Previously the reporting on this did not have a political angle and so it was removed from Politics and correctly directed to News.

The charges related to terrorism now give this a political angle.

“Luigi Mangione is accused of first-degree murder, in furtherance of terrorism; second-degree murder, one count of which is charged as killing as an act of terrorism; criminal possession of a weapon and other crimes.”

The terrorism statutes can be found here:

https://criminaldefense.1800nynylaw.com/ny-penal-law-490-25-crime-of-terrorism.html

“The act must be committed with the intent to intimidate or coerce a civilian population or influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion.”

    • Pennomi
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      52 days ago

      By what definition? It most certainly can be.

      • @[email protected]
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        42 days ago

        By the definition of a reasonable person and that’s the definition the prosecution is going to have to meet.

        • @krashmo
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          I think you’d have a hard time defending your statement if a bearded Muslim man shot the POTUS, which by the definition posted earlier, should not count as terrorism.

    • @[email protected]
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      32 days ago

      A lot of very incontrovertible terrorism was in the form of a single very public murder. The difference was that it was against vulnerable groups and the murderers were rarely charged.

    • @jordanlundOPM
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      A lot of people consider murdering an abortion doctor to be terrorism. Or lynching an innocent black person… why would this be different?

      Assassination in furtherance of an agenda…