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[–] Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world 376 points 2 weeks ago (32 children)

The bootlickers never cease to amaze me. A McDonald's employee? Are you fucking kidding me?

[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 205 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (6 children)

That $50,000 bounty is likely a bigger payout than two years of wages as a burger flipper...

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 174 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

And this is how the elite force us “lowers” to fight against each other instead of fighting them.

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[–] Yodan@lemm.ee 180 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

Nothing good comes out of Altoona, look at their fucking "pizza"

[–] ton618@lemm.ee 125 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Wtf kind of abomination is that?!

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[–] ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee 50 points 2 weeks ago

It looks like someone melted orange plastic on a dish sponge that was used to clean up a picnic table after a seafood boil

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[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 66 points 2 weeks ago (18 children)

Not really "bootlicker".

A victim of propaganda.

Or "useful idiot"

[–] Ninjasftw@lemmy.world 71 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Or really just someone on a shit wage with rent and bills that saw 50k as an end to their immediate issues.

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[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 260 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)
[–] Voyajer@lemmy.world 118 points 2 weeks ago (20 children)

Careful, .world admins don't like people mentioning jury nullification

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 163 points 2 weeks ago (18 children)

You mean that very legal and factually-suppprted facet of the American justice system that every juror should be informed about before making a decision in court?

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[–] plz1@lemmy.world 49 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They revised mod policy to only hand out bans/deletions if jury nullification was referenced as a cause to vilence, not a reaction o past events. I'm paraphrasing, of course.

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[–] riskable@programming.dev 248 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Upon further investigation, officers recovered a firearm on the man, as well as a suppressor, both consistent with the weapon used in the murder.

Ummm... That's awfully convenient. He just happened to have brought that exact gun with its suppressor to McDonald's. I'm skeptical.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 110 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

How do you not throw the gun away before leaving the city?? The ID was apparently on him too

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 95 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Exactly this. He pulls off the hit, escapes without a trace. But is somehow dumb enough to carry convicting evidence on him still while in a very public location?

Anyone would know to dump the evidence and lay low for a good while.

[–] Zron@lemmy.world 48 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Toss that shit in a river and go back to your life like nothing happened.

Laying low and hiding just makes people suspicious. If the cops come looking and your work and friends haven’t seen you since the shooting, you look guilty as fuck.

Leave no trace and go back to your life. Looks way more plausible that you just took a mini vacation that way.

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[–] granolabar@kbin.melroy.org 48 points 2 weeks ago

Everyone is asking these same questions...

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[–] JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee 235 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (6 children)

We can't let the media take the narrative back and let them do a smear campaign on this person who might not even be the shooter. He's a suspect.

This ceo shooting broke the proverbial spell where what the population was actually saying wasn't being guided or swayed by the news.

We need to keep the steam up on the media pushback. All those savage, snarky comments and memes left on every news article, fb post, tweet... they got overwhelmed by us. That needs to keep happening so they can't go back to distracting and brainwashing people with fear and politics while they scapegoat this guy and try to make an example of him to the rest of us plebs.

They already tried to distract us with aliens and Diddy because people won't stop saying how much they hate insurance companies. Keep voicing your discontent where ever they leave an open comment box. Please do it. Not only is it cathartic, but it upsets the oligarchs and everytime you upset an oligarch someone's insurance is less likely to deny their claim.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 64 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (7 children)

This isnt the guy. This is their scapegoat. What I could read he seems to be a foreigner. Also the first part of the article is hilarious. Fucking cop who been on the job no more than 6 months and fellow officer saw this guy and just knew they have the right man no doubt in their minds didn't think twice. Fucking doesn't look like the killer even a little bit. Bunch fuck ups. Poor guy.

Edit: so guy isn't a foreigner, but he isn't the killer either.

[–] alphapuggle@programming.dev 61 points 2 weeks ago

just knew they have the right man no doubt in their minds

As a crim minor, this is the start to every documentary they show you about coerced confessions that have been discovered as false

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[–] suburban_hillbilly@lemmy.ml 167 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

You're telling me the same guy who was proclaimed some kind of modern ninja-spy-assassin-genius on the back of his work in NYC was just stupidly waltzing around Altoona carrying an illegal ghost gun?

Doubt.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 83 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's possible that the myth grew out of proportion to the reality because we all got a bit caught up in the romance of the thing...

~~Though, like, I'd still absolutely hit that. Cut myself on those cheekbones, goddamn.~~

[–] somebodysomewhere@lemmy.world 57 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Personally think he underestimated the target this would paint on his back. Either that or he knew and was expecting to be caught.

That's the trouble with heroes becoming actual people and likely why media is covering who he is. Instead of being an unknowable symbol of defiance, we now have to grapple with the fact that he is human.

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[–] Aarrodri@lemmy.world 155 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)
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[–] shikitohno@lemm.ee 151 points 2 weeks ago (20 children)

I'd like to send out a special "Fuck you" to the asshole that called this tip in, whether it turns out to be the real shooter or not. I can't imagine being such a piece of trash to go do that.

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[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 144 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

These companies don’t care about you, or your kids, or your grandkids. They have zero qualms about burning down the planet for a buck, so why should we have any qualms about burning them down to survive?

We’re animals just like everything else on this planet, except we’ve forgotten the law of the jungle and bend over for our overlords when any other animal would recognize the threat and fight to the death for their survival. “Violence never solved anything” is a statement uttered by cowards and predators.

(Quote from a book review made by the suspect)

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[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 109 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

A bunch of rich people were scared. Now we are about to see a bunch of theater to make them all feel safe and good about treating the peasants poorly. Mark my words.

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 107 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (6 children)

Catching the suspect came down to “good old-fashioned police work,” New York Mayor Eric Adams said Monday, citing the McDonald’s employee who called in a tip.

Lol, you mean someone hitting the “easy” button and telling cops where he is? That’s “police work”? Waiting around for someone to do the work for you?

Edit: I wouldn’t want to be the person collecting the reward for the arrest of this individual.

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 104 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Honestly he was so smart to be able to get away basically undetected. After I reflected on it for a bit, there's no way he would unintentionally be presenting the same fake ID, manifesto and carrying all the stuff he had. It seems deliberate.

Luigi will be remembered as the one who took on American Healthcare and actually did something about it, even if the full weight of billionaire-owned media and the full force of the law is going to be dumped on him.

[–] granolabar@kbin.melroy.org 46 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

I still don't get this play here...

Why have all that shit on him.

Just go back and act like nothing happened.

I guess time will tell.

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[–] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 102 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

Officer Tyler Frye, who has only been on the job for about six months, and a fellow officer responded to the McDonald’s where the suspect was spotted, the AP reports.

They asked him to pull his blue medical mask down and “recognized him immediately” Frye said. “We didn’t even think twice about it, we knew that was our guy.”

Frye said, “It feels good to get a guy like that off the street, especially starting my career this way, it feels great.”

Yeah... Great job. I'm sure your corporate overloads will appreciate it.

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[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 98 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Fuckin' snitches.

No wait, hang on, you're telling me that this guy managed to get out of New York City after committing one of the most high profile killings ever and instead of laying low and waiting for the news to blow over he got caught in a McDonalds during an active manhunt with a fake I.D., the murder weapon, and a manifesto all on his person? Either he wanted to get caught, or I smell a scapegoat here. Can't have America's oldest gang losing face in front of their corporate sponsors, now can we?

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[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 91 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Correction: random person who vaguely resembles images of a person in a similar jacket in unrelated images of alleged shooter selected as a sacrificial lamb by the incarceration industrial complex out of fear of the populace.

FTFY

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[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 81 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (14 children)

Ugh, was hoping they'd never catch him.
Not looking forward to the upcoming demonization of him by the news.
Tear apart his manifesto, pull up some kooky tweets and his bed is made, next up they'll find CP on his phone or some shit 🤦‍♂️

I really wonder why he'd keep walking around with the same gun, same fake ID and manifesto though. Did he want to get caught???

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 97 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (8 children)

Tinfoil hat time: with the police looking increasingly incompetent with no suspect or leads, the first person apprehended who vaguely resembles the shooter is provided with a free ghost gun, fake ID, and manifesto. It's all just too "slam dunk" perfect for me to not question it.

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[–] Infynis@midwest.social 78 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

He made it all the way to middle-of-nowhere PA, but he was still carrying all the evidence on him? Sounds like they found Spartacus

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[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 76 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

These companies don’t care about you, or your kids, or your grandkids. They have zero qualms about burning down the planet for a buck, so why should we have any qualms about burning them down to survive?

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[–] Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world 72 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

RIP that McDonald's. They just dug their own grave.

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 139 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

It's getting review bombed lol

McDonald's

https://g.co/kgs/yZWd4GM

Edit: Google is removing all reviews from today

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[–] Limonene@lemmy.world 69 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The suspect was at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania and was recognized by an employee who then called local police.

I'm accusing parallel construction. The released photos have so little detail that there must be a hundred thousand Americans that match their appearance.

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[–] superkret@feddit.org 67 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
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[–] RedirectDeposit@sh.itjust.works 61 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)
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[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 59 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I want to read his manifesto and support his defence.

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[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 56 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)
[–] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 50 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

Fuck the people who reported him.

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[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 48 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Damn. I was hoping he’d get away with it.

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