News @lemmy.world Five @slrpnk.net 6d ago

Defense fund established by supporters of suspected CEO killer Luigi Mangione tops $100K

abcnews.go.com Defense fund established by supporters of suspected CEO killer Luigi Mangione tops $100K

Supporters of Luigi Mangione are raising tens of thousands of dollars for his defense fund.

GiveSendGo: Crowdfunding Hate in the Name of Christ -- The Nation

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Oops, how did this get here . . .

editors note: Contribute at your own risk, I did not extensively research the legitimacy of the fund and there may be some doubt as to where the money is destined
- Is this legitimate? Often there are people who are using a popular event to get rich quick.
  
  I think so. It appears to be the one the article talks about, and it's got over a $100k
  
  Probably not
- Thank you doing the lords work.
The fucking dumbass media will stay surprised by how people feel about this, and the working class people among them will feign shock for the cameras. But the reality is that CEOs have been screwing everyone else in the country raw dog for fucking decades, and nobody that works for a living and has lived in this country for a while is truly shocked by the support for Luigi.

I mean hell, to end last season of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Dennis had a daydream where he ripped a CEO's heart out to reduce his blood pressure.
- Do you think the mainstream media is truly surprised at people's reactions or is it simply acting surprised to behave in line with a dog and pony show about how the UHC CEO was the real working class hero and The Adjuster was evil and/or a lunatic that we should all despise?
  
  I think it's a mixture. I've quit watching news coverage on TV completely at this point, but I do still watch some more mainstream comedy shows (e.g. SNL, Colbert, After Midnight, etc). SNL's latest episode illustrated this disconnect, especially with the opening sketch (a Nancy Grace impersonation basically saying "what's wrong with people for liking the killer?") and Chris Rock's opening monologue. Rock started by talking seemingly sincerely about the CEO and how it must be terrible for his family, etc. and then said "Sometimes drug dealers get shot" or something similar.
  
  There's also a comedy narrative that is being established that I think is kind of mainstream media types coping with the reaction to the killing, which is that they're saying "he's only supported because he's handsome"....but I really think they are out of the loop and many are truly surprised and/or still don't understand the public's reaction.
Surprised it's so little
- Well, they're not making it easy to find and it's being funded by angry poor people. There's probably not a lot of wealthy big donors on this one.
  
  I mean, it's also kind of pointless.
  
  Regardless of whether or not you support him, it's pretty clear he did it and doesn't have much of a chance of getting away with it.
- I'd donate but don't want to support GiveSendGo and also don't trust that the money will actually end up anywhere good.
- The fundraiser looks super sketchy and we don't even know who is running it, so a lot of people probably don't trust it.
- He already hired an expensive lawyer on his own, and that lawyer hasn’t said anything about using the Mooney from this fund. It’s most likely a scam.
$139k now.
based he needs all the help he can get!
That will pay for like an hour. The dude is screwed.
- That's why someone needs to run for governor on NY on the platform of giving him a full pardon. They would win in a landslide.
Rich boy from a rich family doesn't need our charity. However it is good to see how popular support for him is widespread.
- There has been nothing to indicate that he has inherited wealth yet. Aside from schooling.
- I have seen snippets in the news saying that his family has disavowed him and cut him off so he effectively no longer comes from a rich family unless they change their minds.
  
  The family doesn't know how a true hero looks like
He comes from a rich family. And even if they refuse to pay for his defense, let the privileged brat experience a public defender for once. Jeez.
- I cannot help but think this is a bot account trying to discredit Luigi for reasons.
  
  created 7 days ago (few days after CEO being Luigified): ✅
  
  has lemm.ee as instance: ✅
  
  suspiciously active: ✅
  
  trying to balance comments with "off-topic" stuff to feel more genuine: ✅
  
  Agreed. His history is smelly
- He betrayed his class. He's one of us now.
  
  he's a poser, not a class traitor. if he had been a true class traitor, he would have played things smart. he would have united himself in living with the lower classes without forgoing his significant resources, and he would have dedicated his family inheritance and privilege to righting wrongs.
- Steps:
  
  Chain every health insurance CEO together in a big long line.
  
  Attach chain to a giant multi-ton boulder.
  
  Throw boulder into the ocean.
  
  The only loss to humanity will be the value of the steel in the chains.

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