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[–] [email protected] 49 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Would have been unbelievable if the US police wouldn’t have a long history of framing people because they are just too buttfuck stupid to do their jobs.

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[–] [email protected] 65 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Luigi is innocent. He did not kill Brian Thompson. He is a hero by the simple virtue that he is an innocent young man who was dragged through hell over something he didn't do and is having his life put on the line.

As for who actually did it. I hope he lives a long, quiet life.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Of course Luigi didn't do it. He was flying with me to New Orleans from Nashville at the time of the murder. We got beignets at The Vintage then took a ghost tour of the french quarter.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

And right after that he went to my place thousands of miles away and we played classic Sierra games together. Given he is much younger than me he didn't quite understand late 80s and early-mid 90s gaming that much at first. But my god was he such a good listener! He listened to all my middle age man explanations and how revolutionary all that stuff was at the time with full understanding. He even figured out the Gold Rush door puzzle from the get go! The guy is brilliant! And so very nice, too.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I still hope this is correct and the real guy starts act 2 during Luigi's trial. Also it's be cool if the next three shells read "super Mario brothers" lmao

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago

We need some chubby copycat so they can be Mario.

[–] [email protected] 95 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

Goes to show how much this isn't about Luigi, or even Brian Thompson. It's about the elite sending a message to the other 99%. Think, even if their case against Luigi is rocky at best, all that matters is they can get him to pay for Brian, regardless of whether he did it or not, or where the evidence points.

All that matters is that we the "peasants" get the underlying message:

  • If you kill/harm an elite they'll chase you and make you pay with the full weight of their resources (and emphasis on "resources", not necessarily "law").
  • If you did not kill or harm an elite you're still at risk, because then they'll choose a "peasant" scapegoat to pay anyway.

All that matters is that they get to take their pound of flesh, and that the "peasantry" gets discouraged to fight for their rights as the elite takes, and takes and takes.

Which is why it's so important that regardless of Luigi having done it or not, he should walk free unless there's solid, undeniable evidence of him doing it, like an actual and verified non-deepfake video of the assassination with his clear face on it. And even then he must only face the consequences the law demands, and what others would face in his place for killing the everyday average Joe. The fact that the life lost was an elite should have no bearing on the consequences.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Sure, but it's gonna be a real stupid attempt if they take it to trial with such shaky evidence, all it takes is a single juror going "lol no way do I trust that evidence" and the jury is hung, a few jurors on his side and he could likely be found not guilty and that would be the end of that, no retrial, he walks a free man.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 days ago

I assume that jury selection on this particular trial was almost certainly tampered with to pick the least sympathetic to accused to out right bribed or blackmailed into being told how they will decide the case or else.

Brian Thompson was murdered, but all the evidence that has been made publicly available certainly suggest that Mangione had nothing to do with it. The images release of the shooting and the hotel do not match, purportedly the hotel images were 2 weeks old at the time, we've gotten no other proof that he was even in the city on the day of the shooting, as well as the backpack found in central park abandoned, yet supposedly 3 days later the suspect had the fake IDs, weapon and manifest on his person while out to lunch?

I'm sorry but no, this entire thing reads like they just want to crucify Luigi because they fucked up their investigation so bad they're never going to catch the real culprit and his name must have been on a watch list or something to make him a convenient scapegoat.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago

Even with that lets be clear Mr. Tompson was responsable for many more deaths for the sake of profit, only deemed not murder because its legal, I do not care if there where 30 videos proven to be genuine, and he said his name when he did it, the jury should nulify. Not because murder is correct, but because well millions died in part because of Brian Tompson, and if the state will do nothing to hold him accountable someone else has to.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

But that's actually a risky strategy. If it becomes too obvious they're pinning it on the wrong guy, the narrative will flip to "If you kill one of them, they will just have a random scapegoat take the fall and let you go free"

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[–] [email protected] 67 points 6 days ago

Plot twist: good guy policewoman deliberately makes it impossible to prosecute Luigi.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 days ago

Sounds like fake ass bullshit to me.

Free Luigi yall ain't got shit no video footage nothing.

"He has read 300 books!!!!!" Is all i see from clowns supporting this regime.

[–] [email protected] 62 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Hooooooleeeeeeee fuck that is a comically blatant frame job

But also: corroborating articles? I’m not finding anything from AP or similar that back this up. How fresh is this?

[–] [email protected] 34 points 6 days ago (2 children)

corroborating articles

https://www.wtaj.com/news/local-news/new-photos-show-luigi-mangiones-arrest-defense-argues-for-evidence-to-be-suppressed/

The defense argues that the search of Mangione’s backpack further violated his rights, arguing that there were no circumstances that constituted police conducting a warrantless search of the backpack. In the motion, Mangione’s lawyers wrote that it was only once an officer conducting the search “she had made a potentially devastating mistake by thoroughly searching the backpack of a murder suspect in a significant New York press case without a warrant, she suddenly stated that she was searching through the backpack at McDonald’s to make sure there ‘wasn’t a bomb or anything in here’.” However, Mangione’s defense team notes that the bomb squad was never called and the McDonalds was not evacuated over concerns of a bomb, but that another officer did tell the officer conducting the search that they “probably need a search warrant for it.”

Defense attorneys claim that some of the body cam footage is missing including 20 seconds of when Mangione was being questioned by a police when an officer placed his hand over his body cam and the 11 minutes during which the backpack was transferred from the McDonalds to the Altoona Police Department Precinct. The motion goes on the state that once that officer’s body cam footage resumes, it shows her immediately re-opening and closing the backpack compartments she already searched and then opening the front compartment of the backpack “as if she was specifically looking for something. Instantly, she ‘found’ a handgun in the front compartment.”

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 6 days ago

So they not only have to find 12 people who haven’t been fucked personally or had friends family fucked by their health insurance, now those 12 people have to be blind Pig supporters?

Anything other than a not guilty (or some insanely strong evidence with a perfect chain of custody) verdict for this guy and the fix is in.

If they convict Luigi get the fuck out while you still can, cause the alternative is guerilla warfare against the Gilead states of orange stupidity.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 6 days ago

Normal US cop behavior

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 days ago

Wow. That is just unbelievably sketch.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 6 days ago (8 children)

Now is a good time to remind people to never ever agree to a police search. They're gonna phrase things weird and take advantage of your good nature. Never agree to any sort of search.

Hell, even if they have a warrant I'm tempted to explicitly say I don't consent. I'm not going to resist but I'm gonna make it clear I'm not consenting. Because how the hell do I even verify a warrant is real? I have no idea, and I certainly wouldn't be able to find out if they're at my door.

Be aware though, in Georgia there is "implied consent" with regards to roadside breathalyzer tests. If you get in that situation, remember I'm just a random lemming and not a lawyer. Other states might have similar things.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago (2 children)

"If you get in that situation, remember I'm just a random lemming and not a lawyer."

Indeed! And along those lines, ask for a lawyer if you're arrested. Especially if you're innocent. People who think "I'll look guilty if I ask for a lawyer" just make themselves vulnerable to words being twisted against them.

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

When I picked up bodies for the Medical Examiner's Office, we had very strict chain of custody rules we had to follow. If the decedent had any valuables on their person (purse, wallet, jewelry, etc), or any medication, we had to write detailed descriptions of every item found (a gold ring is not a gold ring, it's a gold colored ring), then package it all up with the ranking police officer on the scene as a witness who then signs the sealed bag. Even the slightest deviation from this would get us immediately fired, and even prosecuted if surviving family members made any accusations about theft.

In a capital murder case where an alleged murderer/terrorist can potentially walk free because the chain of custody rules weren't followed, how the fuck does this cop still have a job? How is she not being charged with tampering with evidence and obstruction of justice?

Don't get me wrong, I am all for letting Luigi go free, but this is a fuck-up of monumental proportions.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Why would she be fired for doing what she was told? The fact she wasn’t fired tells you everything you need to know

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

It seems more and more everyday that vigilante justice is the only justice against this corrupt corporate tyranny. I think we all wish this wasn’t the case but as my dad used to say you can wish in one hand and 💩 in the other and see what hand fills up first

[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 days ago (4 children)

She also found a napkin with a drawn map of Deeley Plaza with lines of fire, and a Polaroid of Shergar cuffed to a radiator.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I've been saying all along everything happened too quick for him to be the actual guy. It was pretty clear to me they were desperate to make an example of someone quickly and not accurately.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Both things can be true, no? He may actually be the guy, but they acquired evidence illegally and still planted it to subvert due process (again).

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

They need to play 12 Angry Men for every jury before deliberation, but play it twice for this particular jury. That's not the kind of evidence you send a kid to the chair over.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago

It's never made sense to me, TBH. I've just assumed he's being railroaded. In his case the cops just planted a gun instead of drugs like they do to every other person they want to lock up without cause.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago

An incompetent pinjob

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (2 children)

French style revolution is the only solution

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 days ago

Eat the rich

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 days ago (5 children)

You know it's a sham the question is, what are you gonna do? you're the people with access to guns... me here in Europe I gotta fight with literal sticks and stones

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Crooked cops? Who'd have thought such things were possible. Oh wait, everyone with more than two brain cells to click together.

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