#'this is epic perfection but SHIT I gotta recalculate'

[roseapprentice]

I'm pretty sure Luigi Mangione did it, and not because he happened to be the first person arrested. There are two obvious explanations for the evidence the police described: Either he did it (and was open to the possibility of getting caught), OR they framed him with extra bells and whistles

I find conspiracy theories plausible to the degree that the incentives to conspire dwarf the difficulty of pulling off the conspiracy

This would be high difficulty. There's public scrutiny, and THEN they add oddly specific evidence. Faking the presence of a 3 page ivy-league manifesto AND a 3D-printed gun to match the footage requires a lot more moving parts than, say, planting cocaine on a suspect. The more facts you fudge, the messier it is to keep them straight. Extensive corruption does NOT translate into competence in organizing a lie.

If they were framing him with any knowhow, they'd leave it ambiguous for longer. They'd release simpler evidence after taking more time to prepare it. They'd at least wait for another news cycle to divert some scrutiny before publicizing anything but the matching ID

And the incentive???

You think they want to frame a guy who's halfway sane and objectively sizzling hot? With a crime they want people to STOP glorifying?

I mean, innocent until proven based. But let's be realistic about it