Can Luigi Mangione get too big to jail?

I was told that the first people in Tuesday started camping on the sidewalk two days ago. Luigi Mangion, the man accused of shooting at UNITEDHELTHARE CEO, Brian Thompson in December 2024, was scheduled to be in the nine in the morning in a hearing in one of three simultaneous criminal cases against him. This time everyone was ready to chaos: signs, fans, residents, protests, and media circus. That’s why the line started even the last time – the people who really wanted to enter to see it knew that it was not too early.

Mangarians everywhere and race. The last time the audience saw (regardless of a strange and unauthorized appearance in the menu of men’s shirt) in February in this same court in Manhattan, when hundreds of members of the public and the media met with a routine hearing before the reservation. He is in the memes, in a pass reference, and in the decisions of moderate content, and lives free of rent in Donald Trump’s minds-and how most people do not think or talk about mangis day by day. They are reminded of it when new images decrease or when there are gradual updates in cases directed at it. But the wall covering the wall has faded, and the people most exploited in them are working to keep attention in the case alive. Mangarians and the biggest discussions on healthcare reform are one element in the list of approximately 8000 urgent topics in the United States. How to keep attention and energy alive in an ecosystem for the information specified by its fragmentation?

On Tuesday, the session was more busy than those that were in February: The manganese team obtained two charges linked to terrorism in the New York case, a development that its supporters celebrate. Looking at the size of the news, the falling atmosphere – the smaller crowd – was noticeable.

Court officials and police appear to have learned their lesson from February: Do not let a million people inside. Instead of accepting the members of the public in a corridor outside the courtroom where they can create the camp, the court retained more than others on the sidewalk.

There are fewer people here in February, but in some ways, supporters and frenzy are more enthusiastic. Mason Alexander, who said freedom He was one of the few who arrived in the courtroom in the first session, arrived at 11 pm the night before and was in the twenty -fifth, which means that he will not get a place the second time. There are some numbers that are written on the backs of their hands, which I was later told are not part of any official numbering system, but they were a present work wandering with a sign, in an attempt to present the system to the line.

“The issue is echo with me,” Alexander says, explaining the reason for its appearance. “It is clear that what is claimed is not something to be chanted, but I think it was useful in the way it highlights [the healthcare system issue] I think it may be the most important in the country, and its impact on ordinary people. He made people speak. “

People who go beyond NYC, a health care repair group at the base level, focused on the Mangion issue, again on a gathering abroad. Homemade spinning wheel contains “accredited” and “rejected” holes – the wheel rotates to learn the fate of your insurance claim. There are Luigi caps, key chains, DIY shirts, bulletins around local health care legislation. When I arrived shortly after 8 am, the number of correspondents and news sets exceeds the number of attendees – there are fewer people here as well, six months ago.

One of the attendees of the Popnyc Rally, who asked not to be identified, citing the current political climate, says that “protest fatigue” could be a reason for decline (perhaps the time period in the early morning).

“I think people are only tired, and they just want to ignore what is going on or only surrender,” says the present. “That’s why we are here, to inform them that we are still here. Even if you are tired, we will continue. Perhaps it will join us next time.”

There is also an inevitable reality that the session took place a week after Charlie Kerk was killed in the right -wing life in a public event in Utah. Although the two cases are clearly not connected, there was a quick and brutal campaign from the American right wing, directed to anyone considered “celebrating” the killing of Kirk. In some cases, not harmful social media publications are used to report people for employers or their dox. It is not surprising that the supporters of manganese are hesitant in filming it in a march.

It is difficult enough to maintain major events and causes in the news, but the issue of mangis has unique factors. The central character-which many see sympathetic-accused of chasing and shooting Thompson Point (Manguns acknowledged it was not guilty). UNITEDHELHELHELTH GROUP launched a comprehensive attack on critics, targeting filmmakers, social media users and news outlets. Technology companies are working on moderate content related to manganese, although some supporters complain that their content and accounts are being lowered without explanation. There is also a general ghost of violence that disturbs the current American political discourse. It was never the right time to be an alleged killer, but not now.

Part of what makes the murder case of Brian Thompson strange is the way most people consume and follow: through hundreds of Mangione’s photos and videos look “hot”. The overlapping legal battle and the high risk of mangis are transferred to the public through new photos of it; It blocks both the seriousness of the crime and the charges, as well as the punishment he faces if he is convicted. There is a clear tune secession in covering the case: Daily Mail Both run stories about the “patients” fans who support him and publish 29 photo slices to Tiktok, which is a collection of mangione of every possible corner.

On Tuesday, manganese wore the Kaki prison clothes instead of street clothes. He was cut again in the ankles, wrists and waist – which his lawyers complained about. When we waited to enter, another correspondent noted that he felt like a wedding: the press and twenty members of the audience or so continued to look at the slightest sounds, just as we were waiting for the bride to walk in the corridor. One of the supporters who managed to reach the courtroom, who requested it to be called the name of SAS, later told me that she could hear his restrictions before seeing him. Some commentators online described him as looking for “pale”, “skinny”, and just as he was “crying a lot.” (I don’t really see this, personally). After listening sessions, there was a lot of reading in manganese behavior – but the fact is that the dates of the court were very natural and professional. There is no deeper personality or psychology that must be obtained from being inside a room for 20 minutes.

The most important development from Tuesday’s session brought good news to mangis: Judge Gregory Caro, who oversees the New York State case against Manji, has overturned two major terrorist charges related to terrorism in what is seen as a major defense victory. The state argued that Thompson’s killing was aimed at “intimidating or forcing the civilian population”, but Caro found that allegations were “illegally insufficient.” Caro says in essence that under the New York law, the alleged “ideological” motivation is not commensurate with the definition of terrorism.

“The court agrees with the defendant [state] He appears[s] “While the defendant was clearly expressing the animation towards UHC, his goal was not to be his goal to be” intimidating and calamity of civilian residents, and in fact, there was no evidence of this goal. “Managers still face accusations of second -class death in the New York State case.

Caro also announced that he was giving up the charges of terrorism, the reaction of a few supporters in the courtroom interacting in an audible – dim wonder, and perhaps even the gentle applause, which was extracted from a guard.

On other suggestions, the manganese defense was less successful. Managers face three simultaneous cases: the situation in New York, a separate government issue in Pennsylvania, and a federal case. The manganese defense team argued that federal issues that occur at the same time reach a double risk: the American constitution prevents the defendants from trying the same crime twice. Caro rejected the dual danger argument. Manager’s lawyers have also argued that the federal case – which involves the possibility of the death penalty – should continue before the state case. On Tuesday, Caro refused to request manganese to put the state case. The next session in the state case is scheduled to be held on December 1. Managers are entitled to court for the federal case a few days later.

The fate of Luigi manganese and his public personality are closely related. His broad and continuous attention depends on his issue on the number of times he can obtain in front of people through their digital extracts. The windows of opportunities to attract attention and the deepest public participation are limited because it participates in the General Court only once every several months. The general scene of the case is always present: Mango lawyers have written prolonged that oppose his restrictions during the appearance of the court that is being photographed and shared after that, saying they are “very fierce” and are affected by his right to a fair trial.

One of the Managione supporters that one of the Choufion follows is about the abolition of the jury, when the jury emerged even if it believed that the defendant committed a crime (in February, a truck with an LED advertising plate on the side shows information to exhaust the jury, the court was transferred during the session). However, it depends on a huge public awareness campaign in an era of short attention and the broken media ecosystems system.

As I wrote in February, the course started with crystallization: One day manganese is all we see on social media. The next went. Rinse and repeat. While I was on the field with my phone, friends wrote me about new Luigi photos, just as they did six months ago. Do you become a mim – regardless of the extent of the beloved or excitement – enough to save your life? The risks cannot be higher, and culture cannot be fluctuating.