US Marine veteran Daniel Penny joined venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz after acquittal in Jordan Neely’s chokehold ...

Mr. Penny had many supporters among Silicon Valley conservatives who thought he’d been wrongfully accused in the racially charged case.

"The family wants you to know that Jordan matters," they said ... according to US media reports. His mother, Christie Neely, was murdered in 2007 by her boyfriend, who was sentenced to 30 years ...

In December, Penny, 26, was found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway car. The more serious manslaughter charge against Penny had ...