Luigi Mangione indicted on murder and terror-related charges in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing
Luigi Mangione indicted on murder and terror-related charges in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing
The 26-year-old Ivy League grad charged with murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan sidewalk this month has been indicted by a grand jury in the case, the district attorney’s office announced Tuesday. Luigi Mangione is accused of first-degree murder, in furtherance of terrorism...
Previously the reporting on this did not have a political angle and so it was removed from Politics and correctly directed to News.
The charges related to terrorism now give this a political angle.
"Luigi Mangione is accused of first-degree murder, in furtherance of terrorism; second-degree murder, one count of which is charged as killing as an act of terrorism; criminal possession of a weapon and other crimes."
The terrorism statutes can be found here:
https://criminaldefense.1800nynylaw.com/ny-penal-law-490-25-crime-of-terrorism.html
"The act must be committed with the intent to intimidate or coerce a civilian population or influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion."
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One person getting shot is not terrorism.
By what definition? It most certainly can be.
By the definition of a reasonable person and that's the definition the prosecution is going to have to meet.
I think you'd have a hard time defending your statement if a bearded Muslim man shot the POTUS, which by the definition posted earlier, should not count as terrorism.
Lol, just because I have a beard doesn't make me a jihadist.
A lot of very incontrovertible terrorism was in the form of a single very public murder. The difference was that it was against vulnerable groups and the murderers were rarely charged.
A lot of people consider murdering an abortion doctor to be terrorism. Or lynching an innocent black person... why would this be different?
Assassination in furtherance of an agenda...