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The New York Times reports: 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 to join its “American Dynamism” team. Mr. Penny, a Long Island native and former architecture student, will work in a group that supports American interests, …

“I think everybody at that [Army-Navy] game and everybody in the military feels a little better about Donald Trump, who has said, repeatedly, that he is a man of peace. There was never a war started under his presidency — under when he was president. “When all of the trouble brewed in Syria — which, by the way, we partially …

Florida Politics reports: Florida’s Governor initially fumed about a miscarriage of justice against a subway vigilante in New York, but Monday’s verdict gave him new faith in the jurors of the Empire State. “The acquittal of Daniel Penny is clearly the just and correct verdict. I must admit I was skeptical that a jury in New York City would reach …

The Associated Press reports: Daniel Penny, the veteran who used a chokehold on subway rider Jordan Neely, has been acquitted in Neely’s death. A Manhattan jury delivered the verdict, clearing Daniel Penny of criminally negligent homicide in Jordan Neely’s death last year. The verdict was unanimous. A more serious manslaughter charge was dismissed earlier in deliberations because the jury deadlocked …

New York City’s ABC affiliate reports: It appears a Manhattan jury cannot reach a unanimous decision on the top charge against Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran charged in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely. The jury requested instruction from Judge Wiley on Friday morning, saying they are unable to reach an unanimous vote on count one — second degree manslaughter. …

Gothamist reports: The 24-year-old Marine veteran accused of fatally choking a homeless man on the subway last month pleaded not guilty Wednesday in New York State Supreme Court to charges of manslaughter in the second degree and criminally negligent homicide after a grand jury voted to indict him earlier this month. At a brief arraignment, prosecutors unsealed the charges against …

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed legislation (HB 1375) that would classify strangulation as assault that merits felony charges. The Florida law makes even nonfatal strangulation a felony. Rep. Jessica Baker’s legislation makes the penalty for the act a third-degree felony, which could lead to five years in state prison for those convicted, as long as the act …

The New York Daily News reports: A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict Daniel Penny for the May killing of Jordan Neely, a law enforcement source told the Daily News on Wednesday. Penny, a Marine veteran, was charged with second-degree manslaughter for the May 1 killing aboard a northbound F train. The Manhattan district attorney’s office declined to comment. …

The New York Post reports: The family of the homeless man put in a fatal chokehold on the F train by straphanger Daniel Penny plans to file a wrongful-death lawsuit against the former Marine, The Post has learned. The May 1 death of Jordan Neely was caught on video and has sparked a firestorm. Penny — who last week told …

“This had nothing to do with race. I judge a person based on their character. I’m not a white supremacist. I mean, it’s, it’s a little bit comical. Everybody who’s ever met me can tell you, I love all people, I love all cultures. “You can tell by my past and all my travels and adventures around the world. I …

The Hill reports: GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley said New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) should pardon Daniel Penny, who was arrested in relation to the killing of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway earlier this month. Haley, a former ambassador to the United Nations, said in an interview on Fox News on Tuesday that Penny, a 24-year-old …

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis is doubling down on his defense of a “good Samaritan” who choked out an erratic subway performer in New York City. “Vets look out for other vets,” DeSantis said in his latest defense of Daniel Penny. “What we can’t have in our society is inmates running the asylum,” DeSantis added. “And what you saw …

The New York Post reports: A fundraiser for Daniel Penny neared the $2 million mark Sunday, with his attorneys saying donations have kept rolling in because the subway chokehold case has “struck a chord” in the psyche of people across the country. The “Legal Defense Fund” for Penny — the 24-year-old former Marine charged with manslaughter in the death of …

Gothamist reports: Attorneys for Daniel Penny have collected more than $900,000 for a legal defense fund through a website that bills itself as a Christian fundraising platform and has supported several divisive right-wing cases. Like many crowdsourcing sites, GiveSendGo supports various causes, such as medical bills and funeral expenses. It has promoted itself as “The #1 Free Christian Fundraising Site” …

From the Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo: Daniel Penny is, a twenty-four-year-old college student and decorated Marine veteran, facing a criminal investigation stemming from him protecting individuals on a NYC subway train from an assailant who later died. Funds are being raised to pay Mr. Penny’s legal fees incurred from any criminal charges filed and any future civil lawsuits that may …