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Luigi Mangione charged with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO as an act of terrorism (www.msn.com)

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The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare's CEO has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism, prosecutors said Tuesday as they worked to bring him to a New York court from a Pennsylvania jail.

Luigi Mangione already was charged with murder in the Dec. 4 killing of Brian Thompson, but the terror allegation is new.

Under New York law, such a charge can be brought when an alleged crime is “intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence the policies of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion and affect the conduct of a unit of government by murder, assassination or kidnapping.”

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[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 84 points 5 days ago (3 children)

So if one or more CEO killing happens every day of a calendar year, will we stop giving a shit, like we do with school shootings?

Inquiring minds want to know.

[–] Late2TheParty@lemmy.world 43 points 5 days ago

That's an interesting theory. I believe it needs vigorous testing.

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

Aren’t we at like 3 mass shootings per day nationwide? It’s not a problem when it’s the masses killing each other. Only when the owning class is hurt.

[–] mx_smith@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

We might actually get some gun reform