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Supporters of Luigi Mangione cheered and celebrated outside a Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday after a judge dismissed terrorism charges against him in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

This downgrade means that Mangione, 27, could one day walk free. However, he still faces second-degree murder charges in state court, along with a federal case where prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.

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Kristin Jones1 year ago

No. And no. It is ridiculous that our country has come to a point where we even have to ask these questions.

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Stuart Denny1 year ago

Beyond ridiculous. Tragic.

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Laney B1 year ago

Murder is never justified. The left has lost their mind in believing that this creature and the assassin of Charlie Kirk are heroes.

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Larry Green1 year ago

"The left has lost their mind..." Yes, they lost it many years ago.

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Robert Daniels1 year ago

No, never. We live in a country with laws that are supposed to be upheld by people that have the same belief system.

I can't believe he is only getting charged with second degree murder??? Really!?!?!

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Ralph Phares 1 year ago

This shows the result of the liberal teaching of the law schools that produce the attorneys on both sides of the issue who are willing the negotiate the softening/lessening of severity of charges against animals like this clown. - Ralph Phares

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Brandon Steinke1 year ago

No. Absolutely not. Never.

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Betty Smith1 year ago

NO! “You shall not murder.”

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Chloe Parish1 year ago

"Vengeance is mine, and recompense; their foot shall slip in due time" Deuteronomy 32:35. God gave the right to the sword to the government, and that is where it should stay (with the exception of self defense of oneself and their family).

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Scott Connell1 year ago

Hell NO! These are sick mentally disturbed people that live in an alternate reality on the dark web of social media that are waiting for a "sign" to attack, and most Democrats are more than happy to give them that sign!

Think about it, Magione, Robinson, Crooks, Routh and others all fit a similar MO of nut cases that they think they're doing society a favor by killing people they don't like, and are spurred on by others on social media

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sharon smith1 year ago

There is no justification for taking the life of another. There are so many other ways to draw attention to personal and group issues and gripes. Our rap music and movies are no help with this issue, since they also condone violence. And the death penalty doesn't even appear to be a deterent, but just creates evil 'heroes'.

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Gail Kelly1 year ago

Never! What a distorted view of the world. Violence is never justified.

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Amy Johnson1 year ago

What I learned from the media yesterday is that it's OK to stalk and shoot someone in the back and that it's OK to shoot someone in the neck as long as said shooter wrote loving text messages to his lover.

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Stefan Cameron1 year ago

No, neither is ever justified.

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D Curtis1 year ago

No.

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Rich Henke1 year ago

NO & NO! We suffered through 4 long years of Joe Biden with no assassination attempts. There were 2 attempts on Trump before he was even elected. What does that say about where the violence is originating? While there may be occasional violence from the extreme right, it has clearly been normalized and accepted by the left. It's time to stop the extreme rhetoric that promotes this kind of response!

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Terry McCall1 year ago

No and no and hell no! No one should ever be killed because of their ideas. That's insane to even contemplate. The extreme leftists don't understand that if that became the world we live in they had all better learn how to shoot!

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Nancy Burns1 year ago

As a Christian and as a human being, I know that unjustified killing is wrong. God’s Word is very clear on this point: “You shall not murder.”

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Jeff Paine1 year ago

I'm blown away that the question is even posed!! NEVER!! Murder is 100% unjustified!

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Bob Hrebec1 year ago

Whether political violence is justified or not is totally irrelevant...... it has always happened and always will happen. Rarely is it from the conservative establishment of the time. It generally comes from the radical social faction. Things have gone too far here to stop the violence.... it will get worse and unless the conservatives realize that playing nice doesn't work we're done for.

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Don G1 year ago

Just NO.

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Chris Wilke1 year ago

Only in self defense cases

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SGT USMC1 year ago

The U.S. healthcare system, the world’s best in innovation, is a cruel beast that crushes families with sky-high premiums, denied claims, and drugs priced to bankrupt. It wipes out savings, homes, and lives, forcing folks to skip chemo, ration insulin, delay surgeries, or lose loved ones to treatable ills—while executives and their political pals fatten wallets with our pain. Worse, liberals toss free care to illegal criminal aliens like candy, paid by taxpayers drowning in medical debt and red tape. This top-tier system, despite its tech, buries patients in bureaucracy, denies chronic illness coverage, and jacks up costs for profit. Let those who rig this betrayal lose it all—wealth, power, privilege—until they’re nothing, clawing in the system they built. Why wish death when surviving this world-class yet soul-killing machine, where greed trumps greatness, is punishment enough? Death is the easy way out. There was nothing political about it, but political murder is never justified

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Adrienne Berry1 year ago

Absolutely not. Murder is never the answer. And if I may add, some of these judges need to be on trial for mishandling, and letting criminals rule the justice system.

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Jane Spring1 year ago

NO, if not punished, others who disagree with Luigi may believe it is right to kill him. That is we why have laws, courts, juries. Murder is not allowed by our laws. The murderer of Charlie Kirk should believe the law will protect him from people who are angry for what he did…law-abiders do not believe in “street justice!

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Madelyn Flowers1 year ago

Under what case is a planned murder in any way defense’s able.??

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Doug Ebbecke1 year ago

Certainly not and when the judge said there was no evidence he sought to terrorize the public or inspire widespread fear you have wonder how people in health insurance felt after that attack. Our judicial system is failing us and is decriminalizing criminals. This shows how broken the system is.

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Patrick Ebner1 year ago

Mangione thought it was justified to give the healthcare CEO the death penalty, and without trial; no due process - and what exactly were that CEO's crimes that were worthy of such a punishment? Did he take another's life? No. Did he encourage others to take lives? No.

And the Left thinks the death penalty is inhumane. If you plot and take a life, you forfeit your life. Genesis 9:6. Bring back the death penalty. If used consistently, it is a deterrent. Stop the injustice of a double standard.