5 hours ago · NEW YORK (PIX11) – Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran acquitted in the subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely, has landed a new job in Silicon Valley. He’s been hired by Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm, according to his profile on the company’s website. Penny is listed as a deal partner. He’ll work with a […]

Daniel Penny (born 1998 or 1999) is a former United States Marine who gained national attention following an incident on May 1, 2023, in which he restrained and killed Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man, on a New York City subway. Neely's death, which occurred after Penny applied a chokehold, led to a polarizing public debate on issues of mental health, homelessness, public safety, and ...

5 hours ago · Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran acquitted in a subway killing, has been hired by Andreessen Horowitz. A16z said Penny would take the role of deal partner to support the VC firm's American ...

17 hours ago · Daniel Penny landed a cushy job at a powerhouse Silicon Valley venture capital firm less than two months after he was acquitted in the subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely.

Nov 4, 2024 · As he lay on a subway floor with a stranger's arm around his neck, Jordan Neely reached and tapped a bystander on the leg, video showed Monday at the manslaughter trial surrounding Neely's death....

18 hours ago · Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran acquitted on a charge of criminally negligent homicide in Manhattan in December, has been hired by one of Silicon Valley’s most prestigious venture capital firms ...

Jan 17, 2025 · A photo of recently acquitted Daniel Penny riding the New York City subway has gone viral. Newsweek has reached out to Penny's attorney via an online form outside normal working hours for...

Nov 4, 2024 · Never-before-seen video played at Daniel Penny’s manslaughter trial Monday shows the Marine veteran gripping homeless man Jordan Neely’s neck on a subway floor — while bystanders plead with...

Nov 5, 2024 · She captured video — first seen publicly in court Monday — of Penny on the floor, gripping Neely’s head in the crook of his left arm, with his right hand atop Neely’s head. In the clip, an unseen bystander worries aloud that Neely is dying and urges, “Let him go!”

Dec 10, 2024 · Penny, a 26-year-old former Marine, put Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man, in a minuteslong chokehold after Neely boarded a subway car acting erratically in May 2023, according to officials.