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Luigi Mangione Says Pennsylvania Search, Arrest Were Illegal
- Lawyer says police failed to read Mangione his rights
- Mangione was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in December
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Luigi Mangione’s lawyer claimed that police in Pennsylvania illegally arrested and searched him in December when he was wanted for the New York murder of UnitedHealth Group Inc. executive Brian Thompson.
Police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, failed to read Mangione his rights against self-incrimination, as required by the US Constitution, when they arrested him on Dec. 9, five days after Thompson was shot on a Manhattan sidewalk, according to the filing. Altoona police charged Mangione with carrying false documents and a possessing a gun without a license.