The organizer of an online campaign that has raised more than $700,000 for Luigi Mangione’s legal defense in connection with the fatal shooting of the UnitedHealthcare CEO, Brian Thompson, believes the accused killer’s infamous, post-arrest “perp walk” may have “backfired” on New York authorities and spurred some of his financial support.
In remarks on an upcoming podcast exploring Mangione’s case, Sam Beard says the campaign eclipsed its goal by more than double after the public saw authorities “treating him like Hannibal Lecter”, referring to the fictional serial killer antagonist in the film The Silence of the Lambs.
