12/17/24 National Public Radio:
NEW YORK — The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare's CEO has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism, prosecutors said Tuesday as they worked to bring him to a New York court from from a Pennsylvania jail.
Luigi Mangione already was charged with murder in the Dec. 4 killing of Brian Thompson, but the terror allegation is new.
Under New York law, such a charge can be brought when an alleged crime is "intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence the policies of a unit of government by intimidation or coercion and affect the conduct of a unit of government by murder, assassination or kidnapping."
Insurance companies are not governments. Intimidating insurance companies or their CEOs are not "a civilian population" unless there are a lot more insurance company CEOs than I think. It is already bad enough that he is becoming a hero to the left. Charging him as a terrorist will just make him more popular with the blue-haired, heavily pierced and tattooed crowd.
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