Luigi Mangione’s Attorney Calls Out NYC’s Mayor Over Dramatic Perp Walk

Mangione’s attorney, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, expressed concern over her client’s chances of receiving a fair trial. Her worries stem from the dramatic and highly choreographed transport of the accused killer last week, where a large contingent of heavily armed NYPD and FBI agents escorted him from a helicopter to his first arraignment.
I am concerned about my client’s right to a fair trial. He is being prejudiced by these statements, and no safeguards are in place,” Friedman Agnifilo implored Judge Carro Monday morning. “He’s a young man being treated like a human ping-pong ball.

Friedman Agnifilo criticized staged perp walks as “unconstitutional” and specifically called out Mayor Eric Adams, who attended the event despite being federally indicted on bribery and fraud charges“It was the biggest perp walk I’ve ever seen. What was the New York City mayor even doing there? These staged perp walks are unconstitutional,” Friedman Agnifilo declared. “The mayor should know about due process, given his own problems. I think he was there to try to take away from those issues. He wanted to show symbolism. But my client is not a symbol.”