• robocall@lemmy.worldOPM
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    4 days ago

    I don’t think the CIA used Luigi or was involved in this murder. But Law enforcement has been parading Luigi around in open areas - possibly hoping someone would take care of Luigi for them.

    There was a perp walk recently where LE was covered in bullet proof vests and helmets. Luigi was not. it was an open area.

    When Oswald was killed, it allowed LE to shape the narrative with less pushback, and helped close the case faster than if he was alive.

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      3 days ago

      I’m honestly not even convinced Luigi is the guy who did it. The whole thing is incredibly sus. And keep in mind, this is the NYPD; they recently had a case dismissed when they were caught on camera planting evidence.

      The shooter deliberately dressed in an extremely generic outfit that a hundred people in Manhattan are wearing at any given time. Even the trail they’ve stitched together of the shooter’s movements from disjointed video cams could easily be many different people. They apparently found Luigi’s DNA on a wrapper the shooter placed, on camera, into a nearby trashcan, but that doesn’t prove much. It could have been someone else placing the wrapper, or it could even be a frame job. The shooter could have easily waited until someone wearing a similar outfit to his dropped a wrapper or bottle in a trashcan, and then taken it and deliberately planted it near the crime scene to throw a false trail. And the fact that he supposedly left that backpack of monopoly money behind, but didn’t ditch the untraceable ghost gun? It makes no damn sense. Luigi’s actions after the shooting just don’t seem to match at all with the meticulously planned hit he supposedly performed.

      I could absolutely see a scenario where the cops were like, “well, we already have Luigi’s DNA at the scene, this dude appears to be a homeless drifter no one cares about, let’s just plant a gun and manifesto on him to seal the deal.”

      The thing about ghost guns is that they’re untraceable. That means a shooter can make one with no record. But that also means the cops can make or obtain one and plant it in a way that is untraceable.

      Here’s what I really want to know. Where is Luigi’s workshop? His family has been looking for him for the better part of a year, and apparently he’s just been living as a drifter in various hostels or homeless shelters. Yes, it is possible to 3D print a gun frame and order the rest of the parts for a gun. But you still need a space to do that in. You need a 3d printer, 3D printing supplies, and a whole series of tools to fit the parts together. And you can’t just make one. You need to make prototypes, and you need to have access to a gun range to test them. You’re not doing that kind of work in a homeless shelter or hostel.

      Where is Luigi’s workshop? You can’t make something like that without a whole lot of tools, space, and most importantly, privacy. I have a workshop myself, I do a lot of woodworking. And I have a 3d printer. I could actually make a ghost gun if I wanted to, but it would take quite a lot of doing. And there’s zero chance I could do it without at least my spouse finding out. How you would even begin to do that while living in a hostel is beyond me.

      So that’s what I really want to know. Where is Luigi’s workshop?

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        3 days ago

        Luigi’s workshop is on floor 12 of the NYC Police department building. That’s where NYPD usually build their false evidence, but they also outsource jobs if the order size is too large for them.

        /s

        Also Luigi being meticulous for such a long time, but then just carrying around incriminating evidence like it’s his childhood blanky is incredibly sus. I can’t think of any plausible reasons to do that.

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          3 days ago

          Yeah you either want to get caught, or you don’t. If you just want to shoot the guy, accept you’ll get caught, and send your message, you might as well just save yourself the trouble. Just throw your gun on the ground and wait at the scene for the cops to arrive. There have been a few political shootings like that. Or of course, in that case, there’s no need to go to the trouble of acquiring a ghost gun. Just buy one legally out of state and illegally take it into NYC.

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      4 days ago

      Such a complicated take! Why not the simple one? Cops are big, dumb jocks and this perp walk gives them the chance to strut their fake tough guy stuff all over the media.

      I see no difference between these clowns and the guys who bring ARs to rallies.

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        12 hours ago

        There’s the tough guy cop thing. There’s also simply the fact that cops are human, and some people are curious. You’re a cop who normally does traffic stops or deals with crazies on the subway. A call goes out asking if anyone wants to join the perp walk. How many are going to say yes, just for the sake of being part of something that clearly is a historic event? Who wouldn’t want to see the CEO killer with their own eyes? Or maybe, you go just to say you were there. There’s always some number who just want to be able to say they had a part in history, however minor. I bet there were a bunch of sheriffs and other law enforcement who told the tale to their grandchildren of that time they met John Brown.