Former NYPD Lt. Darrin Porcher sizes up jurors’ determination within the subway chokehold case and the most recent within the investigation of the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Daniel Penny, who in December was acquitted of criminally negligent murder for a chokehold in response to a person’s violent outburst of loss of life threats towards different riders on a New York Metropolis subway automotive, has reportedly landed a task with an funding agency in Silicon Valley to “learn the business of investing.”
“He will learn the business of investing, and he will work to support our portfolio companies,” Ulevitch wrote in a memo to all staff on Tuesday afternoon.
Andreessen Horowitz didn’t reply to FOX Enterprise’ request for touch upon the matter.
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Penny, a 26-year-old Marine veteran and structure scholar, was charged for the subway chokehold loss of life of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man with schizophrenia who barged onto the practice shouting loss of life threats whereas excessive on a sort of artificial marijuana often known as K2. It occurred on Could 1, 2023.
Neely had a prolonged felony document, an lively arrest warrant, a historical past of psychosis and was excessive. He additionally had sickle cell trait genetic dysfunction.
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This screenshot from bystander video exhibits Jordan Neely being held in a chokehold on the New York Metropolis subway. (Luces de Nueva York / Juan Alberto Vazquez by way of Storyful)
The Free Press reported that Ulevitch spoke in regards to the Could 2023 incident in a memo to workers.
“I believe, as I know many of you do, that Daniel acted with courage in a tough situation,” Ulevitch stated. “He was acquitted of all charges. Beyond that, it has always been our policy to evaluate the entire person and not judge them for the worst moment in their entire life.”
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He additionally wrote about his imaginative and prescient for the previous Marine, noting that he may assist strengthen the agency’s relationships with the general public security sector and the Division of Protection.
Particularly, Penny will reportedly work in Andreessen Horowitz’s American Dynamism observe, which “invests in founders and companies that support the national interest.”
