Pace drama queen AOC, Jordan Neely was not murdered. Yet, he did die at the hands of another man. The circumstances under which that happened are complicated. Of those circumstances, the dangerous setting that Neely further imperiled before his fateful confrontation is probably the most consequential: an under-policed New York City subway system that is regressing to late 20th century mayhem — except with the add-on of a mental-health crisis decades in the making.
The least consequential of the circumstances, at least in the decisive moments, was race.
