The horrific Palisades fire in Los Angeles killed 12 people, destroyed 7,000 homes and businesses, and did $150 billion in damages. The fire was started by Jonathan Rinderknecht, who is currently being held without bail, awaiting trial. Rinderknecht is a good, if somewhat over-enthusiastic, Democrat:
The deranged firebug accused of igniting the devastating Palisades Fire had become “fixated” with Luigi Mangione in the lead up to the deadly blaze — and then allegedly suggested the inferno was started out of “resentment of the rich,” prosecutors said.
Jonathan Rinderknecht, 30, was obsessed with the accused healthcare CEO killer and had routinely searched “free Luigi Mangione” and “lets take down all the billionaires” online, court documents show.
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When asked why he ultimately set the blaze, Rinderknecht allegedly responded that it “would be out of resentment of the rich enjoying their money as ‘we’re basically being enslaved by them’ and compared such an act of ‘desperation’ to the murder for which Mangione was charged,” according to the memo.
So Rinderknect agrees with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and most other prominent Democrats on policy, he just has the courage of his convictions. And he should be proud of himself: he did his hero twelve times better, as Mangione only murdered one person.
