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    4 months ago

    The owners think this would send a message.

    I’m not sure they realize that message would be Martyr.

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      He looks kinda badass with so many cops and the freaking mayor behind him like they’re his entourage, or like he so dangerous that they need 30 men to control him.

      I’d say this “perp walk” backfired.

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    I couldn’t be bothered to give a fuck about this man’s crime when the thing he killed was a mass murderer.

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      It’s funny that you talk about Mass murderers because when the alt right talks about Mass murderers that align with their skin colors it’s usually apologetic

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        Left v right is a distraction from the actual class war being wages on us by the wealthy elite

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          I must admit I’m in my cups right now, but I feel like To the maga proletariat, I don’t even think they go as deep as that. To them it’s more like in group out group thinking, which means you don’t look like me or talk like me so fuck you

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      They ain’t seen nothing yet if they make this dude a martyr. I’m not a violent person, but there’s a pent up frustration inside a lot of us just itching for a reason to come out and redistribute some wealth. Stock of United Healthcare still in the shitter? That was rich people losing billions.

      That’s the only thing these parasites care about: their life and their money. We have been shown that any of us have the power to take away both in a single act of targeted violence. Once we collectively realize that, shit will go down.

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      Haha, yes they filed charges.

      Now find 12 New Yorkers to agree he’s guilty.

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    The federal complaint filed Thursday charges Mangione with two counts of stalking and one count each of murder through use of a firearm and a firearms offense. Murder by firearm carries the possibility of the death penalty, though federal prosecutors will determine whether to pursue that path in coming months.

    In a state court indictment announced earlier this week, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office charged Mangione with murder as an act of terrorism, which carries a possible sentence of life in prison without parole. New York does not have the death penalty.

    Mangione’s lawyer, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, said it’s a “highly unusual situation” for a defendant face simultaneous state and federal cases.

    “Frankly I’ve never seen anything like what is happening here,” said Friedman Agnifilo, a former top deputy in the Manhattan district attorney’s office.

    Unfortunately it’s becoming more common, and it is legal

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      I understand the overlords have requested this guy get every charge and penalty that he can, but they have to understand that the general population sympathizes with him on some level.

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        The overlords don’t have to request shit, Eric Adams already gave them the keys.

        This is the Forbes profile entry for the NYPD commisoner’s dad, she’s never worked in law enforcement before btw

        https://www.forbes.com/profile/james-tisch/

        You may notice this part:

        James is CEO of Loews. His brother Andrew and cousin Jonathan are co-chairmen.

        Loews is active in insurance, drilling rigs, natural gas pipelines and hotels.

        The NYPD commissioner is the daughter of a billionaire CEO that’s active in the insurance industry…

        Absolutely no one had to request she act like this

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    Political Violence:

    Non-action on the part of a government can also be characterized as a form of political violence, such as refusing to alleviate famine or otherwise denying resources to politically identifiable groups within their territory.

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    I think that was a foregone conclusion. I also think he was probably fully aware of that before he shot the gun.