With twisted ruling tossing Luigi Mangione terror charges, judge endorses political violence

NEW YORK POST Editorial Board 

 

Plainly believing that America isn’t seeing enough political violence, Justice Gregory Carro just tossed the terrorism charges in Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s murder case against Luigi Mangione.

The district attorney, Carro ruled, hadn’t proved that Mangione “acted with terroristic intent” . . . simply because the judge reads Luigi’s writings as only indicating a desire “to draw attention to what he perceived as the greed of the insurance industry.”

For starters: The DA’s job is to convince the jury, not the judge, of Mangione’s motives; Carro essentially prejudged evidence and arguments the prosecution would produce at trial, and with a truly bizarre reading of the law.

The relevant statues defines terrorism as “an act intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence government policy, or affect government conduct.” Read more here.