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Prosecutors highlighted “about $10,000 — $8,000 in U.S. dollars and then $2,000 in foreign currency that was found on his person,” CNN correspondent Danny Freeman said following the court hearing.

“Also they said that he had a Faraday bag,” which blocks cell signals, a move that prosecutors alleged marked “an indication of criminal sophistication and reason they should hold him on bail,” Freeman continued.

After prosecutors made the claims, Mangione said he would like to “correct two things.”

“I don’t know where any of that money came from — I’m not sure if it was planted. And also, that bag was waterproof, so I don’t know about criminal sophistication,” the suspect said in a statement that suggested police framed him.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Execution suspect. This was an execution done with popular support.

Maybe call it an assassination if uoj want to get political, but its widely recognized to being done in defense of the people. That's not murder.

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[–] [email protected] 118 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They definitely put way more effort into this shooting than any of the others that happened on the same day. Obviously the police are looking for a scapegoat

[–] [email protected] 75 points 1 day ago (12 children)

He hasn’t said he didn’t do it, at least that we have heard. He’s just saying that a lot of the evidence is incorrect. The money is a flight risk, so they can argue to hold without bail. The manifesto, if it’s a plant, is to make him look “crazy,” so people distance (haha, backfire). And the faraday nonsense is to suggest that an ankle monitor would be of no use, so also no bail.

It’s all about holding him at this point.

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[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Yeah, prosecutors are really trying to smear this guy to look dangerous. Try harder. An RF-blocking bag is just to prevent theft, hacking and protect privacy. I'm a bit confident he's the guy but I can't say beyond a reasonable doubt given the circumstances and how the police are incentivised to frame anyone.

Since news reports keep jumping around between a McDonald's customer and a McDonald's employee offering the tip, every inconsistency will only bolster this guy's case. I can make guesses that this guy wanted to get caught or was a little sloppy, but if he says otherwise then finding everything including the gun is a little suspicious. Get him the best lawyer in the biz, I'm sure crowdfunding will cover it many times over.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How does "I'm not sure if it was planted" equate with suggesting evidence was planted? It feels like a linguistic stretch.

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

It's his bag. If he put it in there, he'd know. If he doesn't know where it came from, it was probably planted.

[–] Ensign_Crab 6 points 1 day ago

I thought they found his backpack in central park.

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[–] twistypencil 61 points 1 day ago

He had Ill will against corporate America, nobody would have that unless they were the killer! Sick evidence coppers!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

I don't believe this guy is guilty. He doesn't even look like the guy in the photo, whose jacket isn't even the same color as the shooter, not that it even means anything. That shit's mass produced just like almost everything else.

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