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Luigi Mangione heads to court as he fights to block death penalty, murder charge and key evidence
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 09 Jan 2026
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It's on video when the officer pulls it out of his bag. What gets admitted to the court, due to lack of miranda rights reading, aside you and I both know that was his gun that he made himself.
Officers Christy Wasser and Fox had done a cursory search of Mangione’s backpack at the McDonald’s and found a loaded magazine.
Wasser turned off her body-worn camera for an 11-minute period.
When she turned the body camera on again, she brought the bags into the precinct. Upon opening the backpack, she quickly found the firearm.
No. There is a reasonable opportunity for the gun to be planted.
Actually, given the police's long history of planting evidence in order to get convictions, I don't know for certain that was Luigi's gun. It could have come from the evidence locker for another case, you never know with cops.
Was it also not his computer and 3D printer? Did the police plant that entire appartment on him, maybe the Mangione fortune heir was actually homeless?
Once the chain of custody is broken we can't know for sure. That's the whole reason the chain of custody is important.