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Every photo of Luigi Mangione I’ve seen since the perp walk has him surrounded by cops, even during hearings. They’re treating him like he’s Jason Bourne. That doesn’t happen. I’ve been in plenty of courtrooms where two deputies or jailers hustle ten or twelve inmates into the courtroom, then the officers take turns getting coffee.

The gaggle of police around Mangione at the defense table are purely for intimidation and optics.