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.”
29 Comments
PunnyName@lemmy.world · 82 pts · 1y
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 · 41 pts · 1y
That's an interesting theory. I believe it needs vigorous testing.
EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
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 pts · 1y
We might actually get some gun reform
DurbanPoison@feddit.nl · 59 pts · 1y
Killing Thousands by refusing to pay for life saving medical procedures you can and are obligated to pay for: not terrorism
Popping the dude's skull who did that with a $5 plastic gun: Terrorism
x00z@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 1y
Sounds like stuff Russia and the middle east makes up to execute the good guys.
Grapho@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 1y
America: does the thing America always does
Americans: this is literally like the foreigners
x00z@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
I'm not American.
davel@lemmy.ml · 48 pts · 1y
That makes perfect sense.
Rade0nfighter@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 1y
It’s sad, remember when terrorism meant flying a 747 into a sky scraper?
Nowadays whenever I see it in the headlines I just assume someone pissed off the wrong cop.
geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 1y
Wonder how many CEO's were killed on 9/11 now
apostrofail@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
how many CEOs* were killed
wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
Certainly not Larry Silverstein. He had a dermatologist appointment!
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 36 pts · 1y
This was like the literal opposite of terrorism
Madison420@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
It always is to someone, it's usually just a matter of perspective.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 1y
The only people terrorized by this are health insurance CEOs, and they deserve to be terrorized considering how many people their rapacious, brutal profiteering have killed or crippled, both in a medical and financial sense.
davel@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y
Not just health insurance CEOs: the capitalist class is terrified.
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network · 2 pts · 1y
One: Peter Thiel is a horrible person and I hope Saint Luigi visits him.
Two: They could chose to change their behavior and be much safer. Stop profiting from exploitation and suffering. You don't even have to go all the way to being a "good person". No one's going to assassinate the guy who quietly lives in a 3BR apartment and spends his afternoons at the museum, even if he's living off high interest savings accounts.
ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 1y
It would be supremely ironic if Mangione goes free because the prosecution can't prove the terrorism part of the charge.
sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml · 17 pts · 1y
I hope it terrifies them
ofcourse@lemmy.ml · 15 pts · 1y
Terrorism = inciting mass terror through your actions
The only terror incited here is toward the ceos which are the exact opposite of the masses.
I hope he gets a fair trial and the prosecutors get told by the judge to eat sand for bringing in meaningless charges.
Mango@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
There's aren't enough CEOs for mass terror.
alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 1y
Pardon Luigi!
EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
No balls.
vvvvv@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Man they really are going to fuck him raw and with no lube, aren't they?
Shameless@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Whatever it takes to try and stop the poor's from fighting back
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
I'm surprised there hasn't been an accident.
ieatpwns@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Hmmm idk, I don’t feel terrorized
BigMacHole@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
Good! We need to VIOLENTLY PROTECT the People who kill HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of AMERICANS (INCLUDING Children) a year!
reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y