common misconception that Marines don’t get scared. We’re actually taught one of our core values is courage, and courage is not the absence of fear but how you handle fear,’ he said.
‘I was scared for myself but I looked around there was women and children, he was yelling in their faces saying these threats. I just couldn’t sit still.’
He argued the reporting that he was ‘holding on’ to Neely for 15 minutes ‘is not true.’
‘The whole interaction lasted less than 5 minutes. Some people say I was trying to choke him to death – which is also not true. I was trying to restrain him.’
He claimed the grip he used to keep Neely restrained was ‘based on the force that [Neely’s] exerting.’
‘You can see in the video there’s a clear rise and fall of his chest, indicating that he’s breathing. I’m trying to restrain him from being able to carry out the threats.’
If Penny is convicted he could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison.
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