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Warehouse arsonist compared himself to Luigi Mangione, wanted to send a message, prosecutors say (www.latimes.com)

submitted 4 days ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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The worker who burned down a warehouse full of Kimberly-Clark paper products in Ontario this week railed against corporations and compared himself to Luigi Mangione in messages to coworkers after starting the fire, authorities said at a press conference Friday.

Videos Abdulkarim uploaded to Facebook show him saying “If you’re not going to pay us enough to [expletive] live or afford to live, at least pay us enough not to do this [expletive],” according to the U.S. attorney’s office for the Central District of California.

Prosecutors allege that he texted others and offered his reasoning for the arson: “I just cost these [expletive] billions,” he wrote.

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[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 9 points 4 days ago

Because he was also hanging out with me and playing pool at the time of his alleged “crime”?

[–] solidheron@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago

Burning down a warehouse is very reasonable for not getting enough pay" it's just standing up for yourself

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Would insurance cover the damage?

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

nope.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 2 points 3 days ago

Amazing. Off an executive and the corporation gets a life insurance payout, but arson? Waluigi is on to something