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New Releases by Russell LeeRussell Lee is the author of Luigi Mangione Lone Wolf (2024), Diddy Detained (2024), Trump Trial Circus (2024), Narco Drama (2024), Trump Trial II (2024).
release date: Dec 31, 2024
For Luigi Mangione''s arraignment the press line in the 100 Centre Street courthouse began at 8 am on December 23, 2024. But members of the public began outside at 4:30 am. Inner City Press was there, as it had been for the Federal presentment on December 19. Today, with more time to organize - there had been a "Free Luigi" poster complete with QR code - there were more people. I think he should get a fair trial, a woman from New Jersey said from behind her mask. I''m here because of the cost of health insurance, said another. Over the weekend, a woman had been burned to death after being set on in fire on a subway train in Coney Island. A migrant from Guatemala had been arrested. Inner City Press might catch his arraignment over in Brooklyn. Or would that case, too, be Federalized? Surely that defendant would have no supporters. Inner City Press had reported on defendants being sentenced to 20 years or more in prison, for lesser crimes than murder, with no one else in the courtroom gallery. This assassination on video had struck a nerve, more so after the Crime Stoppers photos were released. It was a tale of comparative crimes, of dual prosecutions. This is the first book of a series. Lone Wolf. Not so fast… Remain seated! The Court Security Officer in the white shift, the same one as from the Daniel Penny trial, shouts at the journalists and the Luigi Mangione supporters. The prosecutors follow Mangione out of the courtroom. Kurt Wheelock is trying to get his laptop to fall asleep. The orange light remains lit, though. "OK, clear out, this courtroom is being closed!" Kurt waits for the elevator with the other journalists. The female supporters, it seems, will ride on other cars. In the 100 Centre Street lobby, a prisoner is being led in by a policeman, his hands cuffed in front of him. Stepping through the revolving doors, Kurt can see a crowd across the street. There is chanting about health care; there is a guy standing on a ladder with a Palestinian flag above him. Kurt wants to film it. He takes out his phone, moves his NYC Press Pass to the outside of his jacket. The cops in front of the courthouse barely look at him. He crosses the street, into the press pen in front of the demonstrators. "Free Luigi!" they chant. And that sign again, "Luigi Freed Us." From what? Brian Thompson? Kurt does a livestream, and shoots a six second video to put up later. His hands are freezing. It''s time to return to SDNY. He''s going to upload this book, this first book, and publish it before nightfall. Kurt designs the cover, does one final spell check. Just after noon he uploads it. It will take some hours, two to four he estimates based on the past. He does not want to stay staring at the laptop screen. He heads out, up to his barber by the United Nations, the one he started going to before the UN threw him out. It seems obligatory to make small talk with barbers, at least this one. He asks about Luigi Mangione. "Oh the CEO killer," the barber says. "What an asshole." The barber is also against congestion pricing. Is there a correlation? With a new short haircut Kurt takes the subway back downtown. The book is "Under review," longer than that usually takes. Kurt is getting jump. He goes to his City gym in the housing projects, checks his phone on the way back to the courthouse. Nothing. Under review. It is nearly eight pm when something happens. Kurt gets an email alert: one of your books cannot be published. He signs up to check his bookshelves. There it is: Blocked. Why this book? Kurt emails back; he opens up a chat box. A person, or bot, calling themselves Willow tells him his email is being reviewed. But nothing. Later he asks for a call back, and a woman with a Missouri area code says the review is ongoing, a ticket has been opened. By midnight they tell him: Your publishing account has been suspended. He cannot reach any of his books. More back and forth, this time with a sense of desperation. A content "investigator" from India tells him his content has been deemed "offensive." He will have to swear an affirmation he will never do it again. But what is it? What is so offensive? Kurt must look for alternatives. The biggest, the Search behemoth, has books too. At least e-books. New era? Diddy Detained was up - now Luigi Mangione Lone Wolf? If you have it, the answer is yes - and there will be more.
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