Summary
Sam Beard, organizer of Luigi Mangione’s legal defense fund, claims the dramatic “perp walk” resembling Hannibal Lecter’s treatment backfired on New York authorities, boosting donations to over $743,000.
Mangione, charged with murder and terrorism for allegedly killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, received heightened security during extradition, drawing public sympathy.
Critics argue the campaign glorifies violence, while supporters emphasize fair trial rights.
Mangione, who pleaded not guilty, faces the death penalty if convicted.
These government gooners literally cannot comprehend why people live this guy and hate them. It’d be funny if it wasn’t so irritating that these are the assholes in charge.
It also helps that Luigi looks fine af. Like not even kidding I’m sure that’s a big part of the support too lol.
I agree. Lemmy seems unable to grasp this. He looks like a super nice, ordinary guy that you’d like to hang out with.
He probably is, but what about all the other people who don’t look like him? No one talks about jury nullification for their cases.
Exactly. Ugly people would have a much much different experience. It gets ignored.
I hope this is what you meant. Because I agree with that.
I still love what he did (or didn’t do) a lot though. I appreciate his actions a lot.