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.
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?"
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.
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
He should complain that the vest is restrictive and that he can't breathe.
Does the court decide that he has to wear the vest, or was that a decision by his team? I know the shackles are typically requested by the court, but my understanding is that the rest of a defendant's wardrobe is their own decision.
Other appearances he's made have been sans vest. I can't imagine that anything has changed so much in the interim that his defense would want a vest on him.
Being in police custody, means they are legally responsible for his health and safety.
They can require something like a vest on those grounds.
So you're saying they have a vested interest in his health?
The guy he killed was someone we would grow to hate. He isn't like JFK who was extremely popular at the time.
Seems like the cops planted all that evidence, not guilty
Even if they didn't plant it. If they fucked up the arrest and search, the evidence may not be admissible in court at all.
That would explain why they want to get anything related to it out in public any other way they can, like interviews and pseudo-documentary bullshit before even providing related materials to the defense team.
That TMZ "documentary" was fucking gross. Obvious right wing propaganda.
Or a mistrial
Nah, I've seen enough here, dismissed with prejudice!
I mean, plenty of people were saying that right when he was first arrested. The dude was able to evade capture for an entire week while the entire country was on the lookout for him… He even had time to leave memeable fake breadcrumbs, like his backpack full of Monopoly money… And yet he never thought to break apart the ghost gun he used, and dispose of it in random trash cans so they’d be virtually impossible to trace back to him? He had a goddamned manifesto on him, like it was a signed confession?
Yeah, no. His arrest smells like “accidentally” disabled body cams and planted evidence.
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.
Solitary confinement is absolutely unconstitutional, but good luck convincing someone that it's cruel and unusual if they've never been subject to it
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.
Yeah, James Madison definitely made a mistake writing "and", but also fuck the courts for that ruling.
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.
Nancy Parker?
That rat nancy parker got nothin for snitching and got fired... good riddance
Why does he need a vest? This is the first thing both the left and right have agreed on in a long time.
The vest is bullet and stab resistant, they make violent offenders wear them in case somebody wants to hurt them.
Funny, because nobody wants to kill him. He is more likely to get a pat on the back than a bullet to the back.
Protect him from the crossfire in case an acorn falls nearby.
I get that reference. Holy shit!
That's exactly the point. They're trying to make it look like people want to kill him. So those that are just following the headlines and pictures make certain assumptions.
Fruit of the poison tree, if they can prove it.
I feel like his trial is just gonna be a flex from the bourgeoisie in this class war. I love the man. I understand his struggles. But he's about to be "made an example" and I feel bad for him.
Make no mistake. This is not Republicans/Conservatives vs. Liberals/Democrats/Leftist. That's why Luigi was so dangerous to them. What is happening is class war. And unfortunately most of the proletariat are completely unaware of what side they are even on.
Liberals and Conservatives voters alike actually think they're on different sides. Meanwhile the capitalist class is just picking this system for scraps. They want this trial to go under the rug. Because it's actually the only thing all working class people agree on. It's a uniting issue that could spark a flame. And you can tell how worried they are based on media coverage. They are doing everything to make "a show" of it. From the perp walk to putting him in chains in court. It's a flex and a narrative. But I honestly think it's too transparent. I don't think they see that.
Remember, there are so many more of us then there are of them. Our numbers are all they fear. There is no chance for failure when it's 99% vs. 1%. Technology don't matter. Security don't matter. Their executive orders don't matter. Numbers matter. And they are absolutely afraid of those numbers.
I kinda hope Luigi being declared guilty cause a George floyd-esque public response.
A judge could give the same sentence as Trump: nothing, because he has important work to do and can't be bogged down by things like prison, probation, or fines. There's precedent now.
Yep, I guess he just needs to run for President and then killing healthcare CEOs is an official act and legal, according to the Supreme Court.
Oh shit that's right! Luigi 2028 has my support. Even if all he does is seize the assets of the most notoriously unethical CEOs we'd be 1000X better off than now. Make robber barons afraid dammit.
The bar is very low:
Is he a Nazi? Is he Putin's bitch?
No? Perfect!
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