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Mangione charged with 'act of terrorism' in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing
- throwaway24191 2y ago> Under New York law, a terrorism charge can be brought when an alleged crime is “intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence the policies of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion I'm not reading anything against intimidating/coercing businesses here... /s
- Qem 2y agoCivilian population already raised over 140k to fund his defense, so it appears no intimidating/coercing here either: https://www.givesendgo.com/legalfund-ceo-shooting-suspect https://www.givesendgo.com/legalfund-ceo-shooting-suspect
- salawat 2y agoThe key though, is that if he is labelled a terrorist, all that fund raising for a legal defense is going to get frozen with the stroke of a pen. Calling it.
- nico 2y agoTotally right. Now he got federally charged as well. The way it’s going, we might not even get an open trial
- s1artibartfast 2y agoThat doesn't mean much. Al-Qaeda and the Taliban have supporters too. Terrorism is defined by actions, not support.
- bediger4000 2y agoI mean, ethically, you're correct. What about legally? The whole of morality is not contained within the law, after all.
- gnabgib 2y agoDiscussion (9 points, 5 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42446356 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42446356