• glans [it/its]@hexbear.net
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    12 days ago

    I don’t know if it says anything that the caption says “social media posts” but 3 of them are photos of IRL signs/banners, and the other one is an illustration of a sign. And there is no surrounding context, like 9 trillion likes or anything included. If I was writing this report I would have chosen different images to make my point.

    But 2 things from that same document, are they accurate?

    During his arrest, authorities discovered Mangione was in possession of a three-page handwritten claim of responsibility. In the writings, he made several references to a “parasitic” healthcare system filled with “corruption and greed”.

    It was three pages?? Were they very small pages or is there more? The “manifesto” that was posted all over the place is very short, not 3 pages.

    During the course of the investigation, law enforcement discovered “delay”, “deny”, and “depose” written in permanent marker on the bullet casings used in the shooting.

    It was written in marker? I assumed you’d have to paint it or something. How big are bullets? I just used a fine point Sharpie to write “depose” as small as I can and it isn’t legible below about 1 1/8" x 3/8" on a flat piece of paper. Wouldn’t is rub off while being shot out of the gun?

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      Marker seems plausible. The casing, which is what it was written on, isn’t fired through the barrel. It’s ejected after, usually out the side. As far as size, writing ‘depose’ on say a 9mm cartridge seems pretty small, but not impossible, you could do it. Challenging, but not impossible. The casing is about .75" long and .4-ish inches diameter, and usually steel or brass, to give you an idea.

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        12 days ago

        Maybe you could write it on a diagonal or something. Like spiraling around the outside. Instead of in a straight line like I was thinking.

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      It was three pages?? Were they very small pages or is there more? The “manifesto” that was posted all over the place is very short, not 3 pages.

      I’m sure we haven’t seen the whole thing. Why would they want to give us more than we “needed”? We were already cheering for him.

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        11 days ago

        Wasn’t it supposedly handwritten? That could easily take enough space to fill two pages and at least part of a third, depending on penmanship