The 26-year-old suspect in the New York City shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has been indicted on federal charges.

Luigi Mangione was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on one count of murder with a firearm, another firearms offense and two counts of stalking. If convicted as charged, he would be eligible for the death penalty.

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    What’s weird to me is that if this were any other person, there wouldn’t be a potential of death penalty. We wouldn’t have heard about it. Also, nobody would’ve fucking cared.

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      The was a video that was up on Instagram for hours of a man walking up to another guy in front of a convenience store and shooting him in the head. Face was very clear in the video. Guy died. Attacker wasn’t found. Still waiting for the nationwide coverage

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        It’s about to happen, just you wait. They just have to make us believe that that dude dying was a benefit to us nationally. Once they realize that it’s a good thing, they’ll take it away from us.

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      It’s how the world works, the system is trying to protect itself by setting an example. The question is if it should deter us.