Judges Treating Premeditated Murderer Luigi Mangione With Kid Gloves

 

Luigi Mangione stalked, shot, and killed insurance executive Brian Thompson in cold blood early on December 4^th, 2024, outside a New York hotel. He shot Thompson in the back with a 9-millimeter 3D-printed “ghost gun” equipped with a silencer. Premeditated murder should result in a stiff sentence, right?

But rather than simply following the law, New York State Judge Gregory Carro inexplicably chose to treat Mangione with kid gloves. Carro stated, “The defendant’s apparent objective, as stated in his writings, was not to threaten, intimidate, or coerce, but rather, to draw attention to what he perceived as the greed of the insurance industry.” He added, “The defendant emphasized that he wished to spread a ‘message’ and ‘win public support’ about ‘everything wrong with our health system.’”

Luigi didn’t just threaten, intimidate, or coerce, he shot Thompson dead. If he wanted to draw attention to what he perceived as the greed of the insurance industry, he could’ve just pointed to skyrocketing home and auto premiums (though, in truth, there are valid reasons for this, too). Instead of spreading a message, he spread Thompsons blood around. Ironically, one thing “wrong with our health system” is that it can’t cure people who are dead as a result of being shot to death.

Jurisprudence fared no better at the federal level when Judge Margaret Garnett, a recent Biden appointee, decided that Luigi Mangione blowing Thompson away with a handgun wasn’t a “crime of violence.” Really? I’m guessing Thompson would disagree. Especially since Mangione shot him dead. But he can’t disagree…because Mangione shot him dead.

And it is Mangione who has a large and devoted following on social media and elsewhere.

My God, is the Left now claiming there are “mostly peaceful” fatal shootings?! If so, what happened to “gun violence?” Guess it depends on who is shot.

So, in leftist parlance, pre-planned homicides are not “violence,” but misgendering or dead naming someone is “literally violence?”

No insurance policy can protect us from that kind of peril.

Time will tell how Mangione is sentenced, but the death penalty is off the table. He may well be let off with only 25 years in prison and the possibility of parole. That itself would be a crime…premeditated or not.