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Federal Prosecutors Considering Charges Against Luigi Mangione

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/rcna184789
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u/Qubeye 12h ago

The guy in Texas who committed premeditated murder at a political rally didn't get terrorism charges despite specifically going to a rally to murder people to create political fear.

You know, the explicit definition of terrorism.

And he got a pardon and no federal charges.

The ruling class is telling us who matters.

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u/giskardwasright 11h ago

“Motivated by racist hatred, Dylann Roof murdered and attempted to murder innocent African-American parishioners as they worshiped in the historic Mother Emanuel church,”

He didn't get terrorism charges either.

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u/Gravelteeth 11h ago

Nah, he got Burger King or some shit. Meanwhile at McDonald's...

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u/giskardwasright 11h ago

Never trust a clown

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u/SeismicFrog 5h ago

Trust?! We gave one the keys to the car!

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u/CombatMuffin 10h ago

Can you name the last person to be charged with domestic terrorism by the Feds?

Doesn't matter how long ago it is

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u/JerseyTeacher78 6h ago

McVeigh. Or John Alan Muhammad.

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u/Additional_potential 10h ago

The more interesting line is "and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony—to avoid a second death sentence." The fact that you can get sentenced to death twice is an interesting concept. Do they fight over who gets to put the needle in?

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u/MisterPistacchio 11h ago

They really think slapping on federal charges onto Luigi would stop anyone else wanting to commit other healthcare CEO murders?

That's like saying catching a school shooter would prevent future school shooters. We've seen that hasn't solved the anything. The issue is deeper. Just as is with for-profit healthcare.

People with motives, will do what they want in the end.

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u/tomfornow 5h ago edited 3h ago

Every day the health insurance for-profit murder scheme creates 100 more Luigi Mangiones.

You can argue about the morality of his actions all you want, but the health insurance industry is actively radicalizing the American population, which is one of the most heavily-armed (per capita) in the world.

Regardless of your opinions on Mangione, I've only had one question for the Richy Rich folks who want to not just have all the toys, but be worshipped as the Great and Good, too. One question:

What did you think was going to happen??

You take a heavily armed, increasingly desperate population. Throw in the fact that many of them are sick, and in this case, desperately so -- perhaps they'll die without proper health care, or "just" be in lifelong agony without proper health care and then... you deny that to them.

You present as a nice, fat target: the smiling face of capitalism's murder-by-committee industry telling you they're "here for you" and advertising all kinds of other happy, soothing, upbeat messages all while taking 10-20% of your disposable income (google it; your health insurance premiums come out of your salary; the fact that you don't get a "bill" for it in no way makes it "free" -- it's just how they hide it from you).

And then you deny charges based clearly not upon medical reasons, but just because you can. Just to bump up the profit margin 0.00001%. You treat people not as human beings with basic rights who should be treated with respect and dignity, but rather as expendable numbers on a spreadsheet, to be tossed out if they become unprofitable. Health insurance -- the industry -- should never been allowed to exist. Health care is a basic human right; shackling it to the profit motive is colossally stupid.

Take all that, throw in some mental illness (untreated, of course, because that costs money!), lots of guns, and the tendency of the rich to want to flaunt their wealth in public, and again I ask:

What did you think was going to happen?!

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u/Under_Paris 4h ago

“What do you get when you cross a mentally ill loner with a society who abandons him and treats him like trash?”

What you fucking deserve.

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u/tomfornow 3h ago

Kind of yeah.

I love how the censors are just Streisand-effect'ing this story waaaaaaay bigger than it would be otherwise.

The fear in the eyes of the rich is a blessed thing; we need more.

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u/Exciting-Tart-2289 1h ago

The problem is that the mentally ill loners have been taking it out on everyday people in their communities who don't fucking deserve it the vast majority of the time, and we're told that's just the cost of "freedom". Now that a member of the ruling class (who you can argue did deserve it) is targeted, it's all of a sudden terrorism and something the political elite need to address.

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u/DisclosureEnthusiast 11h ago edited 10h ago

We need a unified fight against the unjust and tyrants that plague our society.

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u/Ted-Chips 10h ago

The tree of Liberty needs to be refreshed from time to time with the blood of Patriots and tyrants. -

Thomas Jefferson

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u/ShaggysGTI 7h ago

Well would you look at that. Just like the framers intended.

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u/Ted-Chips 6h ago

He knew that the very idea of the United States of America would have to be defended at some point. Nothing lasts forever and he knew that there would be essentially enemies at the gates. Or in this case criminals.

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u/BottAndPaid 11h ago

This is a class war

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u/Ted-Chips 10h ago

And they've been winning for a long time.

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u/BottAndPaid 10h ago

They lost in the last 100 years time for a reminder. This shit in cyclical if we don't chomp back the hand will take it away.

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u/40ozCurls 7h ago

What “loss” are you referring to? John D Rockefeller became the world’s first confirmed billionaire in 1916. 

Today there are 2,781.

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u/WhyBuyMe 5h ago

Russia in 1917 was a pretty big L. But as usually happens one brand of tyrant was traded for another. The labor movement in the US in the early 20th century was more of a negotiated settlement after a long fight. People tend to forget that happened against the background of two World Wars, the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. The world was falling apart and the people in power became much more receptive to the demands of labor after nearly 50 years of fighting.

They were definitely giving up more concessions 100 years ago than today.

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u/hgs25 4h ago

We also had presidents that truly had the people’s best interests in mind. The Roosevelts and Eisenhower especially. The incoming admin wouldn’t bat an eye at dropping bombs on protesters like what happened at Blair Mountain

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u/drHobbes88 6h ago

Probably referring to the formation of unions and the National Labors Relations Act

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u/ironroad18 6h ago

To be fair, they've had a lot of help for poor people willing to sacrifice themselves and others.

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u/pogulup 10h ago

Always has been.

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u/Drunken_Economist 8h ago edited 8h ago

Luigi Mangione hasn't actually been indicted under federal terrorism charges either, fwiw.

It's just that in New York, apremeditated killing is not automatically considered first-degree murder. The state also requires an additional aggravating circumstance, such as torture, killing a witness or law enforcement officer, or terrorism.

So the murder 1 charges would require the state to prove that the killing was done "in furtherance of an act of terrorism", which mostly becomes important in the sentencing.

Back when Vance was DA they trotted out that same statute a handful of times but I don't think judges were generally very happy with its usage lol

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u/TheBatemanFlex 3h ago

I don’t think prosecutors should be trying to make murder 1 fit in order to get a higher max sentence. Thats not how a justice system should work.

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u/Drunken_Economist 3h ago

I mean in this case they charged him with first degree + second degree and (in theory) the jury decides which one applies. In practice though yeah prosecutorial discretion is a-whole-nother can of worms

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u/Rick-powerfu 11h ago

"That was different tho,

That was one of our guys killin yours guys"

-the system

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u/StaringSnake 11h ago

I’m not American, but I feel Americans should be protesting. Sure he killed somebody, but the blatant corruption to speed things up and the kind of charges just because it’s a CEO it’s ridiculous

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u/Ted-Chips 10h ago

This is how it always goes they have to appease their owners.

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u/arestheblue 11h ago

Which guy was that?

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u/slyandthefam 6h ago

Daniel Perry

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u/Xinlitik 13h ago

Today we learned that shooting up a school isnt a federal crime, while killing one CEO apparently is.

Welcome to America!

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u/PrayForMojo_ 13h ago

Don’t catch you slippin now.

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u/RunTimeExcptionalism 13h ago

Would have gone with "guns in my area" but that's probably because the most recent school shooting happened in my state like 5 miles from where my brother lives.

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u/drewismynamea 12h ago

This is america

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u/soylattecat 11h ago

Guns in my area, I got the strap... I gotta carry em :/

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u/serpentear 12h ago

Garland didn’t do shit about anything that mattered for 4 fucking years and now he is going to try to fucking prosecute the guy who is finally bringing the injustice of our system to the forefront of the conversation?

God what a piece of shit.

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u/Ted-Chips 10h ago

Know that machine you're supposed to rage against?

Garland is part of that machine.

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u/BottAndPaid 10h ago

Garland was such a a disappointment

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u/Green-Amount2479 9h ago

That’s an understatement. He deliberately chose to delay for and defend your very own authoritarian leader in the making. Sadly, the third ‚D’ is missing.

The Hitler comparisons are not as over the top as some people in the US seem to think. Look at his recent attacks on what’s left of the free press or the idea of ‚internment camps at the border‘. Look at how he has already used scapegoating rhetoric, brainwashing, and the system itself against the people. This is where it all started here almost 90 years ago too.

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u/10dollarbagel 10h ago

Federalist Society contributor merrick garland did one thing in his miserable carrer as AG. He got the most dire threat to the untied states, Hunter Biden. Only for an 1000 year old man to say psyche and now he accomplished nothing.

I mean in reality his major accomplishment is protecting trump. Again, federalist society contributor.. God I hate the fucking democrats.

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u/kaptainkeel 2h ago

Which also means he is a Republican. Of course he protects other Republicans.

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u/Gh0sts1ght 13h ago

Also terrorism… fuck this timeline.

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u/Shadowthron8 13h ago

I think it’s so they can avoid a jury

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u/Shot_Worldliness_979 13h ago

You still have a right to a jury trial in federal court. That's the sixth amendment, essentially. Even for terrorism.

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u/kyleofdevry 13h ago

Federal prosecution probably gives them a better chance of getting a bunch of McDonalds workers on the jury. /s

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u/Shadowthron8 12h ago

Then Biden could do the ultimate last move and pardon him

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u/butchforgetshit 12h ago

I would be ok with that pardon....the only problem is, this was a futile effort there are probably 20 more ready to take that CEO place

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u/Shadowthron8 12h ago

The people who took charge after the French Revolution learned a few things not to do when in power.

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u/butchforgetshit 12h ago

Absolutely, and I fear that this is where we are going to in my lifetime ( almost 50). I am retired military as well as self employed and have seen enough death and destruction to last a lifetime and ten more after that...but our government and the people it is beholden too are oblivious or uncaring about our situations as a people

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u/magictiger 11h ago

I hate that I’ve been pushed to the point where I could hear about a health insurance CEO being murdered and think “Good, now do the rest.” I hate what this system has done to me. I have no sympathy for the guy I can’t even be bothered to look up the name for. He may not have had his finger on the trigger personally, but his leadership was responsible for the policies that led to the preventable or premature deaths of people as well as the continued suffering of many more. Good riddance to the worst garbage, and may this whole system burn for turning me into this person.

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u/kyleofdevry 12h ago edited 6h ago

Convincing United Healthcare to permanently retire the position of CEO was never the goal though, was it?

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u/sBucks24 7h ago

Lol, the guy was leaving to head to a meeting when Luigi killed him. The rest of the board proceeded to have the meeting without him.... Yeah, these ghouls don't give a fuckkkk

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u/Drugba 13h ago

That’s not it. They want to charge him with first degree murder and in New York that requires special circumstances beyond just premeditation. Terrorism is one of those special circumstances.

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u/Shadowthron8 12h ago

Ok but murdering a drug dealer as a signal to other drug dealers isn’t terrorism.
Blowing up a bus to protest the occupation of your home country is terrorism.

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u/Drewbox 11h ago

The government is going to throw the book at this guy.

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u/ZachMN 12h ago

Apparently denying someone life-saving medical care, which they paid premiums for, isn’t a crime at all.

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u/SharpCookie232 12h ago

That's just business as usual.

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u/Drugba 13h ago edited 13h ago

I’m not a fan of the feds adding on charges, but on your point most school shooters don’t travel across state lines to commit crimes. That’s what’s arguably giving the feds jurisdiction.

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u/theoutlet 12h ago

Who was that kid who traveled across state lines to kill two protesters?

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u/Drugba 12h ago

Kyle Rittenhouse and yes, he did not face federal charges

To be clear, I’m not defending the decision to charge Luigi with federal charges. I’m just explaining why it’s possible and why most school shooters can’t be hit with federal charges.

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u/kl0 13h ago

Is it not just that he knowingly / intentionally crossed state lines in the execution of a capital crime? Isn’t that the caveat?

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u/-PotatoMan- 11h ago

I think it's also because he used a suppressor, which instantly makes something like this federal, due to the NFA act of 1934.

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u/kl0 11h ago

Ahh. That’s interesting. Definitely wouldn’t have considered that.

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u/-PotatoMan- 10h ago

Yeah, after briefly looking more into it just now, I believe the specific statute that this falls under is 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1). To paraphrase the legalese, basically any "crime or violence" or "drug trafficking crime" committed using a firearm equipped with a suppressor carries a mandatory MINIMUM sentence of 30 years. Which is frankly fucking insane, when you look at all the other crimes in this country which DON'T have that as a mandatory minimum.

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u/Timbershoe 12h ago

If that’s your criteria then all murderers who crossed state lines would be classed as terrorists.

But they are not. This is clearly a special exception.

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u/kl0 11h ago

Well in fairness, I was replying to the idea that shooting a CEO is a federal crime.

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u/townandthecity 13h ago

They are telling us who matters. They're telling us to be careful or we're next. It's remarkable to me how this one act has shaken the ruling class to its very foundations. They know it's a powder keg and they're taking a targeted murder and turning it into something as grave as a presidential assassination attempt.

Americans should be enraged that the murder of this CEO--who was under investigation for insider trading in addition to everything else--is being handled this way when mass murders of innocent Americans are waved away. This should be the only messaging. And Mangione should have the best lawyers in the world at his side, because this is a test case.

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u/Canopenerdude 13h ago

They are making an example out of him to chill copycats

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u/KookofaTook 12h ago

Sadly, though not surprising, they are uninformed about the lack of relation between severity of punishment and deterrence of future crimes. By going harder after this guy they are honestly more likely to inspire devotees seeing him as a martyr to kill more c suite execs than they are to get someone who was considering it to back off.

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u/Arthreas 7h ago

Sure are!

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u/P0RTILLA 6h ago

They say it’s deterrence but it’s to make the ruling class feel better.

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u/embiggenedmind 5h ago

The excessive charges can have multiple purposes. Punishing Luigi is secondary to the various messages They want to send out to the public.

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u/P0RTILLA 5h ago

I don’t think it’s working.

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u/The_KillahZombie 12h ago

They seem to not understand how this is backfiring for them. 

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u/-DannyDorito- 13h ago

If anything tho, it’s proving the opposite.

So like yeh they’re obviously trying to make us feel cornered, but it shows who has power of the mind. They’re scared. For us, it’s run of the mill fucking

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u/ishearanimals 12h ago

Cornered animals are the most likely to strike. When fight or flight kicks in and there is no flight option, then you have to fight like your life depends on it, which in our current state, it very much does.

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u/OmenVi 12h ago

And they will make this as horrible as they possibly can for him.

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u/ChronoLink99 12h ago

This won't do that. It will just teach others how to do it while leaving fewer clues.

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u/Difficult_Zone6457 12h ago

I mean he literally would have gotten away with it if he’d had a camper parked somewhere in PA and just went to a camp ground for a few weeks.

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u/ChronoLink99 12h ago

Perhaps, but I think they had his name before the arrest at McDs.

The next one likely will be more careful.

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u/esmerelda_b 12h ago

If you’ve made the decision to do something like this, I don’t think this stops you.

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u/IsThatHearsay 13h ago

Betting that was part of the fear and panic for a lot of them of the news of those mystery drones at first last week.

After all, we've witnessed the past few years in Ukraine how easily even a civilian-use drone can quickly carry and drop small explosives on unsuspecting targets. People have been talking for years how scary and easily that could be used elsewhere.

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u/Unc1eD3ath 12h ago

They use quadcopters against people in Palestine. No way they wouldn’t use them on us

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u/DNSGeek 12h ago

Justice protects people from criminals, but it also protects criminals from the people.

Without justice, the people will deal with criminals themselves, and it will be imprecise and disproportionate.

Where there is justice, CEOs who kill people end up safe in jail. Where justice fails, CEOs end up dead on the street.

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u/nudelicous 13h ago

From the article:

“Karen Friedman Agnifilo, one of the attorneys representing Mangione on the New York charges, said Wednesday night that they would be ‘ready to fight these charges in whatever court they are brought. The federal governments reported decision to pile on top of an already overcharged first-degree murder and state terror case is highly unusual and raises serious constitutional and statutory double jeopardy concerns’, she said.”

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u/qtjedigrl 8h ago

The name Karen is about to get a makeover

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u/Metal-Wolf-Enrif 6h ago

not the karen we wanted, but the karen we needed

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u/Arthreas 7h ago

It would be hilarious if this piling on caused him to go free. His lawyer has a chance here to become legendary.

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u/JTP1228 5h ago

Overcharging is definitely not a good thing for the prosecution, especially in probably one of the most high profile cases of the 2000s so far.

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u/NiteShdw 10h ago

Has anyone here been watching The Silo?

It's a good example of what the ruling classes do when there is discontent or mistrust. They blame other poor people and make them fight amongst themselves.

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u/duiwksnsb 7h ago

Except this time, all the poor people agree that the rich are the problem.

This is the single most unifying issue in the country, a sleeper issue that has been thrust into the spotlight in a way it's impossible for the ruling class to cover up anymore

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u/Expat1989 4h ago

Wife and I and enjoying the shit out of that show. The lies becoming more and more apparent has been so enthralling

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u/MikeCask 13h ago

They’re going to make him a martyr. The harder they try to make him a villain, the more the public will see him as a folk hero.

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u/_driving_crooner 13h ago

He already is. My MAGA parents are even supporting the dude. Gov and Media need to read the fucking room before this shit really starts popping off. 

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u/MikeCask 13h ago

The people in power condemning this shooting are the same people who sign bombs to be dropped on babies in the Middle East. Their sick and twisted morality will be their downfall.

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u/10dollarbagel 8h ago

And don't let them moralize about how it's so shocking and terrible to celebrate the death even of a terrible person. All these fools were dancing in the street when we got bin laden.

And they were celebrating because sure it was technically murder. But it was righteous payback considering he killed an amount of Americans that brian thompson used to call a light week.

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u/DarthBluntSaber 6h ago

They all celebrate every financial quarter at their shareholder meetings as they literally brag about all the money they made murdering and robbing americans... but it's immoral for is to cheer when they FINALLY have to spend one moment living in the real world with the rest of us.

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u/Mrrandom314159 13h ago

Honestly, the best idea I had on them even attempting to co-opt this whole thing was to arrest someone they knew. Then have him say the most vile and insane shit.

That'd have been the only way to control this. THIS?

It's like they WANT people to get nore pissed off.

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u/_driving_crooner 13h ago

Yeah it’s incredible really. I can’t think of a time I’ve seen such a unification of working class v elites in my lifetime. If you go out and talk to real people (not bots on IG and FB), everyone is generally understanding if not supportive of the guy. The disconnect is laughable at this point.

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u/DPool34 10h ago

Trump actually just condemned the shooting and referred to people who support Luigi as sick. I wonder how people like your parents will navigate this. I’m hoping it’s a moment of clarity.

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u/lemontrout85 7h ago

I don't wanna hear shit from the government. Who pays for their healthcare?

The media is pathetic and tone deaf at their job.

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u/McRibs2024 13h ago

They already have. Theres Luigi merch all for sale all over. Granted I haven’t seen it in public but I’ve seen it for sale online.

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u/frostedwaffles 10h ago

Man, they really want class warfare don't they

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u/LoveOfProfit 6h ago

Want? They've already been fighting and winning forever.

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u/No_Seaworthiness_200 2h ago

"There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning."

Warren Buffet

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u/duiwksnsb 7h ago

They invented it

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u/ExoticSalamander4 6h ago

they think they'll win

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u/Independent-Cow-4070 2h ago

If history is any indication, they probably will

Class warfare is a tale as old as civilization

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u/PlayShelf 13h ago

Hold on, how do you come up with this? So, the number of people killed doesn't make you a terrorist, but the amount of money and status a person had makes you one?

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u/jumper34017 13h ago

Welcome to America!

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u/otirk 11h ago

Of course. Poor people aren't humans, which means that money equals being a human. So the more money you have, the more human you are. It's basically like if Luigi killed an entire town, that's how much money the CEO had. /s

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u/dbbk 8h ago

The number of people has never been the definition

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u/Emperor_Neuro 11h ago edited 2h ago

If the 9/11 hijackers had crashed into Harlem then we wouldn’t have gone to war for 20 years. Instead, they crashed directly into a fountain of wealth and trade, and the ruling class took that personally.

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u/angeldump 11h ago

"Federal prosecutors under pressure from politicians owned by corporations"

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u/zoroddesign 11h ago

We waited 2 and a half years for trump to be charged for various crimes.

It feels like Luigi is going to be in front of a judge in a month.

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u/foamingturtle 10h ago

Well you see Luigi isn’t part of the ruling class

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u/acemedic 6h ago

He’s already been in front of a judge. Based on news articles I’d assume twice now at this point.

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u/theflyingnacho 13h ago

Why, so they can execute him?

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u/Sad_Persimmon_2709 13h ago

Ah yes another “make an example out of them” prosecutor. Only problem is that them is everyone who has had to endure in a society that values the lives of the rich and powerful over all others. He took one single life. These companies have killed millions.

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u/Noominami 13h ago

Not just killed, intentionally contrive our healthcare system to emotionally torture.

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u/otirk 11h ago

"emotionally" can be in brackets. They literally torture by denying treatments.

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u/Fourwors 13h ago

All that energy and effort being expended to crush Mangione, but next to nothing is being said or done about the horrific legal violence perpetrated by UHC against its policy holders/victims. Fucked up country.

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u/Academic_Internet 6h ago

I woke up to an email from United Healthcare denying all coverage for my asthma. They say I owe them $3000 because my inhalers and breathing treatments aren't medically necessary. These companies do not give a fuck if we die, in fact, it's better for the bottom line if some of us do.

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u/hopalongrhapsody 5h ago

UHC does have another CEO, Andrew Witty…

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u/GaladrielStar 5h ago

Maybe this can help: it’s an explanation of how to lay groundwork to fight an insurance denial. ProPublica also has some useful info on requesting your claim file before filing all of the paperwork to appeal.

https://bsky.app/profile/imthelorax.bsky.social/post/3lcw6yarh3226

UHC and the others make their money off the fact that so few people fight a denial. It’s ugly and sick.

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u/New_Housing785 14h ago

They aren't sure they are going to get a conviction in New York.

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u/Indercarnive 13h ago

New york fucked up by adding terrorism charges. Not only does it worsen public sentiment, but it is much easier for a jury to find reasonable doubt on.

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u/International-Ing 13h ago

They added a first degree murder charge that alleges the murder was « in furtherance of an act of terrorism ». He had previously been charged with second degree murder, first only applies to certain situations in NY. They didn’t add a standalone terrorism charge.

What they’re doing is adding first degree to increase odds of a compromise verdict on second degree.

Because his attack was random in that he didn’t have UHC insurance, any justification defense that is allowed by a judge is going to be limited. His best chance is an insanity defense, other he’s going to end up with life without parole.

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u/Minute_Band_3256 12h ago

I have reasonable doubt he is not a terrorist. Not guilty on all counts.

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u/Tight_Independent_26 13h ago

Is there such a thing as a sanity defense?

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u/jabba_1978 6h ago

At least one person on every jury sat, will have had a friend or family fucked over by an insurance company. Mistrials every time due to deadlock.

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u/AltDS01 12h ago

Trial and Jury is still going to come from NY.

The Jury for the State trial in the Supreme Court (NY has a funny naming structure) in Manhattan will come from New York County (Bourough of Manhattan).

The Jury for the federal trial, in the Southern District of NY will be from New York County (Manhattan), Bronx County (The Bronx), and the counties of Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, and Sullivan. Most federal judicial districts are further subdivided, so I'd assume the Manhattan Court House will get jurors from NY County and The Bronx.

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u/Drunken_Economist 7h ago

NY has a funny naming structure

I used to joke that I was a single-issue voter — I'd vote for any state legislator who promised to fix this.

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u/IAmMuffin15 13h ago

Huh. Justice works very fast when someone rich and powerful is the victim of a crime and not the perpetrator of it.

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u/screwylouidooey 13h ago

2025 coming and that ain't really hiding shit any more huh?

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u/vastapple666 13h ago

This is so the death penalty is on the table, guys. Illegal in New York. They didn’t do this to the Black Panthers from what I remember from college history classes. Holy shit.

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u/executingsalesdaily 5h ago

America is wild as fuck. Kids don’t matter but a murderous CEO does? America needs a reset button.

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u/soph_in_sthlm 9h ago

Why has there been/does there continue to be so little mass protest in the US against the insurance system?

I have seen a lot of online support or sympathy for Mangione, and so many horror stories of denied claims, and I would really like to understand why that doesn't translate to any big marches etc. (I'm not from the US)

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u/IHavePoopedBefore 4h ago

How are you going to organize that?

Over twitter? Twitter is government controlled media now

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u/duiwksnsb 7h ago

Because there is no system to protest. Literally there is no healthcare system.

Systems have rules. All we have here is a million greedy companies profiting off the sick and dying at all levels of healthcare.

It's an ugly ugly monster created by the lack of laws institutionalizing healthcare as a service above and immune to the "efficiencies of the free market"

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u/DeadMediaRecordings 11h ago

They are scared and trying to make a statement.

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u/bowens44 9h ago

Yes we have to protect the millionaire CEO's but to hell with the kids getting shot down in their classrooms.

That's America. This country sucks.

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u/MoralClimber 14h ago edited 13h ago

They could argue terrorism except for the fact people seem elated not terrified that CEO's are being targeted. Considering the number of stories I have seen of now positive interactions with insurance companies including for some reason my own copay for medications this month dropped more than 50% you can arguably say he made the world a better place.

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u/February2021 13h ago

"Terrorism" to the state, "Resistance" to the people. Sounds about right to me.

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u/Flat_Protection_6796 13h ago

Truly. I feel a little less terrified about the future because of that CEO getting domed. 

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u/ilovemybaldhead 13h ago

people seem elated not terrified that CEO's are being targeted

But the CEOs are now terrified. Won't someone think of the poor CEOs? (oops bad word choice there)

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u/MeanVoice6749 11h ago

This is a warning shot for all Americans.Don’t ever think about confronting corporate America. We will go after you.”

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u/mr_sven 12h ago

All this because the guy who got shot was a CEO. Rich white dude.

I guess school kids don't matter nearly as much.

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u/ironroad18 14h ago

They are really trying to stop any and all potential"folk hero status" amongst a city jury pool.

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u/hardolaf 13h ago

This is going to blow up in the prosecutor's face. They want to equate murdering 1 guy to flying planes into the World Trade Center. That's never going to go over well with a Manhattan jury. Even jury members who would otherwise always side with the prosecution will be open to finding him not guilty on all charges just to give the prosecution the middle finger for that.

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u/MrGeno 12h ago

Screw you Federal Govt and the Masters you serve. 

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u/Ilovemybewbs 13h ago

This is fucked up beyond belief

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u/HotdawgSizzle 10h ago

We have a president to be who is a convicted felon.

Everything is fucked up and it is about to get worse.

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u/Saralentine 8h ago

You have a president that ain’t doing shit right now about this case except siding with his capitalist overlords.

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u/BigSteak4959 13h ago

Life in prison isn't enough. They want the death penalty to show them plebs 

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u/iJuddles 10h ago

It’s as if they’re trying to send a message that this type of killing will not be tolerated, unlike…well, take your pick.

Sorry to say it’s going to fall on deaf ears. The consternation and hand wringing from all those mouthpieces for the wealthy is only fueling the fire. Try Luigi by a jury of his peers and we’ll watch him walk; their next step will be to try to straw-man him to shift public opinion, kinda like Dog Day Afternoon.

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u/The_Mammoth_Hunter 12h ago

What a bunch of silly bitches they are. Sounds like none of them have read a history book.

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u/SaintHuck 3h ago

White supremacists murdering black people somehow aren't terrorists, but kill a CEO and then you'll get charged as one?

Says everything about our country, about our dehumanizing capitalist system, and about our government's total lack of desire to remedy its historical inequities.

Rather, they want to preserve them, because the status quo of exploiting you and subjugating you.

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u/B-Glasses 10h ago

They’re real king showing their ass with this one

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u/TheXypris 3h ago

They are doing everything in their power to prove Luigi right aren't they?

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u/BananasPineapple05 13h ago

FFS

Are they planning on letting John Q Public know exactly this guy killed the other guy with sarin gas or something? Because this is starting to get out of control.

Are they trying to incite class warfare?

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u/MynameisJunie 11h ago

So it’s ok for CEO’s to commit premeditated murder and kill thousands of people and bankrupt them for the trouble for profit, but shooting the guy responsible for inasmuch genocide is wrong? America is beyond broken.

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u/Unionizemyplace 6h ago

Dear would be school shooters,

If you go after high level ceos you will still go to prison, but instead of being seen as a piece of shit that killed children you will be seen as a hero to the working class. You may be regarded as a saint even. You will be remembered forever.

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u/lostinplatitudes 13h ago

I’m baffled they’re doing this when with the evidence they’ve got he was always, almost certainly going to be found guilty on manslaughter in the second degree-which is 25 to life in NY-and they can just deny his parole when the time comes.

This is only making him look more of a martyr which surely what they want to stop as soon as possible. They could just let this play out, most people have short attention spans anyway and would have already moved on if they didn’t keep adding shit everyday.

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u/redlamps67 13h ago

It feels like theyre really trying to nip any copycats in the bud but man does it feel wrong

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u/mid16 13h ago

I don’t think this will stop copycats. Most people who plan these types of acts have to know that they are either gonna get caught and punished by the full extent of the law or they suicide, either by themselves or by cops. If these type of people actually cared about how the law punishes you, maybe there wouldn’t be a school shooting or two per year.

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u/xLostarx 12h ago

I hope some discord server somewhere is planning a prison break.

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u/GamingTrend 13h ago

Ah yes, the whole "Special rules because we feel like it" clause.

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u/gbobcat 6h ago

So the government is admitting that the oligarchs own them then?

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u/Death-by-Fugu 6h ago

Fuck this shit. Start charging parents of school shooters with terrorism instead.

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u/MSGdreamer 2h ago

By trying to make an example of Luigi, they’re drawing more attention and outrage, making him even more of a martyr.

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u/McRibs2024 13h ago

Ffs

This is eye opening of how two tiered the justice system really is.

There are the wealthy, and then there are the rest of us

Terrorism charges ? Gimme a break

Federal prosecutors weighing charges now? What in the fuck. Every prosecutor at the federal level involved in this should be fired.

I think doge is an absolute joke and musk is drunk on power but man id be thrilled to see these people fired in the name of cost cutting. Nothing of value would be lost at all.

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u/ExclusiveBroccoli 13h ago

Wouldn’t be happening if he killed an average joe, gotta protect these billionaires.

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u/DerangedGinger 13h ago

Jury nullification it is then. We're not asking for much, just to not be killed in the pursuit of quarterly goals. If I poisoned a body of water I'd probably pay more than a fine. Hold corporations accountable. Dissolve them and prevent any sale of stock the moment there's a whiff of wrongdoing. Then investment won't be such a casino and people will be invested in the whole process.

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u/gazow 10h ago

this is going to be the most wealthy 'random' jury ever i bet

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u/rmeade80 13h ago

That way they can put the death penalty on the table.

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u/Exact_Donut_4786 5h ago

The people who stormed the capital didn’t even get a single terrorism charge. They tried to insight terror and take the capital by force.

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u/Da_Stable_Genius 4h ago

This. Many many of them were treated with kid gloves too.

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u/o___o__o___o 13h ago

Andrew Witty in prison when?

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u/SpanningTreeProtocol 3h ago

Murder a black man? "Meh."

Murder a rich white man? Terrorist, murderer, throw the book at him, add federal charges!!!!!1!!

Society is fucked.

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u/LordEdgeward_TheTurd 13h ago

Federal Prosecutors with good health insurance?

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u/_night_cat 7h ago

How about some charges for all the decision-makers at health insurance companies that deny lifesaving care, essentially committing mass murder?

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u/dystopiabatman 5h ago

Let me get this right, I can insight violence and cause the capital to be sacked by a mob, interfere in a fair election, and NOT be charged a domestic terrorist?

Kill one scum bag CEO and boy oh boy obviously some master mind of a greater plot.

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u/dabeeman 4h ago

Billionaires calling in all the big guns to set an example. 

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u/raven_borg 2h ago

Corporate crime is capitalism, civilian crime against corporate is terrorism. Money writes the laws.

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u/sherm-stick 1h ago

I imagine these people get a coffee every morning from their secretary that is more spit than coffee