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Luigi Mangione

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[–] logging_strict@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

ctvnews exonorates Luigi. If wording doesn't matter they shouldn't be publishing the news.

NEW YORK — A U.S. federal judge on Monday said she will hold a short hearing in the next two weeks on procedures that police said allowed them to seize and look through Luigi Mangione’s backpack when he was arrested in the **killing** of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

The word killing is not the same as murder. When the govt does it under color of law or it's justified the term used is killing. A soldier in war kills, they do not murder. Society the soldier came from gives them legal cover to conduct war.

Is ctvnews postulating a bicycle malfunction is to blame?

Also notice the lack of alleged. As if ctvnews convicted the random pasty Luigi of lesser charge of eating fake food in the presence of children.

Officers began searching the backpack at the McDonald’s restaurant where Mangione was arrested while eating breakfast on Dec. 9, 2024

e.g. while intoxicated.

Eating breakfast in public, a crime?

Yes your honor we witnessed the suspect murdering a BigMac. For public safety we stepped in attempting to deescalate the situation by stealing the nerds lunch money and backpack.

In another country that would be a joke. But the US supports highwaymen in every state, except Nevada. It's called civil asset forfeiture.

Is the backpack the suspect? Since insufficient cash was found, charges were brought to extort money by other means.

[–] logging_strict@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

In the same article ctvnews clarifies they don't have access to the Internet or a legal dictionary or public school graduates

Mangione has pleaded not guilty to federal and state **murder** charges, which carry the possibility of life in prison.

Which is it: killing or murder? Is this one case or am i missing the other case they are discussing?