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Prosecutors disclosed the indictment Tuesday as they worked to bring Luigi Mangione to a New York court from from a Pennsylvania jail.

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[–] Mango@lemmy.world 1 points 14 minutes ago

It's technically terrorism, but so is literally any crime enforcement. You're supposed to be afraid to harm others because you'll be harmed back. We shouldn't be giving a free pass to the rich, especially when they put their crimes in their resume. We don't need a trial for that.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 3 points 53 minutes ago

Because "rich fuck" isn't a protected class so they can't charge with hate crime.

I don't see how this can stick, there was no intent to cause terror, it was surgically precise. Assassination maybe, if they want to be transparent about who is actually running the US.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 59 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_George_Tiller

That guy that murdered Dr. Tiller was not charged as a terrorist in 2009.

Fucking USA make up your mind.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

The Charleston church shooting, also known as the Charleston church massacre, was an anti-black mass shooting and hate crime that occurred on June 17, 2015, in Charleston, South Carolina. Nine people were killed, and one was injured, during a Bible study at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest black church in the Southern United States. Among the fatalities was the senior pastor, state senator Clementa C. Pinckney. All ten victims were African Americans.

That white supremacist was not charged as a terrorist either.

[–] AnarchoSnowPlow@midwest.social 18 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

This is logically consistent if you view things from a capitalist christian theocratic perspective.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

Or, as the kids say, as an arrogant hypocritical piece of shit perspective.

[–] tiptaptoe@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 10 hours ago

Only enemies of the bourgeoisie are terrorists apparently.

[–] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 46 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

What an actual joke

I'm not simping for Luigi but charging him under terrorism is quite ridiculous

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago

DA's and whoever else has their prosecutorial hands on this are always going apeshit with charges. Stealing a Twinkie from the gas station will get you 8 counts of theft-by-taking and, shit, probably terrorism too if they think it'll either get you to plea to something and / or they think they can make their name with the case and screw you for living.

They're supposed to be finding and delivering justice, but it's always just cruel idiots trying to prove they're big, important people. Well. Not always but most often.

[–] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 23 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

To me this looks like:

Criminalizing the victims (who then emulated Batman) of their own predatory system

Congrats, the world will now probably view all CEOs as real life supervillains

Edit:
I don't think they realize that this will probably Streisand effect this and everything related to this.

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 43 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

It means CEOs/politicians are terrified.

[–] archonet@lemy.lol 12 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

That, and they're gonna try and get him sent to supermax if he's convicted, just to kill his spirit.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 2 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

We can only hope he gets a good lawyer.

[–] Hatshepsut@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] atro_city@fedia.io 2 points 1 hour ago

Damn, I was hoping the name would be Mario. Karen will do 👍 Good gal Karen.

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

The fundraiser is up to $120k now. I hope that's enough for a good law firm.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 7 points 10 hours ago

So, it works? Good to know.

[–] subignition@fedia.io 22 points 10 hours ago

They're probably hoping that calling him a terrorist will blunt the public's support of him?

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 13 points 10 hours ago

oh man. If that goes through then kinda like copycat killings, we can have copycat terrorisms.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

We only have a concept of a decent country

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

There you go Italians, you ARE a minority!