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The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare's CEO has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism, prosecutors said Tuesday as they worked to bring him to a New York court from a Pennsylvania jail.

Luigi Mangione already was charged with murder in the Dec. 4 killing of Brian Thompson, but the terror allegation is new.

Under New York law, such a charge can be brought when an alleged crime is “intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence the policies of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion and affect the conduct of a unit of government by murder, assassination or kidnapping.”

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Killing Thousands by refusing to pay for life saving medical procedures you can and are obligated to pay for: not terrorism

Popping the dude's skull who did that with a $5 plastic gun: Terrorism

[–] x00z -2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Sounds like stuff Russia and the middle east makes up to execute the good guys.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

America: does the thing America always does

Americans: this is literally like the foreigners

[–] x00z 0 points 13 hours ago

I'm not American.