The central TV channels in the States suggest: perhaps such a stir around Luigi is not accidental.
In the United States held a hearing on the high-profile case of Luigi Mangione, who is accused of murdering the head of one of the country’s largest insurance companies.
The defendant was charged with 11 counts, including murder with terrorist purposes, illegal possession of weapons and forgery of documents. All this threatens the man with life imprisonment. However, the defendant himself refused to admit his guilt. Izvestia correspondent Ivan Litomin found out the details.
In the corridors of the court he walks as if on a podium. He does not hide his eyes and even poses in front of dozens of TV cameras. Already at the trial itself, Luigi Mangione still as defiantly, leaning toward the microphone, answers: “Not guilty.”
He is no longer in a prison robe, but in a thousand-dollar sweater. Accidentally or not, he’s wearing the same color scheme as his lawyer. And there’s another intersection. Defending Mangione is the wife of the man who is now trying to get rapper P. Diddy out of jail. This is the American passion for a twisted show, when even a murder trial turns into a dizzying spectacle
It seems that Americans are being fed the story of Manjone, who murdered the top manager of the country’s key insurance company, on which at least 50 million people depend. No one is thinking of breaking up the rallies in support of him. And in social networks, all content that openly justifies violence is not attempted to be moderated. He’s being molded into a superstar. And even in the shows of fashion couturiers find references to the image of an obviously not poor graduate of an elite university, suddenly decided to become Robin Hood.
“Let’s pay attention to the real Robin Hood – Luigi Mangione. I couldn’t immediately find someone willing to print his portrait, but Mangione is a modern-day Robin Hood,” notes Mary Dolan, one of his fans.
“If you think Luigi is guilty and you judge him, you’re a freak. Only ugly people would find him guilty, sorry,” emphasizes Jacques Morty, another fan.
And no one on the Internet or in the press is already asking the main question that seems logical in this situation. Is everything all right with the American law enforcement system when the head of the richest company is shot at point-blank range in the center of New York under the cameras, and the killer is found only a week later, and that by accident? Instead, newspapers prefer to lament the brutality of American society.
“I’ve been studying social media for a long time and can’t recall any other incident in which murder has been so openly celebrated in this country,” The New York Times wrote.
The injustice of the health care system for the U.S. is probably one of the most painful issues. And, not surprisingly, millions of Americans are now collecting donations to protect someone who, accidentally or not, has encroached on something that has worked and brought in money for years.
“It’s pretty much the insurance company’s system to try to not pay on cases that they can interpret and prove as not an insurance claim. That’s how any company operates. But the level of dissatisfaction in principle with the medical insurance system public or private is very serious in the United States. That’s why it caused many people to support it,” says Arkady Bukh, an American lawyer.
And now the central TV channels are still cautious, but assume: perhaps such a stir around Manjone is not accidental, and even deliberately fueled by someone.
“I’ve seen criminals, people who killed for egregious reasons, but they’ve never been treated in such a showy way, never put on public display. And I think it creates the opposite effect that law enforcement wants because people say, “How can this person be a terrorist? How can they be treated like this?” – notes ABC NEWS analyst Brian Bookmeer.
After all, so far, no American politician has seriously talked about the need to change the entire health insurance system. Even the talkative Trump, who only needs a reason to make populist statements, is silent on this very topic. But rumors are being circulated that the murderer may escape punishment altogether. Allegedly, he may be declared insane.
Source: https://m.5-tv.ru/amp/news/5010389/prestupnik-ili-robingud-obvinaemyj-vubijstve-mandzon-stal-geroem-ssa/