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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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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 56 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

That makes perfect sense.

  1. The murder of a CEO terrifies the bourgeoisie.
  2. The state serves the will of the bourgeoisie.
  3. The state charges the alleged murderer with terrorism.
[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's also the grand jury who had to return a true bill. They could have voted against the DAs charges.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 days ago

All I know about grand juries is that they would indict a ham sandwich.