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Luigi Mangione was charged with murder - then donations started pouring in

www.reuters.com /world/us/luigi-mangione-was-charged-with-murder-then-donations-started-pouring-2024-12-12/

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NEW YORK, Dec 11 (Reuters) - In the days since Luigi Mangione was charged with murder for gunning down a top health insurance executive, more than a thousand donations have poured into an online fundraiser for his legal defense, with messages supporting him and even celebrating the crime.

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Most of the messages on the crowd-sourced fundraising site GiveSendGo reflect a deep frustration shared by many Americans over the U.S. healthcare system - where some treatments and reimbursements can be denied to patients depending on their insurance coverage - as well as broader anger over rising income inequality and soaring executive pay.

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  • The US elected a convicted felon to the presidency and you're shocked an alleged felon is somewhat popular? We are talking about a country that has become entirely obsessed with "hurting the right people".

    • Yeah, I wonder what might might cause the American people to be inured to crime and violence. We see oligarchs making a mockery of the law almost constantly, not to even mention the ridiculous appeals to "rules based international order" abroad.

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