NY - UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot in Midtown. #12 *Arrest*

[LinasK]

Do police officers normally give out snacks?

I thought LM was eating breakfast when nabbed.

 

[girlhasnoname]

Very well-written by an obviously intelligent person

An intelligent murderer IMO. This helps prove to me that LM was mentally competent when he committed the murder of Brian Thompson and also shows me his attention seeking side in responding to his adoring fanboys/girls.

JMO

 

[JDG]

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The complaint is about the Police Officers feeding LM at the police station!!

If they had not fed him, wouldn’t they be contravening his rights and freedoms?

His lawyers say it was to covertly collect his DNA.

IMO, they had plenty of other ways to obtain his DNA, such as take the wrapper from his McD meal or from his clothing.

 

[JDG]

Police in Pennsylvania pulled a fast one on Luigi Mangione when they arrested him at an Altoona McDonald's, according to his lawyer. Cops gave him a snack strictly so they could get his DNA, his attorney said.

Police also violated Mangione's rights, his lawyer now alleges, when they seized his bag and rifled through his belongings, telling the public they had found a "manifesto."

Pennsylvania police who arrested Luigi Mangione gave him a snack to get his DNA, lawyer says

Police in Pennsylvania pulled a fast one on Luigi Mangione when they arrested him at an Altoona McDonald's, according to his lawyer. Cops allegedly gave him a snack strictly so they could get his DNA.

abc7ny.com

Raging Luigi looks great in orange. Just as well it’s his colour.

 

[PrairieWind]

Do police officers normally give out snacks?

I thought LM was eating breakfast when nabbed.

I guess I am missing the point. They got him a snack so they could take the wrapper and test if for his dna.

 

[JDG]

I guess I am missing the point. They got him a snack so they could take the wrapper and test if for his dna.

According to the CBS news, above, the objection is to LM being fed food and a soda **at the police station**.

When arrested, he was eating a hash brown in McDs.

At the police station there were various ways to get his DNA other than a soda can & had they failed to feed him they would have been contravening his rights. No?

 

[PrairieWind]

According to the CBS news, above, the objection is to LM being fed food and a soda **at the police station**.

When arrested, he was eating a hash brown in McDs.

I still don't get the problem. Is the problem with the idea the police gave him a snack, or that they used that as a ploy to get his DNA?

 

[JDG]

I still don't get the problem. Is the problem with the idea the police gave him a snack, or that they used that as a ploy to get his DNA?

We are crossing one another…lol.

Are you asking about why his lawyers have a problem?

They think the police were setting him up I guess.

Or that it’s wrong to offer hima soda to get DNA.

LM would have disrobed by then, plus they no doubt took his wrappers from McDs.

 

[PrairieWind]

We are crossing one another…lol.

Are you asking about why his lawyers have a problem?

They think the police were setting him up I guess.

Or that it’s wrong to offer hima soda to get DNA.

LM would have disrobed by then, plus they no doubt took his wrappers from McDs.

I don't understand why anyone has any problem with any of this. It seems pretty clear the police used this as a tactic to get dna.

 

[LinasK]

I guess I am missing the point. They got him a snack so they could take the wrapper and test if for his dna.

Exactly. But his lawyers are trying to spin it as if they did something illegal.

 

[LinasK]

I still don't get the problem. Is the problem with the idea the police gave him a snack, or that they used that as a ploy to get his DNA?

The "ploy". Guess they don't watch many true crime shows. Cops do this all the time. Nothing illegal about it. Mangione could have refused.

 

[PrairieWind]

The "ploy'. Guess they don't watch many true crime shows. Cops do this all the time. Nothing illegal about it. Mangione could have refused.

I guess they could say that since he was in custody, they couldnt do this with out his attorney. But I don't think it matters. Will this test be admissible in court? Probably not, but I don't think that was the purpose. I think they were just verifying they had the right person. They will have other dna samples for trial. This is just trying to make a mountain out of a molehill.

 

[LinasK]

I guess they could say that since he was in custody, they couldnt do this with out his attorney. But I don't think it matters. Will this test be admissible in court? Probably not, but I don't think that was the purpose. I think they were just verifying they had the right person. They will have other dna samples for trial. This is just trying to make a mountain out of a molehill.

Yup! My cousin's murderer represented himself and tried that argument- that they couldn't use his DNA from his bar glass without his consent, but they had also obtained a cheek swab from him to corroborate, so it was a moot point. I got to watch that hearing. It was a wonderful moment.

 

[JDG]

I’d love to know if LM actually has a surgical scar from back surgery.

His jailers know, his lawyers know but did he actually have an operation or is that a fabrication?

Just curious. Will that come out at trial? Real or fake?

 

[girlhasnoname]

I don't understand why anyone has any problem with any of this. It seems pretty clear the police used this as a tactic to get dna.

Which is perfectly within their (LE) rights. Anything LE recovered from his Micky D's meal would have been eligible for LE to retrieve, as there would be no expectation of privacy on discarded or abandoned items right?

JMO

 

[arielilane]

No federal court date for LM today.

MANHATTAN -- The accused UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione will no longer appear in Manhattan federal court this week as previously scheduled, according to an entry on the court docket.

Instead, Mangione's federal case was pushed to April 18, according to the court docket.

Accused UnitedHealthcare CEO killer's federal case pushed to April

The accused UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione will no longer appear in Manhattan federal court this week as previously scheduled, according to an entry on the court docket.

abc7news.com

3/18/2025

 

[LinasK]

Which is perfectly within their (LE) rights. Anything LE recovered from his Micky D's meal would have been eligible for LE to retrieve, as there would be no expectation of privacy on discarded or abandoned items right?

JMO

Exactly. I laughed when I saw that his defense team tried this tactic. Surprisingly there are people out there who actually thought it was illegal.

 

[PrairieWind]

Which is perfectly within their (LE) rights. Anything LE recovered from his Micky D's meal would have been eligible for LE to retrieve, as there would be no expectation of privacy on discarded or abandoned items right?

JMO

If he had thrown them away, he has no expectation of privacy. If he was eating when they arrested him, they probably would need a warrant. But to me, its just not that big of a deal. They knew he fit a description of who they were after, they could use multiple ways to get identification on him. Is he trying to deny who he is? No, so I just don't see how this really relevant at all.

 

[LinasK]

If he had thrown them away, he has no expectation of privacy. If he was eating when they arrested him, they probably would need a warrant. But to me, its just not that big of a deal. They knew he fit a description of who they were after, they could use multiple ways to get identification on him. Is he trying to deny who he is? No, so I just don't see how this really relevant at all.

Just curious as to why you think a warrant was needed if he was eating at the time of his arrest? LE does feed people during their interrogations. I've watched it many times.

 

[citygirl]

Luigi wants a laptop.

Luigi Mangione wants laptop in jail cell to 'properly help prepare his defense,' lawyers say

Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, said he wants a laptop in jail so he can view documents and other material related to his murder case.

www.foxnews.com