Reminder: Luigi Mangione has not been convicted, and acting as if it’s a sure thing that he did it just plays into the hands of the state trying to pin this on him
Whether you personally believe he did it or not, don’t talk about it like it’s a fact.
Personally I lean that he didn’t do it, he’s a patsy and they planted evidence. Luigi Mangione is the same guy as the photo from the hostel, but that guy is not the shooter. There’s no reason to believe the guy in the hostel was the shooter except for “The NYPD said so,” the shooter was wearing a different jacket, different mask, and different backpack from the picture of Luigi in the hostel.
The shooter ran, ditched his backpack in Central Park, presumably ditched the gun as well, and that was the last time he was seen. Then the NYPD just started looking at surveillance footage for white dudes wearing similar enough clothes, find Luigi, and then track him relatively easily because he wasn’t trying to hide because he didn’t kill anyone. Wow that’s crazy, this Luigi guy somehow has the backpack we already found in Central Park and the untraceable gun specifically intended to be thrown away after use that’s at the bottom of the Hudson, and a written confession that definitely wasn’t written by a cop assisted by ChatGPT on the drive to Altoona.
He pled not guilty, so this is what I figured they were gonna go with. Get it down to “You have to prove the person in this video of the shooting is Luigi Mangione” which is basically impossible to do
If the defense actually makes this argument I'd go with it. But for now it just sounds like grass knoll distraction. I don't think public sentiment is going to be a factor in the trial. It will be an absolute kangaroo court even if he was guilty.
So far all the defense has said is that the money was planted to deny him bail and “Not guilty” so it’s possible this is exactly what argument they’ll make. And that argument becomes ever so slightly harder to make the more the public consensus is that he did it.
Reminder: Luigi Mangione has not been convicted, and acting as if it’s a sure thing that he did it just plays into the hands of the state trying to pin this on him
Whether you personally believe he did it or not, don’t talk about it like it’s a fact.
Personally I lean that he didn’t do it, he’s a patsy and they planted evidence. Luigi Mangione is the same guy as the photo from the hostel, but that guy is not the shooter. There’s no reason to believe the guy in the hostel was the shooter except for “The NYPD said so,” the shooter was wearing a different jacket, different mask, and different backpack from the picture of Luigi in the hostel.
The shooter ran, ditched his backpack in Central Park, presumably ditched the gun as well, and that was the last time he was seen. Then the NYPD just started looking at surveillance footage for white dudes wearing similar enough clothes, find Luigi, and then track him relatively easily because he wasn’t trying to hide because he didn’t kill anyone. Wow that’s crazy, this Luigi guy somehow has the backpack we already found in Central Park and the untraceable gun specifically intended to be thrown away after use that’s at the bottom of the Hudson, and a written confession that definitely wasn’t written by a cop assisted by ChatGPT on the drive to Altoona.
i hope his defense goes with this
He pled not guilty, so this is what I figured they were gonna go with. Get it down to “You have to prove the person in this video of the shooting is Luigi Mangione” which is basically impossible to do
If the defense actually makes this argument I'd go with it. But for now it just sounds like grass knoll distraction. I don't think public sentiment is going to be a factor in the trial. It will be an absolute kangaroo court even if he was guilty.
So far all the defense has said is that the money was planted to deny him bail and “Not guilty” so it’s possible this is exactly what argument they’ll make. And that argument becomes ever so slightly harder to make the more the public consensus is that he did it.