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[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 1 points 33 minutes ago

I sincerely hope they startle in fear every time they hear a loud noise nearby every day for the rest of their lives. I hope it turns their bowels to water.

[–] lena_be_a_saint@feddit.nl 28 points 3 hours ago (2 children)
[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

You need to petition the governor of NY. This is a state level crime.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 14 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Biden should pardon him on his way out the door, as a last fuck you, and then he can blame his alleged dementia.

[–] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Doesn't there have to be a conviction for a pardon to be possible? Ain't no way this trial is finishing in time for Biden to do anything. But also what the other commenter said about Biden loving CEOs...

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 7 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Biden pardoned his son for any offense committed since 2014 or something like that to protect him from further charges.

if he can do that he can pardon Luigi Mangione for any federal offences he allegedly committed between December 3rd and December 5th 2024.

It won't protect him from state charges though (which are currently the only charges)

Mangiones best hope of walking free is jury nullification

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 31 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Biden loves CEOs and the status quo tho.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

Well a girl can dream..

[–] SpikedPunchVictim@lemmy.world 30 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe if more terminally ill were committing the crimes, insurance companies would be less likely to turn away patients, and a lifetime sentence wouldn't be so bad.

Also, jurors have power too.

[–] pookie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 58 minutes ago

Jury nullification is when the jury in a criminal trial gives a verdict of not guilty even though they think a defendant has broken the law. The jury's reasons may include the belief that the law itself is unjust, that the prosecutor has misapplied the law in the defendant's case, that the punishment for breaking the law is too harsh, or general frustrations with the criminal justice system. Some juries have also refused to convict due to their own prejudices in favor of the defendant. Such verdicts are possible because a jury has an absolute right to return any verdict it chooses. Nullification is not an official part of criminal procedure, but is the logical consequence of two rules governing the systems in which it exists:

  1. Jurors cannot be punished for passing an incorrect verdict.

  2. In many jurisdictions, a defendant who is acquitted cannot be tried a second time for the same offense.

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 64 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

Class warfare in all its glory, going from the cold war phase to a more active phase.

Sure, there were warnings. Remember Occupy Wall Street? Peaceful protest forcibly removed? Well, they're back and less peaceful.

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[–] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 11 points 2 hours ago

Occupy Wall Street? No, Eradicate Wall Street!

[–] riodoro1@lemmy.world 22 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Yes, but this seems to be the working class vs the bourgeoisie. The way it was meant to be.

[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Let me cash out my 401k first

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 1 points 39 minutes ago

The way it was meant to be.

The way the schools, run by the wealthiest, taught you it should be to preserve the status quo and established wealth.

[–] Kanda@reddthat.com 28 points 7 hours ago

Be the change you want to see in the world

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 7 hours ago

Coming soon to a terrorism charge near you!

[–] Shirasho@lemmings.world 70 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

What is the opposite of "don't dead open inside"? This works both ways.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 22 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 hours ago
[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 10 points 6 hours ago

Designporn?

[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 48 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah, so weird they would be selling these stickers that could be put really anywhere. Absolutely disgusting if someone purchased hundreds of these and started just sticking them everywhere. https://www.makestickers.com/design/24120721P6VV-pij1gytwuonpuv2ibielr6lk

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 15 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

this is the lesson that children need to learn for a better future

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[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 164 points 12 hours ago (4 children)

Luigi is more popular than Congress right now.

[–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 67 points 11 hours ago

That's like the lowest bar imaginable

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 102 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

He’s done more to fix our shit situation than they have. Fucking worthless cunts.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 21 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

I mean, congress negotiated insulin priced down by over 90% average, so you're wrong actually.

The systems still fucked, but it's a bit early to start erasing all the good things from the DNC majority and Biden Admin.

[–] Kroxx@lemm.ee 0 points 52 minutes ago

Man that's 1 issue in a sea of healthcare problems, I'm extremely glad that insulin was capped because that shit was insane but it's a pyrrhic victory in the scope of things.

It's like if I was to plug a deep wound I was bleeding out from with my finger. Yes it stops me from dying in the moment and that is cause for some celebration, but I'm still dying just not as quickly.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 17 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah but that's over. Everything done can be undone.

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[–] Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 36 points 12 hours ago

Yeah, but that's not hard. I think the approval rating of some strands of herpes is higher than congress.

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[–] alquicksilver@lemmy.world 102 points 12 hours ago (4 children)

I found video.

The sign in the back "money won't save you everybody hates you" sounds like a nursery rhyme. I like it.

[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 hours ago

That one CEO filming, thinking of the hazard pay bonus he can give himself now.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 54 points 11 hours ago

I love that the cameraman pans over to all the CEOs wearing the same suit, staring at the protestors

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 31 points 11 hours ago (2 children)
[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 1 points 32 minutes ago

You should not have come here, Stalker

[–] alquicksilver@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

This was exactly where my brain went!

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[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 52 points 12 hours ago (7 children)

I suspect private security company stocks are about to go way up.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 23 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Not a lot of people are willing to put themselves between a CEO and a mass riot for $14/hr.

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 14 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Lol where have you been? People doing monumentally stupid, dangerous and violent things for insultingly small sums of money for rich assholes is kind of our thing. If you offer silver for violence there will always be takers.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 8 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Disagree. People do things for profit to a point. As a veteran who's done security work, soldiers and veterans start because of a faith in doing the right thing. Security work doesn't have that ideology. I don't know about you, but I'd rather go home to my family over fighting off 500 people angry about their lives. It's an entirely different motivation, with entirely different standards to be covered. Money doesn't buy values or standards. And when you buy security, that security can be bought. Nobody is untouchable.

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 3 points 4 hours ago

People fight for dictators against their fellow citizens

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 29 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Their CEOs might want to keep a low profile.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

I would like a Tiktok account of videos of terrified CEOs sprinting to their vehicles with a bored looking security guard trailing behind them.

[–] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 25 points 12 hours ago

It's Italian plumbers and CEO goombas all the way down

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[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 12 hours ago (3 children)
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