Law enforcement may be praising the McDonald’s employee who helped capture Luigi Mangione, but his supporters are pissed — and they’re taking it out on the restaurant’s Yelp page.
Here’s the deal … Mangione was apprehended Monday at a Pennsylvania Mickey D’s … and hours later, the Manhattan D.A. charged him with murder in the brazen December 4 fatal shooting of Brian Thompson.
Since then … the Yelp page for the Altoona location has been overrun by Mangione admirers, who have smeared the site with poor reviews and (pretty creative) A.I. images … all revolving around rats.
It got so bad, Yelp had to step in and close the comments section … adding a note that the page had been flooded with malicious reviews.
A yet-to-be-identified employee of the location is the one who called the cops when customers spotted Mangione chowing down on breakfast … leading to his arrest.
The twisted reaction from Mangione admirers is hardly a surprise … even before any suspect was identified in the cold-blooded slaying of Thompson, the assailant was being praised by those who hate insurance companies.
Mere minutes after the suspect was identified and Internet sleuths found his socials … admirers began posting Super Mario Bros. and “Sopranos” memes celebrating Mangione.
So, it’s also not shocking there’s now merchandise celebrating the suspect … From shirts to cups, a Christmas ornament, and even a mock-Time Person of the Year cover … the morbid offerings continue to expand.
It’s a safe bet the divide between condemners and supporters is going to go deeper as this all plays out.
