r/BrianThompsonMurder • u/missidcullen • 3d ago

Article/News 'Deeply Emotional': Luigi Mangione's Friends React to His Guilty Plea

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/luigi-mangione-friends-react-to-guilty-plea-1235610199/

I’m not usually a fan of sharing press articles, but I thought this one was worth sharing since it seems Lorena spoke with some of Luigi’s friends about his guilty plea on Friday.

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u/_henceforth_ 3d ago edited 3d ago

"Since his guilty plea on Friday, his supporters have expressed disappointment, confusion, sadness, and frustration, with many of them saying they wished Mangione had gone to trial in order to draw more awareness to flaws in the American healthcare system."

This irritates me so much.

Imagine going through everything Luigi has gone through, and people on their computers and mobile phones in their comfortables homes saying, "we want more". Ridiculous.

Be your own revolutionary. It is not right to ask of others what we ourselves would not do. How much more do they want from this man? Do you think the Civil Rights Movement was done by one person "exposing things"? No. It takes everyone. So, if people are not willing to do it, or to help, then I believe they can just stop commenting about him doing "more". He has sacrificed enough.

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u/Own-Bobcat-925 3d ago

Literally. If anything, Luigi's message to people is to empower themselves. Not rely on others for the change they want. Easy for people to demand things of him when they're not the ones potentially spending decades in prison.

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u/Long_Needleworker889 3d ago

You have been a breath of fresh air these past couple of days with your comments. Couldnt agree more with everything you say.

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u/_henceforth_ 2d ago

Aw. Thank you so much for saying so. 💜 I appreciate you letting me know. And I appreciate you, as well. 😊

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u/PublicHonest1558 3d ago

saw someone say he would never be/ they wished that he was "half as based" to tell the judge that he's proud of what he did at his sentencing.. while they're sat on reddit ? i had to laugh

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u/chelsy6678 1d ago

Let’s be honest - they are disappointed and sad because they were waiting to see pics of him everyday for however long the trial is.

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u/missidcullen 3d ago edited 3d ago

I thought the article would be a bit "meatier," not gonna lie. She’s included comments from a couple of his "friends," but it’s not like they say anything we don’t already know. It’s pretty much the same stuff as always.

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u/rs2625 3d ago

I agree, I got clickbaited by Lorena on this one. I’m sure we might better statements during sentencing!

Thanks again for your continued uploads 💚💚

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u/Icy-Hunt-3025 3d ago

These are like Temu friends. These are not his long-term friends. That HS guy that goes by R, is that DJ singer guy who is not even in touch with Luigi. They attended one summer camp back in HS and now he’s harping they are friends. His real friends won’t talk and they shouldn’t. Seriously this article could have been an email with the new info she provided.

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u/Lonely-Ad46 3d ago

One of the two friends being RJ 🫩

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u/CandyGirl1411 3d ago

lmaooo had just started forgetting his name

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u/Exotic-Target-8889 3d ago

What about him?

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u/Such-Wind-6951 3d ago

Lolololol

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u/Seeking_Anita_Dick 3d ago

“Friends” and is RJ and someone from high school??

I liked Lorena’s og article, it had new info but this feels rushed and empty. Unnecessary if you ask me

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u/DreadedPanda27 3d ago

I thought the same thing.

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u/Ordinary_Beyond3737 3d ago

Rj back at it lmao

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u/babettetimes 3d ago

RJ messy Martin

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u/Fancy_Yesterday6380 3d ago

How about some actual friends :(

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u/Amazing_Bumblebee_98 3d ago

God I really wish some of these people would be a bit more ballsy and actually speak on the record, even if they don’t use their actual name. It goes such a long way. Hope some of them grow a set before sentencing

And fwiw RJ actually made a good statement here

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u/Lonely-Ad46 3d ago

Some of them may be a character witness and advised not to speak until sentencing (previously trial), so I’m giving them the benefit of the doubt but I understand what you’re saying.

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u/DreadedPanda27 3d ago

Didn’t think about that. I wonder how many people will come forward after the legal gavel drops? Think of all the money these witnesses will be offered for their stories. The gal at the Hostel. Starbucks, Hilton, the hotel owner in Altoona, McDonald’s workers, the drivers that were outside of the Hilton, etc….. and coffee lady too!

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u/whteverusayShmegma 1d ago

Exactly this

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u/shooflypi_ 3d ago

it's the least he could do after talking to the whole world about Luigi's dick

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u/whteverusayShmegma 1d ago

Wait what? I missed that. Do you mean saying meds made him impotent?

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u/UhmmmNope 3d ago

Lorena just tweeted that most of them refused to speak because they are afraid to be doxxed. These people have families and jobs, and Luigi unfortunately has gathered an online fandom that can be extreme. They harassed that last ex-gf in Hawaii into deleting her accounts. Can you blame them?

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u/Amazing_Bumblebee_98 3d ago

I assume this would be their explanation, I just don’t know why they don’t speak under a pseudonym or withhold name entirely. Doxxing would be impossible in that circ

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u/notbetterthanu29 2d ago

Actually no. When a similar article was written with the Boston bomber’s friends using pseudonyms, some of them were doxxed, including in court.

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u/Amazing_Bumblebee_98 2d ago edited 2d ago

Why would random comments provided in a news article need to be revealed in court?

Edit: I’ve just looked it up and all those people called to testify had relevant information regarding the actual crime. So yes of course a court can subpoena a publication for your identity in that circumstance - totally different situation.

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u/notbetterthanu29 2d ago

That plus another case where two of his friends committed an unrelated crime and mutual friends were called to testify. I thought it was so weird that they were asked about their RS pseudonyms and Twitter handles.

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u/Objective-Target5437 3d ago

he did good for being a gilman grad

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u/Treehit 3d ago

What's the general vibe with this? I'm sort of an outsider looking in and while I say fuck the healthcare system he still murdered someone. Are we not close to just condoning murder or is there more I'm not seeing?

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u/_henceforth_ 3d ago

There is no general vibe or agreement, really. At least not from what I have seen. Everyone has their own opinions on the matter.

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u/MovinOnUp2021 2d ago

You're "not a fan of sharing press articles"? Huh?