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DA says 40 UnitedHealthcare execs got bodyguards, and one dyed her hair after Luigi Mangione killed CEO Brian Thompson
(www.businessinsider.com)
this post was submitted on 06 Jun 2025
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This post either needs to be removed or retitled. Luigi is not convicted and this perpetuates a huge problem in the US of assigning guilt to people through public opinion.
There is nothing here stating Mangione has been convicted of anything.
"after Luigi Mangione killed CEO Brian Thompson" is the problem - he allegedly killed that guy
"DA says..." This is not the author making that assessment, it's the DA. Naturally the DA is going to say he killed the guy, same as I do, or anyone making Luigi memes does.
There's no obligation for a reporter to insert "allegedly" where it was not stated.
It's apparently too hard to have proper journalism I guess.
"DA alleges...". There fixed it
And the DA is wrong for saying that, alongside the reporter for not correcting them.
You sound like the type of person Brandolini's Law is based on.
It's saying he murdered the CEO, when he has not been proven/convicted of doing so. How are you a moderator making decisions like that?
If nobody believes he killed the CEO then everyone needs to immediately retract all the Luigi memes.
It's clear he shot the guy, the only question is how justified it is.
I agree that "DA says..." is equal to "alleged," but you lost the thread with "it's clear he shot the guy."
It's really not...
You cant say for sure it's him in the video, and while cops say he had a bunch of evidence on him, they also say they didn't find that evidence till after the chain of custody was violated. Nothing in his backpack is admissible.
Like, this is America bro, corrupt cops isn't anything new. They lie all the time, you can't fault the majority of Americans for not caring what they say as a result.
It's clear he shot the guy because people make memes??
No, people make memes because it's clear he shot the guy.
Innocent until some guy on Lemmy says otherwise?
Oh wait, no, it still has to be proven.
Unless you were present at the time, you've seen some videos. Perhaps it's not likely, but videos can be faked, more easily now than ever before.
Proof first.
Lemmy isn't a court of law, neither is the Internet. It's pretty much universally accepted he killed the guy, if it wasn't, we wouldn't have the hero worship.
What the court is going to decide is if he's justified or not.
Proceeds to cite general Internet opinion as proof of guilt.
Again, this isn't about "guilt". Guilt implies some level of wrongdoing, and the court is still out on that.
The question they will determine is "was he justified", not "did he do it."
The court is also going to need to decide if the cops planted the evidence he conveniently carried with him several days later.
I should add too... nothing in the headline is saying Luigi "murdered" anyone. The word is "killed" and that's not the crime.
The act of homicide on it's own isn't a crime. The circumstances will determine if it's murder, manslaughter, etc. etc.
You don't need a conviction to say someone killed someone else, that part is self evident.
Was it justified? Was it murder? That's what the courts will determine.
He was dead the moment he got caught. Nevermind guilty. I don't care how many technicalities or strategies his lawyer might have. There's no way in hell the powers that be will let him have anything other than being made a harsh example for all of us plebs.
This isn't about him commiting the crime of murder. This about scaring us into submission so we don't get any ideas. Even if he's actually innocent because of they don't catch the killer they can't use it as an example, so they need someone.
He's not walking. Get ready for the inevitable. Even if the word of the law is on his side they'll pull something last moment. It's really naive to think they'd ever allow themselves being made a joke by us.