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A 26-year-old man identified as Luigi Mangione arrested at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania has been identified as the person of interest in the Dec. 4 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, according to the New York Times. Mangione was arrested with what police have described as a “manifesto,” according to the Times, as well as a firearm described as a ghost gun, a weapon assembled from parts either purchased individually or sometimes 3D printed.

Mangione was arrested, roughly 400 miles west of New York City, on firearms charges but has not been charged with the death of Thompson, according to the Times. He was reportedly carrying “multiple” fake IDs.

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[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 61 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

~~"Person of Interest"~~ *random guy who looks vaguely, remotely similar nabbed to cover up complete incompetence of police agencies and provide a scapegoat for capital to destroy and make an example out of

They wasted no time naming and blasting this guy's face everywhere the second they got him, while most other shooters get obscured and hidden to not "promote copycats". Corporations think they're controlling the messaging here. Even the supposed evidence they found is almost cartoonishly convenient.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 32 points 2 weeks ago

Remember the Boston bomber and the Reddit fiasco? For some reason I have a feeling we're being reversed Reddited here (law enforcement grabbing or gasp manufacturing something to calm down the social media). I mean maybe he is the guy...but your points are accurate on how this is being played.

And now that AI is in the mix, I don't know what to believe anymore anyway.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Which will be funny when the real killer strikes again. Fucking CEO better be watching their backs from now on.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How did you learn all these facts so fast?

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works -4 points 2 weeks ago

You need to understand 2 rules of tankie lemmy:

  1. whatever you want to be true is true
  2. everyone else is Nazis
[–] robocall@lemmy.world 47 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Who's the rat?! Zero star reviews are in that McDonald's future

[–] granolabar@kbin.melroy.org 7 points 2 weeks ago

The owner should have paid the workers more so they didn't feel the need snitch for a chance to win cash

[–] humble_pete_digger@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

U know they can just delete those unfortunately. Google reviews.

[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 33 points 2 weeks ago
[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago

Also a man of fine literature apparently...

From Mangione’s review of Ted Kaczinski’s book:

Clearly written by a mathematics prodigy. Reads like a series of lemmas on the question of 21st century quality of life.

It’s easy to quickly and thoughtless write this off as the manifesto of a lunatic, in order to avoid facing some of the uncomfortable problems it identifies. But it’s simply impossible to ignore how prescient many of his predictions about modern society turned out.

He was a violent individual – rightfully imprisoned – who maimed innocent people. While these actions tend to be characterized as those of a crazy luddite, however, they are more accurately seen as those of an extreme political revolutionary.

[–] Stamau123@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I read this as 'person of the year' at first

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

Freudian slip?

[–] python@programming.dev 23 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] chad@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

From this article all I can see is the Internet giving this man a well deserved warm embrace.

I knew he'd get caught eventually. In fact, I'm surprised and impressed he lasted this long. But I'm really hopeful his jury acquits him.

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I've never seen a suspect's face plastered across so many articles/thumbnails/posts on my life. If every suspect got this treatment the number of unsolved cases would plummet.

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] python@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I find those randomly started projects and the dim activity chart deeply relatable haha

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Now you know how you get those stars.

[–] Jayjader@jlai.lu 18 points 2 weeks ago

A tweet thread I found:

link to first tweet: https://x.com/SyeClops/status/1866189782419984714

Not the most clear lineup with "left" or "right", but this person is clearly a product of our times.

[–] skeezix@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

dawg you're onto the fine fine 😘🤌

[–] Linktank@lemmy.today 10 points 2 weeks ago

What is the name of the person who snitched?