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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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[–] RoidingOldMan 47 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)
  • Likely wearing similar clothes to the widely circulated photographs. Otherwise how did anyone recognize him?
  • Still had his ghost gun and manifesto on him.
  • Cops asked him for an ID and he gave them the same fake New Jersey ID that had been widely reported as what he used to check into a hostel in NYC.

Where these just common mistakes? Made by the same person who succeeded at avoiding so many others? But if he was trying to turn himself in, getting arrested at McDonalds doesn't seem like the method I would have chosen. Was he trying for suicide by police?

I'm leaning on the side of a normal human 'on the run' and making normal mistakes. But there is enough to make me doubt that.

Also if they ever make a movie out of this, James Franco's brother Dave Franco has a passing resemblance.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 day ago (4 children)

If another ceo dies from someone who looks like the guy while this guy is locked up then its realy gonna make the system look corrupt

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Wear your Luigi mask

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[–] brucethemoose 48 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

If the police did this, that’s not surprising, but they are really stupid.

This case is going to be under a microscope like an inverted OJ trial, and every bit of police misconduct is ammunition for his lawyers

Imagine the uproar if this guy gets away on a technicality… it would be a national celebration, lol.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 day ago (13 children)

This could be a scapegoat

But this could also be the perpetrator claiming he's a scapegoat, which is probably the best way to get a Jury to acquit, just plant doubts.

I'm gonna say that this is probably the actual perpetrator and I guess he was planning on more targets, but got caught before he could do more "deposing".

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[–] HexadecimalSky 35 points 1 day ago

Age 20-30, has a good bag to carry thier tech around day to day, dislikes american health insurance, and may be mentally unwell without proper diagnosis; Describes every college student I know.

If the more concrete evidence is you where within a few miles of the incident in NY, as well know NY is not a dense urban city....

It's all hard to say, rampant distrust of the police means, knowing they are desperate to pin it on anyone, we can't trust what they say.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago

the NYPD are lying about everything. Luigi seems like a cool dude but he's not the shooter.

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