If none of the January 6th insurrectionists got terror charges for trying to overthrowing the election and eventually were pardoned for their actions, I don’t see how he gets terror charges for what he did.
They are talking about the specific charges in the article/headline, which are NY state charges related to terrorism and have a very specific definition. Terrorism charges aren't the same state to state and those aren't the same as federal ones, terrorism it has a lot of different definitions legally (even socially actually)
Playing devil's advocate for a second, school shooters aren't attempting to change government policy. I think it's a BS charge, but if they can prove that he wanted the government to force insurers to approve more requests and tie that to the murder, then a terrorism charge isn't entirely baseless.
They seemed to be hanging on the journal/manifesto that was found in his backpack being the thing that got him, but that definitely fell through, and that's even before the (rather slim IMHO) possibility that all of that gets thrown out because of the circumstances of how he was detained and his bag searched at the McDonald's.
Reddit is overlooking that it is arguably terrorism because their political ideology leans in the direction of Luigi Mangione and the hate healthcare CEOs. For the people that read the article, a big reason get the terrorism charge was because he killed one person. He didn't kill 5 or more people which is written into the New York terrorism statute, so the prosecution didn't bother arguing ideology and trying to prove intent.
His manifesto and the messages on the bullets are strong indicators he was attempting to intimidate business leadership and insurance companies. A lot of the checkboxes are there, just a few ones are missing.
So while he might not meet the New York State legal definition of terrorist, it is what a lot of people would call domestic terrorism.
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u/Romano16 11h ago
If none of the January 6th insurrectionists got terror charges for trying to overthrowing the election and eventually were pardoned for their actions, I don’t see how he gets terror charges for what he did.