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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 68 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

[–] AnarchoSnowPlow@midwest.social 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

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

[–] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 56 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What an actual joke

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

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years 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 2 years ago (2 children)

It means CEOs/politicians are terrified.

[–] archonet@lemy.lol 16 points 2 years 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 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

We can only hope he gets a good lawyer.

[–] Hatshepsut@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] atro_city@fedia.io 4 points 2 years ago

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

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 7 points 2 years ago

So, it works? Good to know.

[–] tiptaptoe@lemmy.sdf.org 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Only enemies of the bourgeoisie are terrorists apparently.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years 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 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] cheers_queers@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years 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 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

We only have a concept of a decent country

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 2 years ago (1 children)

"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 2 years ago (1 children)

😁

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 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago
[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 2 years ago (1 children)

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 2 years ago

You are ascribing intent. Now prove it in court.

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

There you go Italians, you ARE a minority!