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Prosecutors highlighted “about $10,000 — $8,000 in U.S. dollars and then $2,000 in foreign currency that was found on his person,” CNN correspondent Danny Freeman said following the court hearing.

“Also they said that he had a Faraday bag,” which blocks cell signals, a move that prosecutors alleged marked “an indication of criminal sophistication and reason they should hold him on bail,” Freeman continued.

After prosecutors made the claims, Mangione said he would like to “correct two things.”

“I don’t know where any of that money came from — I’m not sure if it was planted. And also, that bag was waterproof, so I don’t know about criminal sophistication,” the suspect said in a statement that suggested police framed him.

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[-] leadore@lemmy.world 159 points 1 week ago

From the article:

Although a host of eyewitness accounts and video camera footage recorded Mangione’s movements before and after Thompson was killed in New York City on Wednesday, police said they were unable to locate him until a McDonald’s employee identified the suspect at a Pennsylvania franchise nearly a week later.

They should have said "the suspect's movements" or "the shooter's movements". Not "Mangione's movements". They are already presuming guilt by saying it was Mangione who was recorded. Newspapers used to be careful about doing this. I think they can be sued for defamation for this, can't they?

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 86 points 1 week ago
[-] SGforce@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 week ago

It's an American newspaper, so it's up to the victim. Canada and EU have much stricter rules.

[-] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 11 points 1 week ago

Maybe Luigi can sue them with all the money people on GoFundMe are desperate to give him.

[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

I mean, if they want to go and taint every potential juror in the country they can go for it.

[-] woodenskewer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

It seems kinda grey because they're not saying he committed a crime they are saying that he was in certain camera frames and the police were looking for him. If the police announced a name then the news would be reporting fact. The camera bit could be debatable I think. If they were speaking more about the actions of the crime they'd have to alledge, which they did alledge about his "type" of bookbag.

I could be wrong I just found your comment interesting.

[-] leadore@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago

Yeah but by stating as a fact that it was Mangione who was witnessed and recorded they are stating as a fact that he is the killer, which we don't know yet. That is-- or used to be -- a big no no in reporting. But times have changed. Here is a link I found explaining how they are probably opening themselves up to a libel charge with this kind of language.

[-] Manalith@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago

I think they're saying it definitely was Mangione who was recorded at the hotel, which if he was checking in/out is pretty easy to prove. From there they lost track of him because they didn't know his route or he just didn't show up on any other cameras.

I agree that the wording is likely intentional to imply guilt, but is loose enough that they could claim that isn't what they were doing.

[-] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Was it an employee or a bystander/customer? I'm confused.

[-] leadore@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

All the accounts I've read say it was an employee of the McDonald's who called police. But who knows? Probably one source printed that and then all the others just copied it.

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