Authorities’ heavily armed ‘perp walk’ of alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter may have aided in raising more than $700,000

Summary

Sam Beard, organizer of Luigi Mangione’s legal defense fund, claims the dramatic “perp walk” resembling Hannibal Lecter’s treatment backfired on New York authorities, boosting donations to over $743,000.

Mangione, charged with murder and terrorism for allegedly killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, received heightened security during extradition, drawing public sympathy.

Critics argue the campaign glorifies violence, while supporters emphasize fair trial rights.

Mangione, who pleaded not guilty, faces the death penalty if convicted.

  • meco03211@lemmy.world
    29·
    22 hours ago

    This. Especially because it took days to actually find him. Imagine how pants-shittingly-scared the oligarchs would be if one got capped and they couldn’t find the killer?

    • Infynis@midwest.socialEnglish
      34·
      21 hours ago

      Who says they have found the killer? All I see is a scapegoat, snatched up by a panicking NYPD

    • painfulasterisk1@lemmy.ml
      20·
      21 hours ago

      And that’s why I think that he’s not the one. They scrambled to find whatever evidence and pinpoint to anyone remotely similar to make an example out of him (this comment can be full of conspiracy). My take is they will pin someone, make an example out of him and demotivate future Green Guys.

      But the issue is just a social class problem. A CEO is killed, media labels him as a domestic terrorist, a narcissist destroys the whole country (Elmo) and he’s a “hero”, especially if he uses one of his 13 meat shields.

      • OccultIconoclast@reddthat.comEnglish
        2·
        13 hours ago

        Don’t forget that Elmo is also an autist. You could just as easily and just as truthfully say an evil autist is destroying the country.

        I don’t know why you’d want to politicise a mental disorder like that, but since you’re already doing it, you might as well go all the way.

          • OccultIconoclast@reddthat.comEnglish
            2·
            11 hours ago

            Psychiatrist never diagnosed him with ASD. Psychiatrist never diagnosed him with NPD. It’s all rumours and stereotypes. He wants the sympathetic stereotype, Lemmy users who think they’re leftists want the unsympathetic stereotype. How about we leave stereotypes out of the conversation to talk about the piece of shit he actually is, instead of which neurodivergencies we think we can use as weapons against him?

    • OccultIconoclast@reddthat.comEnglish
      2·
      13 hours ago

      Imagine how pants-shittingly-scared the oligarchs would be if one got capped and they couldn’t find the killer?

      I don’t have to. That’s how scared they are now. Luigi is a cope. He didn’t do that, he’s just there to make the oligarchs feel better like a night light