I really hope that Luigi does get acquitted. I mean if it is factual that he didn't do it and the real killer is out there... well then, I guess Luigi still got lots of fame, but at the same time we will also be happy that the real guy is not only free, but the mystery of who he is will make him cooler.

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[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Seriously a manifesto that starts off by praising the feds is about as suspicious as a cop going "Yeah, the suspect died in my custody, but before you think about giving me suspending me from the force with pay. He wrote this confession letter in his own blood confirming he killed himself and three whole paragraphs affirming that my massive cock is indeed large and super not-small."

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Between that, the discrepancy of the eyebrows, and the discrepancy of the backpack thing, so much of this doesn't add up. Not guilty.

[–] sudo@programming.dev 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The "manifesto" isn't a manifesto at all. Its basically just a written confession. And reads like a forced one at that. To me, the theory that they used illegal means to catch him and are just planting evidence so they have a case makes way more sense. They probably lost him and had to tap into some NSA data to ID him. He probably wasn't a fucking moron and ditched the gun with the bag central park.

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[–] MinekPo1@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

yeah no . sorry but the guy was not as well prepared as it seems , he left a lot of tracks and made a lot of mistakes .

[–] Colonel_Panic_@lemm.ee 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

So you think he kept a backpack full of all the exact items involved and was just hanging around 3 days later in a McDonald's by mistake?

So like, he slept, showered, did all the usual daily things and just kept carrying around the incriminating evidence out in public? Seems weird to me. I'd assume most people would go bury the gun and clothes or something, not go carrying it all around.

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[–] big_fat_fluffy@leminal.space 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Maybe it's a staged event. The latest consensus-splitter / distraction.

Look how it has split us. Reddit deleting posts. Unironic discussion of guillotines.

[–] Sl00k@programming.dev 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This event has brought a lot more class consciousness to the masses than anything else imo.

[–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

It doesn't have to have been effective. They might just have overestimated how many people would think killing health insurance CEOs was unacceptable.

[–] sudo@programming.dev 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

WTF are you smoking? The ruling class is deliberately splitting us against the ruling class?

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[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Genuine question, but supposing we were to consider this theory, why would there also, one, be complaints about the cops parading him around as a victory, and two, people saying Luigi was a hero?

Whether you love or hate cops, they are not stupid. I'm sure if there was even an ounce of suggestion that they got the wrong guy, the cops would quietly decide not to be so smug about it.

And to those who side with him, he's either a hero/idol or he didn't do anything. Pick one. I myself pick the third choice.

Also, of note, it's quite a coincidence they found the guy, then found out his name, and then found out his wealthy upbringing, evidenced by the fact he was trying to be as low profile as possible at the time, which would've curbed the ability to do all of that in reverse order. If he wasn't the killer, that's like firing a bullseye in the dark.

[–] ynthrepic@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

He's just this guy who has a big chance of being a murder. He is capable of deliberately planning to kill a person outside of immediate self-defence. However evil CEO A or B may be, the moral calculus isn't hard: society as a whole comes first. Unless we're sure he is innocent, it's not clear he's someone who can be left free safely. He's a fight risk for starters.

Police parade him and his manifesto so that they have an excuse to hold him, they look competent, and they get to keep him behind bars until we know for sure one way or another, or until they can't hold him any longer. In which case we may never know for sure until the statue of limitations had passed and if he wants to confess.

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The scary part is, supposing he wasn't the murderer and the actual one is out there, under normal circumstances, people could post wanted signs to see if someone might find this "actual" killer, but we aren't under normal circumstances right now, with our circumstances being ones where the turnout for finds would be low in a world where wanted signs of random billionaires hang in random places in New York, with Brian Thompson actually not being a big opponent of society, having come from poor, rural Iowa and wanting to reform the business but lagging due to hoops (only to, then, be killed by someone he had not had under his insurance to begin with).

[–] ynthrepic@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

A scary possibility indeed!

[–] big_fat_fluffy@leminal.space 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Luigi is probably working for them. His job is to do all the "right" things, to further the preferred narrative and such. He's a paid actor.

The real infidel will disappear quietly.

(the "Theater Content" of news is proportional to the importance of the event)

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