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NEW YORK — Prosecutors have spent several days presenting what has become a stockpile of evidence collected at the time of Luigi Mangione’s arrest last year, from his backpack and off his person.
Thursday morning, defense attorneys will resume efforts to block that evidence from being admissible when the case goes to trial.
(Video in media player is from a previous report)
During Tuesday’s session, prosecutors unveiled what they describe as a “manifesto” and other writings they claim implicate Mangione in the murder of Brian Thompson. Among the items shown was a hand-drawn map labeled an “escape route,” marking seven Midwestern cities.
Jurors also saw bodycam footage from the first two officers who responded to the 911 call. Taking the stand was one of those officers, Steven Fox, who is seen in the video reading Mangione his Miranda rights, placing him in handcuffs, and searching his backpack.
“Hey sir, how you doing? Can you pull your mask down for me? Appreciate it. Thank you,” you hear on the video.
Then the conversation moves along to: “What’s your name? Mark. Mark what? Rosario. Someone called. They thought you were suspicious. Oh, I’m sorry. Do you have your ID on you?”
While prosecutors argue the arrest was by the book, defense attorneys claim the interaction violated constitutional rights. They criticize Officer Fox’s Miranda warning and argue Mangione’s belongings were searched without a warrant when he was arrested at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s, five days after the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Officer Fox testified that a warrant was not required. Meanwhile, both sides are dissecting the bodycam footage frame by frame, laser-focused on what happened during the arrest a year ago.
A judge will continue hearing testimony and reviewing evidence Thursday before making a ruling.
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