One Mangione supporter sported a green “Luigi” hat from the “Mario Bros.” video game franchise and many wore green, the character’s color, as a symbol of solidarity. Mangione ...

One Mangione supporter sported a green “Luigi” hat from the “Mario Bros.” video game franchise and many wore green, the character’s color, as a symbol of solidarity. Mangione ...

(AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah) A supporter Luigi Mangione wears a Nintendo character’s green Luigi hat outside court, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025 in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah) Luigi Mangione ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The defendant wore a bulletproof vest and shackles. A woman in the crowd wore a “Free Luigi" scarf. Outside, throngs of people cheered and chanted his name. So it went Friday ...