Donald Trump death penalty order sparks huge Luigi Mangione donation
Donald Trump death penalty order sparks huge Luigi Mangione donation
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Donald Trump death penalty order sparks huge Luigi Mangione donation
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This is so ridiculous. He killed a dude. That's worthy of the death penalty (not in Texas)!? People have done worse to many people, or children, or... and not been sentenced to death.
Even if you're 100% against murder in all circumstances and feel he should be locked up forever, you have to see this is just CEO's exercising their outsized influence to discourage further punishment of the 1% and corporate leaders that prey on Americans...
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I see this as "if I'm going to get the death penalty anyway, might as well take out as many of them as I can."
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Trump himself and all of his rich friends on Epstein's island have done way worse than Luigi. At least I consider the systematic rape of children and human trafficking worse than killing a mass murderer.
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They're not even going to pretend that people are equal. The Donvict, President Musk, and the MAGAstappo deeply believe that rich white men are worth more than anyone who isn't one of them, and will use the full force of the law as they interpret it to protect their interests.
Just you wait. They're going to push for laws specifically protecting what they'll call "High Value Citizens" or something to that effect. Give it time.
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Murder is legal in self-defense or to save the live of another.
That's how you need to look at this.
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I understand what you're getting at but self-defense requires an imminent risk of physical harm.
You can't self-defense a bank employee who might harm you by declining your loan application.
You can't self-defense your alcoholic neighbor because they might drive drunk later and kill someone.
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It's not murder if it's done in self-defense or to save the life of some other innocent person. It's justifiable homicide.
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Or killing OJ
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Homicide can be justifiable. Murder is a crime.
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I call bullshit on that. Post the law that makes it legal.
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This is so ridiculous. He killed a dude. That’s worthy of the death penalty (not in Texas)!?
goes looking for the charges
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Brian_Thompson
Charges
Federal
- Using a firearm to commit murder
- Interstate stalking resulting in death
- Stalking through use of interstate facilities resulting in death
- Discharging a firearm that was equipped with a silencer in furtherance of a crime of violence
New York
- First-degree murder in furtherance of terrorism
- Second-degree murder (2 counts)
- Second-degree criminal possession of a weapon (2 counts)
- Third-degree criminal possession of a weapon (4 counts)
- Fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon
- Second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwypvd9kdewo
Mr Mangione is facing 11 state criminal counts in New York, including first-degree murder and murder as a crime of terrorism.
If convicted of all the counts, he would face a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Federal prosecutors have also separately charged Mr Mangione for using a firearm to commit murder and interstate stalking resulting in death. Both charges could make him eligible for the death penalty.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Mangione
Stalking: Interstate via traveling from Georgia to New York
Stalking: Interstate via use of a cellphone and the Internet
New York State doesn't have capital punishment. So I think that it's the interstate aspect that made it federal jurisdiction and thus a capital crime. Otherwise, he'd just be facing life in prison without possibility of parole.
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For science, here's the fund if you're curious...
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I’m glad this turned out to be legit. I had wallet out on day one of this campaign.
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It’s literally for science, considering the opposition.
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Thanks. Donated.
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If he's actually put to death, he'll become a martyr. Saint Luigi Mangione. If this doesn't spark a revolution, we're fucking toast. I hate this fucking timeline.
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Rich fucks are afraid he might go after them if he gets out of jail one day.
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Even moreso, I think they're worried this will normalize violence against their class, so they want to make an example of him. One Luigi can be imprisoned or executed; a thousand Luigis is a bigger problem.
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I like the sound of one thousand Luigis
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Ironic point, given making a martyr of someone is a better way to galvanize supporters. Big reason we... er, people, haven't assassinated Trump.
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Would you rather fight a Luigi-sized duck or 100 duck-sized Luigi's?
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they had to consistently astroturf him on MSMS and some anti-luigi comments on places like reddit to bring conservative back under thier fold, not even the grifters were fooling them at the time, it took like a month later to use one russian issued grifter, jack to do it.
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The order was supplying states with lethal injection drugs, had nothing to do with Luigi in particular.
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Trump, in an executive order: "The Government's most solemn responsibility is to protect its citizens from abhorrent acts, and my Administration will not tolerate efforts to stymie and eviscerate the laws that authorize capital punishment against those who commit horrible acts of violence against American citizens."
Abhorrent acts like denying over 1/4 of healthcare coverage claims? Abhorrent acts like demanding surgeons scrub out and immediately call back the insurer to justify the surgery that they were in the middle of performing?
No, of course not.
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The other side of that coin is that capital punishment doesn't protect anyone from anything. In fact, it puts us all in more danger for a variety or reasons, including:
- The State can kill you with impunity if so desired
- Where capital punishment exists, people who commit crimes are more likely to escalate to more heinous acts in order to evade capture
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I only wanted to point out the hypocrisy, but you make a good point:
Where capital punishment exists, people who commit crimes are more likely to escalate to more heinous acts in order to evade capture
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capital punishment is only there to satiate conservative voters in the countries, they love this. otherwise the states wouldve all eliminated them already.
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The State can kill you with impunity if so desired
The true goal of authoritarian regimes.
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By his own decree his 2020 administration should be facing capitol punishment for acts of federal agents in Portland and other cities during peaceful protests over unrest at the time.
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1/3 which is much worst than 1/4 denial.
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Trump wasn't talking about Luigi, his act was about supplying lethal injection drugs to states with pending executions. Luigi hasn't received any sentencing.
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President Donald Trump ordered the attorney general to pursue the death penalty "for all crimes of a severity demanding its use" in an executive order signed January 20. The order ended the moratorium on federal executions enacted by former President Joe Biden's administration.
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This shit comes from the same mouth that incited a fucking riot and tried to overthrow the government. Fuck this piece of dog shit.
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Good. They should try to get the death penalty which will put the jury under the maximum pressure to nullify.
I wonder if some of the legal fund can be used for public service announcements to educate the public on jury nullification. IIRC judges don't like to hear that kinda talk in court.
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I hope you're right, but would bet against nullification actually happening either way.
Even if they find him guilty, he could be pardoned after the revolution.
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Im betting trump personally assigns Eileen Canon to this case to ensure democracy is 100% dead and no jury verdict will be allowed
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If Luigi Mangione get killed he will live forever as a martyr of the workers. His name will forever be etched into history and a new wave of revolutions will arrive, a working class united against the rising tide of fascism.
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You'd think Trump would be aware of the martyrdom argument. Maybe not.
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Trump cannot imagine anyone doing something for reasons that benefit anyone other than themselves.
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What comes around goes around Donnyboy. The next president could do the same to you for treason.
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Biden had the chance with the backing of the supreme court and their ruling on "official actions" on top of the already strong legal case, but he didn't because the ruling class sticks together no matter how much they talk about "danger to democracy".
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The past has no meaning. We are moving past what already happened and trying to resolve today's issues in the moment. IDC who did what and its time we started getting along and working together to protect what's left of our country and the freedoms we fought wars for. Make the current regime the suckers and the losers and let them argue, not us.
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You can't beat fascists by becoming fascist though.
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President Donald Trump ordered the attorney general to pursue the death penalty "for all crimes of a severity demanding its use" in an executive order signed January 20. The order ended the moratorium on federal executions enacted by former President Joe Biden's administration.
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free luigi <3
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Killing someone is exactly how you get a really fucking angry crowd who will remember his name seek revenge.
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I think there's even a word for it. Let me go ask my friend Marty R.
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It is what they want. An excuse for martial law. If you remember during the BLM protests, they used force on people just standing outside the white house to clear a path for this "religious" president.
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Democracy is being dismantled in broad daylight. I dont see any angry crowds out (besides the presidents day rallies)
I doubt anyone will get off their couch for luigi, despite all the rhetoric you see online
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Love it. He should go free.
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Trump freed 1500 criminals who wanted to kill elected officials in a terrorist-style seige of the capital.
But yeah, go punish a national hero.
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US Government wants to kill a guy for politcal reasons.
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The wealthy will make an example out of him. Meanwhile, they will continue holding up Daniel Penny as the right kind of extrajudicial murderer.
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Question: Will "The Government's most solemn responsibility is to protect its citizens from abhorrent acts" be on the gates to the concentration camps?
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He makes Luigi martyr.
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Luigi has become such an icon and crystallized so many frustrations that I'm hopeful his conviction will finally spark the rebellion this country desperately needs. Hopefully in time before it turns into a fully fledged dictatorship - so, pretty soon.
It’s literally been the only light in the world of darkness for over a decade.
I started the Luigi Mangione “documentary” on HBO (I hesitate to call it that instead of what it is, propaganda)…and I didn’t even get 10 minutes into it and they were going on and on about how the UH CEO was such a good family man with so much good potential.
Gag!! 🤮
If they convict him there's likely to be mass riots.
There's no "if" here, it's "when".
Whether or not Luigi did it, somebody needs to made an example of by the ultra-rich class and the corporate world for murdering one of their own. That person is Luigi.
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