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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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[–] Mango@lemmy.world 14 points 10 hours 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 7 points 10 hours 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 8 hours 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 8 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago
[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 13 points 11 hours 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 10 hours 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 5 points 8 hours ago

You are ascribing intent. Now prove it in court.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 68 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours 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.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 14 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

The Charleston church shooting, also known as the Charleston church massacre, was an anti-black mass shooting and hate crime that occurred on June 17, 2015, in Charleston, South Carolina. Nine people were killed, and one was injured, during a Bible study at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest black church in the Southern United States. Among the fatalities was the senior pastor, state senator Clementa C. Pinckney. All ten victims were African Americans.

That white supremacist was not charged as a terrorist either.

[–] AnarchoSnowPlow@midwest.social 22 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago

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

[–] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 56 points 22 hours 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 16 hours 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.

[–] tiptaptoe@lemmy.sdf.org 32 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Only enemies of the bourgeoisie are terrorists apparently.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 0 points 10 hours 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.

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 48 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

It means CEOs/politicians are terrified.

[–] archonet@lemy.lol 16 points 21 hours 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 18 hours ago (2 children)

We can only hope he gets a good lawyer.

[–] Hatshepsut@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] atro_city@fedia.io 4 points 11 hours ago

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

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

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

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 7 points 21 hours ago

So, it works? Good to know.

[–] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 27 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours 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.

[–] subignition@fedia.io 28 points 21 hours 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 6 hours ago

it's not gonna work because nobody sees it that way except the handful of ceos shitting their pants rn

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 15 points 20 hours ago

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

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

We only have a concept of a decent country

[–] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 5 points 20 hours ago

terrorism against who honk

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago

There you go Italians, you ARE a minority!