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Worker who allegedly set fire to California warehouse compares self to Luigi Mangione (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 week ago by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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The hits just keep on coming.

An employee who allegedly burned down a California warehouse compared himself to Luigi Mangione in a message to co-workers after setting the fire, according to authorities in a Friday press conference, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Chamel Abdulkarim, 29, has been charged with several counts of felony and state arson after a massive fire destroyed the Kimberly-Clark paper products warehouse in Ontario, California, about an hour outside of Los Angeles.

The warehouse fire broke out at 12.30am on Tuesday, with police arresting Abdulkarim shortly after. The fire quickly progressed into a six-alarm blaze, with about 175 firefighters responding to the emergency. The blaze resulted in more than $600m in damage, with $500m in paper products destroyed as well as the $150m warehouse.

Fire investigators said Abdulkarim texted a co-worker after the blaze, comparing himself to 27-year-old Mangione, who is facing charges for the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024.

OK, let's be clear here: I do not condone this action, but if you're not paying a living wage in a paper facility and anyone can bring in a match, this is somewhat of an unsurprising development.

Note that these actions are consistently being taken by people in their 20s. They are under no illusion that the future will be better.

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[–] LukeZaz@beehaw.org 0 points 1 week ago

the closer we are to Trump having an excuse to do election fuckery.

That implies he won't invent one regardless. I won't be blaming people like this when he does.