A 26-year-old man identified as Luigi Mangione arrested at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania has been identified as the person of interest in the Dec. 4 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, according to the New York Times. Mangione was arrested with what police have described as a “manifesto,” according to the Times, as well as a firearm described as a ghost gun, a weapon assembled from parts either purchased individually or sometimes 3D printed.

Mangione was arrested, roughly 400 miles west of New York City, on firearms charges but has not been charged with the death of Thompson, according to the Times. He was reportedly carrying “multiple” fake IDs.

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    “Person of Interest” *random guy who looks vaguely, remotely similar nabbed to cover up complete incompetence of police agencies and provide a scapegoat for capital to destroy and make an example out of

    They wasted no time naming and blasting this guy’s face everywhere the second they got him, while most other shooters get obscured and hidden to not “promote copycats”. Corporations think they’re controlling the messaging here. Even the supposed evidence they found is almost cartoonishly convenient.

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      Remember the Boston bomber and the Reddit fiasco? For some reason I have a feeling we’re being reversed Reddited here (law enforcement grabbing or gasp manufacturing something to calm down the social media). I mean maybe he is the guy…but your points are accurate on how this is being played.

      And now that AI is in the mix, I don’t know what to believe anymore anyway.

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        You need to understand 2 rules of tankie lemmy:

        1. whatever you want to be true is true
        2. everyone else is Nazis
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      Which will be funny when the real killer strikes again. Fucking CEO better be watching their backs from now on.