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[–] frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 14 points 23 hours ago

They're trying so hard to make him look like the bad guy and the corrupt af CEO the good guy but I'm not having it lol

Luigi isn't even my type but I have to admit he's pretty fine 😘

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Luigi did it at a good time. Millions are about to lose their healthcare. I don't want to wish ill on anyone, but if some of those people on the jury lose their healthcare, that would be a good thing for Luigi. No way they'd hang him out to dry if they lost their healthcare.

[–] III@lemmy.world 11 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 3 points 20 hours ago

Just insert "allegedly" next time ;)

[–] notgivingmynametoamachine@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Good luck with that. You should show me video from 20 different angles irrefutably proving him the assailant and I’d still hang that jury with my not guilty.

Any real American should do the same.

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago

And they certainly don't have that. All they have is an image of him checking into a nearby hostel and an image from the scene that is clearly another guy.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.world 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

"Good luck with that" was exactly what I said in my head when I read that headline. Talk about toothpaste out of a tube, huh?

And yeah, I don't care what anyone says, I got reasonable doubt out the wazoo. That video doesn't identify him, and any other evidence has been handled by some of the most corrupt government forces that have ever existed, so I'm not considering any of that to be valid.

Bottom line, there's no evidence, I got reasonable doubt, Not Guilty.

And alternatively, if somehow they could pin it on him hard, he was acting in defense of others by killing an active corporate serial killer who was responsible for suffering and deaths of millions, and would be the cause of suffering and death for millions more. He did society a favor, and deserves the Medal of Freedom.

[–] notgivingmynametoamachine@lemmy.world 11 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

I agree with you 100%, but I want to be clear.

Luigi could meld his mind with mine, providing 100% absolute clarity that he did it, and I’d still vote not guilty.

Because no person died - all we lost was a vile monster who knowingly refused health care not just from the needy, _but the needy who had already paid for it_.

The killer (whoever they are) did humanity a favor, they deserve a holiday.

[–] MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com 61 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Sucks this guy sits in a jail cell for a crime he didn't commit. I keep trying to tell people that Luigi Mangione was fishing with me and my roommate that day, but nobody listens.

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

No he couldn't have been. He was at a sex party with me in Oakland. Weird to have a straight guy there, but someone insisted. Had a thing for smarmy Italians, so I couldn't really object.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's strange, I was out with him having a meal that day when he supposedly was doing the thing he's accused of... Certainly you must be thinking of a different day...

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

This might be a time zone thing. So you were out with him at about 5 right? But I was out with him at about 5, Pacific.

Were you in Asia?

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Southeast antarctic circle actually, way too far from New York to be able to do anything even slightly icky.

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[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Love him. How many guys wanna touch dicks with this dude? ;)

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 6 points 22 hours ago

I don't swing that way, that said, that fucking smile... <3

[–] Gorge@lemm.ee 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Jokes on them, I only read Luigi articles to fawn over the pictures

[–] raltoid@lemmy.world 42 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That has been a constant factor from the beginning. They were issuing warnings about him being "armed and dangerous". Meanwhile social media was laughing at the cops, saying they had nothing to fear, with many saying they would help shelter him if given the option. They set him up with a dozen heavily armed cops bullet resistant gear, etc. for transport and within the same week there were multiple murderers being escorted by just two cops casually walking.

The media, the cops and the prosecution has been trying to paint him as a violent and dangerous criminal. Meanwhile the only people with something to fear, are the very wealthy and cops.

[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Luigi Mangione confirmed to me there really is a loosely organized cabal of extremely rich people keeping the flow of information under control.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.world 7 points 1 day ago

Not even loosely organized. The NYC police commissioner (Tom Selleck's role in Blue Bloods) is an heiress to the Tisch fortune (Loews Corp), including NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Tisch Hospital, and 50% ownership of the NY Giants.

The Sociopathic Oligarchs have a representative on the front line of this prosecution. They are maintaining control of this from the top.

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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 207 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

The most important aspect of this that I think most people are missing is that they are specifically trying to bias the public into thinking he definitely did it. There is no "allegedly" in how they've treated him, they are actually using the positive public sentiment about what he did to continue to build the idea that it was definitely him and we don't need to go to court to prove it. The public loving Mangione and believing he definitely did it is actually in many ways beneficial to their case. It helps solidify the idea in the general public eye that "he did it" before any court case has looked at the facts.

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 69 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Innocent until proven guilty, but if you say anything about that they’ll probably nix you from the jury pool so if you get selected just act dumb

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[–] misteloct@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 2 days ago (10 children)

I definitely don't. He's a hero because he's innocent and stood bravely against abusive treatment by the state. Too much fuckery for me to believe even hard evidence presented before my eyes. We know when we're being fucked with.

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[–] CallateCoyote@lemmy.world 64 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He has a higher approval rating than any branch of government.

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And even if he did it; a lower body count

[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And the amount of people he saved in the weeks of scrambling and approving cases the industry did counterbalances it by multiple orders of magnitude.

It's just like they said in Wanted. Kill one, save a thousand.

If he did it. Which he couldn't have from Oakland. Where he was at the time. I quite a state of undress, I might add.

[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 42 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I've yet to see any proof Luigi was in New York that day. How has the prosecution not released photos of him leaving central park by now? It's basically impossible to get into or out of the park without cross at least one camera path. Unless of course, they know he didn't do it but fucked up their investigation so bad they'll never find the real shooter and just pinning it on some patsy they already had on a watch list.

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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 24 points 2 days ago

No, no, don't pay any attention to the company behind the curtain. They certainly didn't send a bunch of their trusting customers and or their family members to the grave. No, no, it's completely inconsequential to the case.

This hell spawn shot that poor innocent oligarch, er um, family man, complicating his trust fund err...

I said don't look behind the curtain!

[–] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 99 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Well, good luck. /s

The stupid bastards would have a hard time throwing a stone anywhere in any American city without hitting someone who's been fucked over or had their family damaged/destroyed by an insurance company.

[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 75 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Look to your left. Now look to your right. Now, look at every other person around you. You are all being fucked by the insurance industry.

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[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 39 points 2 days ago

Luigi is innocent! Prove it otherwise, cunts.

[–] muusemuuse@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

I don’t understand the pageantry behind all this. We all know this will end one of two ways. Either he’s found guilty and killed, or he’s set free and the powerful have him killed anyway.

[–] axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe 31 points 2 days ago

Thanks for putting Luigi back in the news again!

[–] Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip 69 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Shouldn't prosecutors care about forensics and laws, and not about the public's mood?

[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 56 points 2 days ago (1 children)

On paper they should care about the truth. Also on paper their KPIs usually involve conviction rates and numbers.

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[–] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 48 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[–] Ileftreddit@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 54 points 2 days ago

"We noticed, it's pathetic."

-The Public.

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago

The tv talking heads, with such class, were frothing at the mouth with excitement about Luigi getting beat up and or raped in jail.

Turns out the average person fucking loves the guy and what he stands for, prisoners doubly so.

[–] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 39 points 2 days ago

They're not doing a great job with that, ngl

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 12 points 2 days ago

its biasing us for Luigi, the more they try to do that the more attention they bring, which is why they mostly stopped reporting him in the news.

[–] PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 20 points 2 days ago (4 children)

They’re gonna a have to try harder lol

Altho isn’t influencing public opinion not part of a prosecutors mission?

Seems like the prosecution isn’t doing their job like they’re supposed to

Also the police

And the mayor

Also that dead CEO guy. He had a job to do. He did it wrong and paid himself instead of paying for people’s health insurance.

That’s why he’s dead

That’s also why they need to “convince” people he’s bad.

Because what he’s accused of doing is extremely popular.

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[–] HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 14 points 2 days ago

It hasn't worked, it's not working, and it will never work

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