Reporting and opinion by Mathew Carr
Dec. 20, 2024 — Some people are even positing that the alleged murderer Luigi Mangione seems to be getting treatment similar to that dished out to a certain historical spiritual leader.
Just some of the many surprising things:
- The immediate availability of the murder video footage after the crime, which wasn’t censored
- The apparent evidence still on the accused, when he was arrested (the ID used for his NYC stay, reportedly)
- The photo opportunities being offered to the press, since his arrest — clearly set up fairly carefully IMO
New York Times snip
Another version circulating on What’s App: It signals to me that ‘this is what happens when you mess with a protected person — a CEO’ (crimes against poor people are often ignored); Could this sort of news coverage make other potential perps crave similar infamy? (Gangster culture is rife, after all, and it’s even deployed by governments in history and today.) Sorry I don’t know who took this photo below —
I’m not making this comparison but it is being made — I’m reporting it:
Snip from Jesus Christ Superstar 1973 — circulating on What’s App …not sure who circulated it first in this context
Or from AI
https://twitter.com/alaskacryptogi1/status/1869886311630348388?s=46&t=4GXQezLCTz4c9vehe5x4tw
NOTES
*I detest unnecessary violence. All people in power should stop deploying it, wherever possible — so that “the people” don’t begin to think it’s the only way.
*The jury selectors will have their work cut out, here
One comment by an online commentator who I won’t name: “Any decent prosecuting lawyer will have that jury picked clean to the bone. Very good friend of mine is a DA in San Francisco and she relishes the challenge of jury selection. Not a good system I agree, but one that can work in the favour of either case, depending on the quality of counsel.”