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[–] [email protected] 118 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (3 children)

Not only was he illegally searched, but McDonald's is likely engaging in illegal facial recognition based surveillance, possibly in collusion with the federal government.

No way a random McDonald's worker could randomly point out that Mangione looks like the suspect, of which we had very few photos.

Not to mention the solitary confinement, although unfortunately, I'm not sure that's illegal, even given the 8th amendment.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Solitary confinement is absolutely unconstitutional, but good luck convincing someone that it's cruel and unusual if they've never been subject to it

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Also, courts have repeatedly ruled that a punishment has to be both cruel and unusual to be unconstitutional. Which means that if the government just treats everyone like trash, it’s cruel but not unusual. Because the government is what decides what is unusual simply by adjusting how often it is used. If something is unusual and they want to change that, they just do it more so it’s considered usual.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 minutes ago

Yeah, James Madison definitely made a mistake writing "and", but also fuck the courts for that ruling.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

That rat nancy parker got nothin for snitching and got fired... good riddance

[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Good point about the snitch. If it was an actual person, I feel like we'd all know their name by now, no matter how hard they tried to keep it under wraps.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 hours ago

Nancy Parker?

[–] [email protected] 345 points 1 day ago (11 children)

Mangione, 26, appeared in court wearing a green cable knit sweater over a white shirt. He was brought into the courtroom in leg and arm shackles and wearing a bulletproof vest.

Theater to make him look like a villain that people want to shoot at.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 minutes ago

Theater to make him look like a villain that people want to shoot at.

That, or so the DA could use him as a human shield.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 hours ago

The guy he killed was someone we would grow to hate. He isn't like JFK who was extremely popular at the time.

[–] [email protected] 191 points 21 hours ago (9 children)

Lol they said that and my first thought was, "what, is there a risk of some billionaire CEO bursting into the courtroom to exact revenge?"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 42 minutes ago)

His estate is rich enough to hire a hitman... Not that I think it would happen also not that I think that their precautions would prevent that...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 hours ago

You never know . When your rich and famous you can do whatever you want

[–] [email protected] 41 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

absolutely not. The federal charges have the death penalty attached.

Remember, the rich fucks need this to end. They certainly don't want us getting ideas. And the fastest way to do that would be to have him wind up dead before they can drag his name through the mud in a show trial. that would turn him into a martyr.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Killing this guy is a very good way to piss off a lot of poor people who like him. The rich fucks need this to end in a relatively short prison sentence

[–] [email protected] 3 points 26 minutes ago

he's gonna get eptsteined after the convictions blow over

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Hey, it just takes one unhinged rich dude to not think for a second, and I can count many years of combined thoughtlessness from just one idiot alone.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago

At this point, Musk sending his kid into the courtroom in a bomb vest probably isn’t off the table.

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