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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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[-] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 69 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] AnarchoSnowPlow@midwest.social 23 points 1 year ago

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

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

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

[-] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 56 points 1 year ago

What an actual joke

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

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year 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.

[-] wildcardology@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago

It means CEOs/politicians are terrified.

[-] archonet@lemy.lol 16 points 1 year ago

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 4 points 1 year ago

We can only hope he gets a good lawyer.

[-] Hatshepsut@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago
[-] atro_city@fedia.io 4 points 1 year ago

Damn, I was hoping the name would be Mario. Karen will do ๐Ÿ‘ Good gal Karen.

[-] wildcardology@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 7 points 1 year ago

So, it works? Good to know.

[-] tiptaptoe@lemmy.sdf.org 33 points 1 year ago

Only enemies of the bourgeoisie are terrorists apparently.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee -2 points 1 year ago

I mean, if you consciously, deliberately kill a member of a people to instill fear in the rest of that people, you are indeed a terrorist.

If you are enemy of a group of civilians, you are a terrorist.

[-] subignition@fedia.io 27 points 1 year ago

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

[-] cheers_queers@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

it's not gonna work because nobody sees it that way except the handful of ceos shitting their pants rn

[-] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We only have a concept of a decent country

[-] Mango@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year 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.

[-] Professorozone@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

"Put crimes in their resumes." I like that. I intend to steal it and use it as my own. It's the highest form of flattery. You're welcome.

[-] Mango@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

๐Ÿ˜

I'm also the guy who coined the phrase "if buying isn't owning, pirating isn't stealing" and I was perfectly happy to be unknown and watch it spread until Louis Rossmann, my hero, credited someone else for it and praised them instead of me.

[-] Professorozone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I'm stealing that one too. You're a genius.

[-] Mango@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

๐Ÿฅฐ

[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago

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

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year 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.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

there was no intent to cause terror

Surely you must see how false this is. 100% of the comments praising this have referenced some form of class-based revolutionary fervor, gleeful that the rich will now quake in their boots.

A killing meant to manipulate others by fear is terrorism.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

You are ascribing intent. Now prove it in court.

[-] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

terrorism against who honk

[-] Delphia@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

There you go Italians, you ARE a minority!

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