Prosecutors trying to 'bias' the public against Luigi Mangione, defense says.
  • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    121·
    25 days ago

    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.

  • Komodo Rodeo@lemmy.world
    51·
    25 days ago

    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.

  • Raltoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    25 days ago

    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.worldEnglish
      6·
      25 days ago

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

  • Rakonat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    25 days ago

    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.

  • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world
    18·
    25 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.

  • notgivingmynametoamachine@lemmy.world
    15·
    24 days ago

    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.worldEnglish
      2·
      24 days 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.

    • Rakonat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      25 days ago

      I don’t even know that he’s a hero. We don’t have any proof he did it. He’s guy they are framing.

    • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      24 days ago

      Well, the feds did it to themselves. Rather than focusing on the crime of murder, they focused on the victim, who is completely unrelatable, and generally disliked, then they focused on the motive, which they presented in the context of “it was pre-meditated!” And everyone just saw a very relatable person in the accused and collectively we all kind of went “mood” … So I’m not sure what they expected, but that CEO guy that’s not important enough to remember the name of, who died, is not the victim here.

      The victims are all the people that were denied while CEO guy was in charge, denied by the policies he put in place, promoted, demanded that people enforce, or any of the above… Luigi is just the latest in a long line of victims that this guy has caused suffering to.

  • That Weird Vegan@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    4·
    24 days ago

    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.