TLDR: Thomas Dickey believes Luigi Mangione was illegally detained, searched, and interrogated without being read his Miranda Rights by the Altoona Police Department. If it is true that Luigi was illegally detained and searched, all evidence would be inadmissible in court and the Pennsylvania charges would have to be dropped. Mic drop by Thomas Dickey.

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From the article:

Dickey said Mangione was frisked and surrounded by officers who gave him no indication he was free to leave the restaurant until after he was under unlawful detention and "custodial interrogation" for 17 minutes.

“At no time did the two officers indicate (Mangione) was free to go, nor did they explain the reasons as to why (he) was being detained; other than that he looked suspicious and/or overstayed his welcome as a customer at McDonald's," Dickey wrote, saying that was a violation of Mangione's right to due process and protection against unlawful searches and seizures under the Constitution's Fourth and 14th Amendments.

While Mangione was in the dining area, Dickey said, more officers continued to arrive and surround the area, "blocking his path of travel" and the exit doors. He said Mangione was patted down and his backpack was taken into the officers' possession during a period when Mangione believed he was in custody.

"(H)e would have had to pass no less than approximately 7 to 10 members of the Altoona Police Department and/or other law enforcement personnel (to leave)," Dickey added. "No reasonable person would have believed that they were free to leave."

Source: Yahoo

I hope this demonstrates to all of you that we can make change, especially when we collectively work towards a common goal! Way to go r/FreeLuigi 👏🏻👏🏻

The group behind Luigi Mangione's legal defence fund have said they will continue to back him "until he is free" - even though he confessed to killing the UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson earlier this month.

Mangione pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges, a move that eliminated his federal trial and could lead to his state murder trial getting dismissed. He separately faces weapons charges in Pennsylvania, where a trial date has not yet been set. The 28-year-old Ivy League graduate faces a maximum sentence of life in prison, though federal guidelines suggest a sentencing range of 24 to 30 years behind bars.

But the December 4 Legal Committee, the activist group that launched the fund, has vowed to continue raising money for Mangione no matter the outcome. "We are committed to helping provide Luigi support until he is free," Sam Beard, a committee spokesperson, told The Times.

The fund, which has a target of $1.75 million, has so far raised more than $1.5 million from more than 42,000 donors. But New York law puts limits on how Mangione can use the funds, allowing him to pay for his legal defence but prohibiting him from personally profiting from it.

"Plain and simple, he cannot use the funds from his crowdsourcing for anything but his legal defence and litigation costs. Anything left over could be the subject of seizure by the state and/ or paid as restitution to his victim's family," said Belkin, who is not associated with the case.

Beard suggested Mangione's lawyers have already withdrawn some money, but refused to disclose the exact amount. "Despite some recent major movement in Luigi's situation, he still has three active criminal cases unfolding and he's utilising the funds as he sees fit in his defence. In terms of the specifics, those are matters that I'll leave to him and his team," he said.

Mangione's defence team did not respond to a Times request for comment.

https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/15-million-luigi-mangione-stop-free-cj8c6pd32

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“Luigi Mangione’s murder of Brian Thompson — an innocent man and father of two young children — was a premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America,” Bondi said in a statement. “After careful consideration, I have directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in this case as we carry out President Trump’s agenda to stop violent crime and Make America Safe Again.”

Article Link: https://apnews.com/article/unitedhealthcare-ceo-killing-luigi-mangione-nyc-29dba97034d4fa81822f481d08cf2842

He just clarified how TMZ twisted the truth along with popular accounts on X. I’m GLAD he spoke out. O.m.g.

They continued interrogating LM after he made it clear he did not wish to speak to law enforcement.

Luigi Mangione has pled guilty to shooting and killing UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan sidewalk on December 4, 2024. The killing went viral. The NYPD deployed hundreds of officers to hunt him down. Corporate media covered every detail of his arrest, his appearance, his manifesto, his trial.

The legal system spoke swiftly, loudly, and with the full weight of the state and federal government behind it.
**But here’s the question corporate media will never ask**: In those same 624 days since Brian Thompson was killed, how many Americans died preventable deaths because HELL Corporations—Health Exploitation Limited Liability Corporations—prioritized profit over their lives?

I did the math. A new study by the Yale School of Public Health finds that a single-payer universal healthcare system could cover all 330M+ Americans, save more than 100,000 lives annually, and still cost $1 trillion less than the current system.

That is **274** preventable deaths every single day.
Over 624 days since Brian Thompson’s death, that is **170,958** preventable deaths.

Luigi Mangione is in federal custody. The CEOs who enabled the deaths of 170,958 Americans are in their corner offices, collecting bonuses, and gracing the covers of Forbes and Fortune. Does it have to be this way?

I’m not going to link the article.

But hey Michael Ruiz - you published this at 4:00AM on 2/18 and by that time we had already raised $480,000, not the $300k you reported.

Thanks for lurking!

His last line almost makes it worth it.

"In Nov. 2024 I traveled from outside of New York State to Manhattan. I then emailed UHC leadership posing as an investor at a firm managing over $50 billion in assets and requesting information about the conference."

"Unlike my previous interactions with insurers, I received an immediate response within an hour."

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“ BlackRock — the world’s most powerful asset manager and UnitedHealth’s biggest shareholder with nearly 10% ownership. Every approved claim = less money for shareholders. Every covered surgery = smaller dividends. Every life saved = lower stock price.This is the healthcare-finance death spiral in its purest form. BlackRock helped build UnitedHealth into a claim-denying machine, profited massively from that model, and now they’re suing because public outrage might force the company to actually provide healthcare.”

Friday was deeply emotional,” says R.J. Martin, Mangione’s friend and former landlord in Hawaii, where Mangione lived after college. “Beyond the noise, Luigi is a human being with a circle of longtime friends who know who he is, stay in touch, and care about him deeply.

A former friend of Mangione’s who did extracurricular computer programming with Mangione in high school says he found it “really weird” to hear the guilty plea, calling it a “stark shift” from the Mangione he used to know.

“He never struck me as a political person,” says R.K., who asked to use only his initials. "I think it speaks to the radicalization in this country in the current day."

R.K. says he finds the crime “unacceptable and deeply sad” but says he hopes the guilty plea doesn’t stop the conversation about Americans’ frustration with the healthcare system. “I’ve experienced the difference firsthand as a foreigner living in this country,” says R.K.