Warped Gen Z influencers urge jurors to acquit Luigi Mangione even if they think he is guilty of CEO’s murder [Video]

15:37 EST 10 Dec 2024, updated 15:40 EST 10 Dec 2024

Gen Z influencers are urging potential jurors to acquit Luigi Mangione even if they think he’s guilty after he was arrested and charged for the murder of insurance CEO Brian Thompson. 

Mangione, 26, was arrested yesterday morning at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania. He is the prime suspect in the killing of Thompson, 50, outside the Hilton hotel on December 4 in Manhattan, New York City. 

Gen Z influencers, however, have urged other social media users to familiarize themselves with jury nullification, should his case go to trial, in an attempt to free the accused killer. Jury nullification is when a jury returns a not-guilty verdict even when they believe a person guilty.

One user, Niamh, posted a video ‘to the people who are gonna end up on that jury’ and said: ‘You don’t have to make that man guilty.’ 

‘Just remember that if all they have …