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The "new light" seems to be the body cam footage that really just confirms things that were already claimed by the defense. Namely that he was questioned for 20 minutes before being read his Miranda rights. The body cam footage also shows the backpack being searched which wasn't explored in the hearing but the article notes it will likely come up later on since the defense claims there was no warrant to search the backpack. These things are old news, but the body cam footage is new afaict
Let's be real though. He did it, we know he did it, and Lemmy is just hoping that he can get off on some technicality. I hope he's convicted because, ya shouldn't be able to just shoot someone you don't like. Yes, he shot a scumbag. But that's a slippery slope because I think lots of people are scumbags, but I don't shoot them.
I wanna see Luigi convicted and sentenced to life in prison. But I also want to see insurance execs like the one he shot, convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
Fuck it, I'll play.
The police officers failed to inform him of his rights before a custodial interrogation, so use of the information gathered in those 20 minutes in court would violate his rights as an American citizen who is owed a fair trial that follows due process.
In addition to that, the police officers violated his constitutional rights by searching his possessions without a warrant.
By convicting him, we allow police officers to act as authoritarian jackboots, with no regard for law or due process. We give up the very rights we fought for in the violent birth of our nation. Some could argue that Luigi was fighting against a similar type of tyranny that our Founding Fathers were in their revolution against British oppression.
Perhaps he did shoot that CEO in broad daylight. Maybe he didn't. It doesn't matter, as convicting him would be surrendering our liberties and that should enrage any patriot.
I have said previously i don't know if he did it or not. I'm still waiting for the evidence to be presented in court. The media and by extension much of the public have already decided he's guilty which limits his ability to have a fair trial which only complicates things further.
Now do i think people should go around killing people they don't like or don't agree with? No.
But what is equally troubling to me are your words that you want to see him convicted and sentenced to life. Do you want that even if his constitutional rights have been violated? Is it OK to ignore some constitutional rights under certain circumstances?
The thing about constitutional rights is that we shouldn't choose when they are upheld and when it's ok to ignore them. This is a large issue in the US right now in more than just the right to a fair trial, and even extends to human rights violations.
That's def not the majority opinion on Lemmy! lol
I do. Because I think he did it. I'm not on the jury, so I'm allowed to have my opinion before I see every fact.
Innocent until proven guitly. Without that, we can not claim to be a free country.
Agreed, but I'm not a juror, so I can express my opinion. But what's your excuse gonna be if he confesses?
A confession of guilt is still innocent until proven guilty. Im not sure what point you are trying to make.
Even aside from human rights, those eyebrows look very different in every security camera picture and on Luigi
But what's your excuse gonna be if he confesses?
Excuse for what? If he confesses, he should explain what he did to his eyebrows.
I'll be honest. I think Luigi's a spoiled rich kid prick that wanted to make a statement and doesn't know how the world works and got pissed that something didn't go his way. And he grew up in the very wealth that Lemmy likes to pretend to fight against (even tho the average Lemmy user makes way more than the average US citizen).
I can forgive him for that and the murder.
But I can't forgive those eyebrows or all the multiple Lemmys saying variations of "Oh he's good looking! I'm a straight guy, but he's giving me feels...." No. Just no. Those fucking eyebrows need to be apologized for.