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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Fuck the people who reported him.

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[–] wpb 44 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Jury nullification occurs when a jury returns a Not Guilty verdict even though jurors believe beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant has broken the law. Because the Not Guilty verdict cannot be overturned, and because the jurors cannot be punished for their verdict, the law is said to be nullified in that particular case.

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[–] Furbag 98 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fuckin' snitches.

No wait, hang on, you're telling me that this guy managed to get out of New York City after committing one of the most high profile killings ever and instead of laying low and waiting for the news to blow over he got caught in a McDonalds during an active manhunt with a fake I.D., the murder weapon, and a manifesto all on his person? Either he wanted to get caught, or I smell a scapegoat here. Can't have America's oldest gang losing face in front of their corporate sponsors, now can we?

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[–] Noite_Etion 102 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Officer Tyler Frye, who has only been on the job for about six months, and a fellow officer responded to the McDonald’s where the suspect was spotted, the AP reports.

They asked him to pull his blue medical mask down and “recognized him immediately” Frye said. “We didn’t even think twice about it, we knew that was our guy.”

Frye said, “It feels good to get a guy like that off the street, especially starting my career this way, it feels great.”

Yeah... Great job. I'm sure your corporate overloads will appreciate it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

They asked him to pull his blue medical mask down and “recognized him immediately” Frye said. “We didn’t even think twice about it, we knew that was our guy.”

How? That guy could have come up to and knocked on my door, told me he was the guy while showing me the picture of him at Starbucks, and insisted he was the dude, and I still would have serious doubts. How the hell did someone at McDonald's recognize him, call the police, and the police knew it was the suspect instantly with complete confidence?

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 day ago

2 days ago the "experts" were telling us how the shooters planning and brains were why he got out of the city so easily. now we're being told that he just happened to have the gun, silencer, fake id, and manifesto all on his person? not a chance, feel bad for this guy who's obviously a scapegoat and just the first similar looking dude they found

[–] [email protected] 235 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

We can't let the media take the narrative back and let them do a smear campaign on this person who might not even be the shooter. He's a suspect.

This ceo shooting broke the proverbial spell where what the population was actually saying wasn't being guided or swayed by the news.

We need to keep the steam up on the media pushback. All those savage, snarky comments and memes left on every news article, fb post, tweet... they got overwhelmed by us. That needs to keep happening so they can't go back to distracting and brainwashing people with fear and politics while they scapegoat this guy and try to make an example of him to the rest of us plebs.

They already tried to distract us with aliens and Diddy because people won't stop saying how much they hate insurance companies. Keep voicing your discontent where ever they leave an open comment box. Please do it. Not only is it cathartic, but it upsets the oligarchs and everytime you upset an oligarch someone's insurance is less likely to deny their claim.

[–] Fredselfish 64 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

This isnt the guy. This is their scapegoat. What I could read he seems to be a foreigner. Also the first part of the article is hilarious. Fucking cop who been on the job no more than 6 months and fellow officer saw this guy and just knew they have the right man no doubt in their minds didn't think twice. Fucking doesn't look like the killer even a little bit. Bunch fuck ups. Poor guy.

Edit: so guy isn't a foreigner, but he isn't the killer either.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 days ago

just knew they have the right man no doubt in their minds

As a crim minor, this is the start to every documentary they show you about coerced confessions that have been discovered as false

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[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 day ago (3 children)
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[–] Aarrodri 155 points 2 days ago (6 children)
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[–] Sweetpeaches69 375 points 2 days ago (52 children)

The bootlickers never cease to amaze me. A McDonald's employee? Are you fucking kidding me?

[–] Clbull 205 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

That $50,000 bounty is likely a bigger payout than two years of wages as a burger flipper...

[–] EleventhHour 174 points 2 days ago (4 children)

And this is how the elite force us “lowers” to fight against each other instead of fighting them.

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[–] [email protected] 180 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Nothing good comes out of Altoona, look at their fucking "pizza"

[–] [email protected] 125 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Wtf kind of abomination is that?!

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[–] [email protected] 151 points 2 days ago (20 children)

I'd like to send out a special "Fuck you" to the asshole that called this tip in, whether it turns out to be the real shooter or not. I can't imagine being such a piece of trash to go do that.

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[–] [email protected] 247 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Upon further investigation, officers recovered a firearm on the man, as well as a suppressor, both consistent with the weapon used in the murder.

Ummm... That's awfully convenient. He just happened to have brought that exact gun with its suppressor to McDonald's. I'm skeptical.

[–] [email protected] 110 points 2 days ago (8 children)

How do you not throw the gun away before leaving the city?? The ID was apparently on him too

[–] LordCrom 95 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Exactly this. He pulls off the hit, escapes without a trace. But is somehow dumb enough to carry convicting evidence on him still while in a very public location?

Anyone would know to dump the evidence and lay low for a good while.

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[–] [email protected] 260 points 2 days ago (8 children)
[–] Voyajer 118 points 2 days ago (21 children)

Careful, .world admins don't like people mentioning jury nullification

[–] Stovetop 163 points 2 days ago (18 children)

You mean that very legal and factually-suppprted facet of the American justice system that every juror should be informed about before making a decision in court?

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[–] RememberTheApollo_ 107 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

Catching the suspect came down to “good old-fashioned police work,” New York Mayor Eric Adams said Monday, citing the McDonald’s employee who called in a tip.

Lol, you mean someone hitting the “easy” button and telling cops where he is? That’s “police work”? Waiting around for someone to do the work for you?

Edit: I wouldn’t want to be the person collecting the reward for the arrest of this individual.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 days ago

Good old fashioned police work: either waiting for someone else to do the work, or setting up some poor sad sack to pin the crime on.

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[–] [email protected] 144 points 2 days ago (10 children)

These companies don’t care about you, or your kids, or your grandkids. They have zero qualms about burning down the planet for a buck, so why should we have any qualms about burning them down to survive?

We’re animals just like everything else on this planet, except we’ve forgotten the law of the jungle and bend over for our overlords when any other animal would recognize the threat and fight to the death for their survival. “Violence never solved anything” is a statement uttered by cowards and predators.

(Quote from a book review made by the suspect)

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[–] [email protected] 78 points 2 days ago (9 children)

He made it all the way to middle-of-nowhere PA, but he was still carrying all the evidence on him? Sounds like they found Spartacus

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[–] [email protected] 167 points 2 days ago (9 children)

You're telling me the same guy who was proclaimed some kind of modern ninja-spy-assassin-genius on the back of his work in NYC was just stupidly waltzing around Altoona carrying an illegal ghost gun?

Doubt.

[–] Warl0k3 83 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's possible that the myth grew out of proportion to the reality because we all got a bit caught up in the romance of the thing...

~~Though, like, I'd still absolutely hit that. Cut myself on those cheekbones, goddamn.~~

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[–] [email protected] 109 points 2 days ago (3 children)

A bunch of rich people were scared. Now we are about to see a bunch of theater to make them all feel safe and good about treating the peasants poorly. Mark my words.

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[–] Etterra 91 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Correction: random person who vaguely resembles images of a person in a similar jacket in unrelated images of alleged shooter selected as a sacrificial lamb by the incarceration industrial complex out of fear of the populace.

FTFY

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[–] [email protected] 104 points 2 days ago (9 children)

Honestly he was so smart to be able to get away basically undetected. After I reflected on it for a bit, there's no way he would unintentionally be presenting the same fake ID, manifesto and carrying all the stuff he had. It seems deliberate.

Luigi will be remembered as the one who took on American Healthcare and actually did something about it, even if the full weight of billionaire-owned media and the full force of the law is going to be dumped on him.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 days ago

There goes my hero....

[–] [email protected] 81 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (14 children)

Ugh, was hoping they'd never catch him.
Not looking forward to the upcoming demonization of him by the news.
Tear apart his manifesto, pull up some kooky tweets and his bed is made, next up they'll find CP on his phone or some shit 🤦‍♂️

I really wonder why he'd keep walking around with the same gun, same fake ID and manifesto though. Did he want to get caught???

[–] [email protected] 97 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (8 children)

Tinfoil hat time: with the police looking increasingly incompetent with no suspect or leads, the first person apprehended who vaguely resembles the shooter is provided with a free ghost gun, fake ID, and manifesto. It's all just too "slam dunk" perfect for me to not question it.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

Were there other pictures circulating? I don't get how they could recognise him instantly... or at all based off the pictures I've seen.

[–] Gammelfisch 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is what happens when you pay people minimum wage with shitty benefits. Those folks are looking for a quick buck and the informant will mostly likely receive $50k.

[–] Goodmorningsunshine 32 points 2 days ago

No, they won't. The whole point is the plebs get nothing.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 days ago (6 children)
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