On Tuesday, a year since Luigi Mangione's arrest , the officer who read him his Miranda warnings at an Altoona McDonald's was on the stand defending his actions surrounding the apprehension.

Officer Steven Fox fielded questions from Mangione's attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo Tuesday afternoon about how quickly he read Mangione his warnings and the search of Mangione's backpack.

On footage of the encounter, Fox was one of the more vocal officers, asking Mangione why he lied about his ID and if he was going to find anything in Mangione's backpack. Fox told Agnifilo he did the search because he was concerned about a bomb in Mangione's bag.

Mangione's attorneys are arguing he was not properly read his Miranda warnings, therefore violating his Fourth Amendment rights, and they say his bag

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