Comment on Performative Perp Walk

MattTheProgrammer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• samus12345@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “The security around Mangione today is because of what they’ve been seeing in terms of the public support for him and their security worries about somebody not trying to attack him, but to try and free him from law enforcement,” CNN chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst John Miller said.

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  • jballs@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    See, it’s not for publicity! Eric Adams is there to stop the public from freeing Luigi from law enforcement!

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    • samus12345@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well, he didn’t say it wasn’t also for publicity. It clearly was.

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  • nepenthes@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The state trial against Mangione will come before his federal trial, prosecutors said.

    WTF? I never heard about federal charges-- isn’t that double jeopardy?

    Like the reporter said, they might be trying to make it so there are no copycats, but they clearly don’t understand the number of people that wouldn’t want to be making it out alive. Their trumped up charges aren’t a deterrent.

    If I were USian, I’d be mega-pissed that they are making the CEO’s death out like Luigi killed the king.

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    • samus12345@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      WTF? I never heard about federal charges-- isn’t that double jeopardy?

      The federal charges might be the bullshit terrorism ones. Not double jeopardy because it’s a separate charge.

      If I were USian, I’d be mega-pissed that they are making the CEO’s death out like Luigi killed the king.

      Oh, I am. We’re teetering on the edge as it is and are scheduled to go straight off the cliff on Jan. 20th. Whatever next year brings, it’s going to be horrific.

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• jballs@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  When asked, that’s probably what the police would say as justification. And it sounds almost plausible, until you realize that’s the mayor behind him.

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