Exactly one year after police arrested him at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s, Manhattan prosecutors have released partial bodycam footage of the encounter with Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing a New York City healthcare executive.
The video was made public on Tuesday amid a series of hearings in New York Supreme Criminal Court, where Mangione’s attorneys are seeking to disqualify evidence gathered during the arrest. They argue police failed to properly read him his Miranda rights and conducted a warrantless search of his belongings.
Mangione is charged with the murder of Brian Thompson, CEO of United Healthcare, and has pleaded not guilty to state and federal murder charges.
The two-minute clip, taken from a local officer’s body camera, shows two policemen approaching a table where Mangione sits wearing a medical mask. After asking him to lower his mask, an officer requests identification. Mangione—wearing a rust-orange beanie and black coat—complies, but identifies himself as “Mark Rosario.” The officer explains that someone reported him as “suspicious” and thought he “looked like someone.”
After Mangione provides an ID card, the footage shows a second officer calling in the identification number. The video represents only a fraction of the evidence presented in court, where several witnesses have already testified since hearings began on December 1.
The release offers a first public glimpse into the disputed arrest that could shape the legal trajectory of the high-profile case.
By James Kisoo
