Daniel Penny, acquitted of the filmed homicide of a homeless in New York, hired by an investment fund close to Trump

A former navy of the American army, who had been acquitted of the murder by strangle of a homeless in the New York metro, was hired by an investment fund of Silicon Valley co-founded by a Donald Trump ally .

Daniel Penny’s trial last year was very publicized, because the case highlighted the racial divisions in America. The young white man was acquitted in early December, despite a viral video in 2023 who showed him hindering the black victim, Jordan Neely, struggling on the ground in a metro train before no longer moving.

Many demonstrations in New York after the facts

Daniel Penny joined the Californian Fund Andreessen Horowitz, according to the company’s website on Wednesday. He will work within the “American Dynamism” wing, which works in “national interest”, in sectors such as aerospace, defense and public security, according to the site.

Daniel Penny joins a fervent supporter of Trump

Marc Andreessen, co -founder of the investment fund in technologies, is a fervent supporter of Donald Trump. He played a role behind the scenes of the implementation of the new administration. His firm participated in the financing of start-ups that have become large technological companies such as Twitter (today X), Airbnb and Coinbase.

Marc Andreessen is also one of the oldest members of the Meta board of directors, alongside the founder Mark Zuckerberg. He is known for having co -founded Netscape in the 1990s, and for his opposition to any restriction on technological development. He considers any hindrance coming from the authorities, even motivated by risks for society, as prejudicial to the progress of humanity.