Donations are pouring in to a fundraiser for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down a healthcare executive, ahead of his birthday.
Mangione, who pleaded not guilty last month to federal murder charges related to the December 2024 death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, turns 27 on May 6. In honor of his birthday, donors are contributing to the GiveSendGo fundraiser for his legal defense, which is now closing in on $1 million.
As of Sunday evening, the fundraiser had garnered more than $977,000. His legal team has said that he plans to use the cash toward his defense in all three cases he faces.
A string of supporters in the past few days have donated $27 to the fund for his 27th birthday. In their donation messages, many included green hearts, an ode to the green-clad Mario video game character Luigi.
The more that comes out about this case the more I believe that I’d vote not guilty if I were on the jury even regardless of politics.
First of all I don’t even believe he’s the same guy from the Starbucks footage (not the same guy as the hostel footage who you see smiling). But even ignoring that, the police apparently turned their body cam footage off while searching his bag and did it with his back turned. On top of that, they searched his bag once, packed it all up again, and then took it back to the station and searched it again where they found the gun. Any competent lawyer would be able to convince at least a few jurors that the gun was planted. However, the cops told him that he wasn’t under arrest or being detained, so searching his bag on site would mean that the evidence was obtained unlawfully (therefore inadmissible in court). And on top of all that, he was apparently never even read his Miranda rights.
That leaves the partial fingerprint they found on a water bottle of Mangione’s in NYC, which ties him to the location but is circumstantial at best. The fake ID probably has charges that don’t really amount to much, and with the contents of the bag (in any rational country) being unable to be admitted, what would they be able to convict him on other than that? The fake ID ties him to the location, but again, that is circumstantial.
I’m assuming there’s more evidence that hasn’t been made public because if there isn’t then this isn’t exactly a slam dunk case on the prosecutor’s part.
If he is found not guilty, he will not have to work another day in his life. I bet he could setup a gofundme or patreon page and he would get filled with subscribers as thanks for what he didn’t do.
You know with all the horror and bad news these days, the world just seems irretrievably fucked, but then like gandalf appearing at sunrise on the hill
the GiveSendGo fundraiser
And that racist bitch is like at $600k USD donations from white supremacists. We can do much better than that here for our boy.
If OJ could get off, Luigi certainly can.
if the backpack doesnt fit you must acquit
hes so dreamy
this guy is probably the last true american hero
He most likely isn’t the one who did it. The eyebrows from his suspect photo are way off.
They likely wanted to charge someone so the public doesn’t get ideas about doing a similar thing and not getting caught.
