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Prosecutors disclosed the indictment Tuesday as they worked to bring Luigi Mangione to a New York court from from a Pennsylvania jail.

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[–] Mango@lemmy.world 15 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It's technically terrorism, but so is literally any crime enforcement. You're supposed to be afraid to harm others because you'll be harmed back. We shouldn't be giving a free pass to the rich, especially when they put their crimes in their resume. We don't need a trial for that.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

"Put crimes in their resumes." I like that. I intend to steal it and use it as my own. It's the highest form of flattery. You're welcome.

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

😁

I'm also the guy who coined the phrase "if buying isn't owning, pirating isn't stealing" and I was perfectly happy to be unknown and watch it spread until Louis Rossmann, my hero, credited someone else for it and praised them instead of me.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, I'm stealing that one too. You're a genius.

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago
[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 14 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Because "rich fuck" isn't a protected class so they can't charge with hate crime.

I don't see how this can stick, there was no intent to cause terror, it was surgically precise. Assassination maybe, if they want to be transparent about who is actually running the US.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 0 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

there was no intent to cause terror

Surely you must see how false this is. 100% of the comments praising this have referenced some form of class-based revolutionary fervor, gleeful that the rich will now quake in their boots.

A killing meant to manipulate others by fear is terrorism.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago

You are ascribing intent. Now prove it in court.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 69 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_George_Tiller

That guy that murdered Dr. Tiller was not charged as a terrorist in 2009.

Fucking USA make up your mind.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 14 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

The Charleston church shooting, also known as the Charleston church massacre, was an anti-black mass shooting and hate crime that occurred on June 17, 2015, in Charleston, South Carolina. Nine people were killed, and one was injured, during a Bible study at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest black church in the Southern United States. Among the fatalities was the senior pastor, state senator Clementa C. Pinckney. All ten victims were African Americans.

That white supremacist was not charged as a terrorist either.

[–] AnarchoSnowPlow@midwest.social 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is logically consistent if you view things from a capitalist christian theocratic perspective.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 8 points 23 hours ago

Or, as the kids say, as an arrogant hypocritical piece of shit perspective.

[–] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 56 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What an actual joke

I'm not simping for Luigi but charging him under terrorism is quite ridiculous

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 12 points 23 hours ago

DA's and whoever else has their prosecutorial hands on this are always going apeshit with charges. Stealing a Twinkie from the gas station will get you 8 counts of theft-by-taking and, shit, probably terrorism too if they think it'll either get you to plea to something and / or they think they can make their name with the case and screw you for living.

They're supposed to be finding and delivering justice, but it's always just cruel idiots trying to prove they're big, important people. Well. Not always but most often.

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 50 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It means CEOs/politicians are terrified.

[–] archonet@lemy.lol 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That, and they're gonna try and get him sent to supermax if he's convicted, just to kill his spirit.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

We can only hope he gets a good lawyer.

[–] Hatshepsut@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] atro_city@fedia.io 4 points 18 hours ago

Damn, I was hoping the name would be Mario. Karen will do 👍 Good gal Karen.

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

The fundraiser is up to $120k now. I hope that's enough for a good law firm.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 7 points 1 day ago

So, it works? Good to know.

[–] tiptaptoe@lemmy.sdf.org 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Only enemies of the bourgeoisie are terrorists apparently.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee -1 points 17 hours ago

I mean, if you consciously, deliberately kill a member of a people to instill fear in the rest of that people, you are indeed a terrorist.

If you are enemy of a group of civilians, you are a terrorist.

[–] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

To me this looks like:

Criminalizing the victims (who then emulated Batman) of their own predatory system

Congrats, the world will now probably view all CEOs as real life supervillains

Edit:
I don't think they realize that this will probably Streisand effect this and everything related to this.

[–] subignition@fedia.io 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They're probably hoping that calling him a terrorist will blunt the public's support of him?

[–] cheers_queers@lemm.ee 3 points 13 hours ago

it's not gonna work because nobody sees it that way except the handful of ceos shitting their pants rn

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 day ago

oh man. If that goes through then kinda like copycat killings, we can have copycat terrorisms.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

We only have a concept of a decent country

[–] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago

terrorism against who honk

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

There you go Italians, you ARE a minority!