Luigi Mangione, charged in the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was extradited to the city from a Pennsylvania prison yesterday. His perp walk was quite the spectacle, reminding me of cinema highlights when super villains like the Joker or Hannibal Lecter were transported.
I doubt it had the chastising effect officials thought it would, and Bluesky had similar thoughts:
Typically a perp walk is designed to shame the suspect and celebrate the police department’s work and, arguably, no one engages in the practice more than the NYPD.
In the case of Luigi Mangione’s perp walk the optics appear to have backfired on the NYPD and the mayor.
— Gothamist (@gothamist.com) 2024-12-20T20:01:33.621Z
msnbc interviewing an expert about the special handcuffs nypd had to invent specifically for luigi mangione's perp walk that were designed to override his supernatural swag powers. 'and those work?' 'they're experimental'
— amy🧘♀️ (@melatonin.bsky.social) 2024-12-19T20:16:32.254Z
"Ms Agnifilo told the court that the overlapping cases-and a murder charge against Mr Mangione that makes him eligible for the death penalty- were confusing and highly unusual. I've never seen anything like what is happening here in 30 years of practicing law, she said" (7) shorturl.at/69Y9o
— Malena 🏴🇦🇷 (@malenagla.bsky.social) 2024-12-21T13:25:05.673Z
Social media is the world's largest unmoderated focus group and when things like this happen is really important to see what the deeper conversations are ,yes memes about him being attractive are everywhere, but we also see the surfacing of a lot of important social tensions in the US. (9)
— Malena 🏴🇦🇷 (@malenagla.bsky.social) 2024-12-21T13:25:05.675Z
Morons believe Luigi is being lionized for murder; they show their ignorance.
Luigi stood up to the oligarchy state. He expressed the exhaustion Americans have with the oligarchy state stealing from us peons.
Shrinkflation? Theft.
Inflation? Record profits; theft.
Health insurance denial? Theft
— Bucky Freed (@buckyfreed.bsky.social) 2024-12-21T13:05:22.050Z
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