Summary

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot in a targeted attack outside a New York Hilton hotel, with investigators describing the killing as meticulously planned.

The gunman fled on foot, then by rental bike, and possibly left the city via bus. Shell casings at the scene had words like “deny” and “defend” inscribed, hinting at a motive linked to Thompson’s work.

Experts suggest the shooter may have military or weapons experience but left key clues, including surveillance footage and discarded items.

Police are analyzing evidence, including DNA, to identify the suspect.

261 points

Well, I’ll be damned! The republicans were right!

All it takes is a good-guy with a gun!

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23 points

It takes a bit more than that to get away with it though. The police even seem impressed.

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If failing to close a murder file impressed the police they’d be in a constant state of amazement. About half of homicides are solved and I’m sure premeditated murder outside of family is much much lower than that. 5 to 10 percent for organized crime/gangs for example.

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45 points

Yeah, but this is one they want to solve. They don’t care if a random person gets shot in the Bronx.

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256 points

Anyways, what are y’all having for dinner tonight?

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151 points

Is it time to update the phrase to “If you see someone gun down a CEO, no you didn’t!”?

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101 points

What’s better than a dead CEO?

Two.

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90 points

What do you call one dead CEO?

A good start.

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4 points

…Hundred. *You forgot the last part.

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16 points

Yesh

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44 points

Eat the rich?

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19 points

There is no such thing as ethical consumption under capital … I stand corrected.

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12 points

I say “OM!” you say “NOM! NOM! NOM!”

OM!

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9 points

AUGUSTUS GLOOP, COME ON DOWN - YOU’RE THE NEXT LUCKY CONTESTANT

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17 points

Probably pan-fried fish - I always put out an extra placemat in case I have a visitor I’ll be unable to recall any details about in the morning though.

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1 point

Awhhh that sounds awesome. I should have thawed the salmon. Probably just some box potstickers and rice, maybe some edamame if I feel like getting the steamer out.

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Went out for lunch and ordered WAY too much (I ordered the lunch special which I thought came with one entree, but instead got a lunch special AND an entree) so I’m skipping dinner today.

But lunch was a full serving of goat korma, plus small portions of dal, rice, tandoori chicken, some curry I don’t remember, a samosa, rice, and naan. Ate till I was full and took home lots of leftovers.

Coincidentally, that will also be tomorrow’s lunch ben😅

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9 points

Was thinking air fred chicken wings and homade spicy fries

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5 points

I also choose this guy’s dinner

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6 points

I don’t recall.

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6 points

I ordered a pizza

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3 points

I’m pondering some sort of soup, but I’m not sure. Black bean seems sweet.

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2 points

I’ve been going vegetarian more lately, and looking for hardy meat substitutes. Yesterday I found a lentil sloppy joe sandwich I wanna try.

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3 points

A bowl of farina, microwaved

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3 points

Idk. It’s almost 8, I’m only a little hungry.

Maybe some beans

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2 points

I went and got fried chicken… it was not good. Cold fries and lots of gristle.

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2 points

Chicken and Brussel sprouts. Doesn’t sound fancy but it’s hot fire and I look forward to it.

Got any plans this weekend?

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1 point

Beef & gravy rolls

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1 point

I had T-Bell

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186 points

Good for him. Hope they never catch him.

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68 points

Even avoiding airports, he could be on the other end of the country by now.

Isn’t there’s something where if the police don’t find a suspect in the first few days, they probably won’t? May not apply when the case has this much attention and the police are motivated.

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“The first 48 (hours)” is misleading.

First, it is mostly a function of how much the cops care. If they care about finding someone they will get off their asses. If they don’t, they will just procrastinate and ignore it. This is why you have stories of families frantically trying to get any help at all to find their loved one that was written off as “a junkie” or “a slut”.

Second, it matters more when you are dependent on grocery store security cameras and the like that might only have 24 hours of capacity anyway. Less so when you are relying on train stations and bus stations that got all that 9-11 money.

Third? The cops likely already have all they need to identify him. He was allegedly tracked to having got on a bus in Atlanta. They have a few photos of his face. And basically everyone is in the DMV databases. That gives a general tri-state area (possibly an outright car if they check long term parking for the period he was away) and they can narrow that down by employment status (taking a few weeks off to go off grid is not something a Starbucks barista is allowed to do) and even UHC records to see who was denied a claim in the past few years (fortunately THAT doesn’t narrow shit down at all).

So they can eventually find him. It is inevitable.

That said: This is the cops. The first white guy who looks vaguely like the shooter and who has no alibi will be heroically killed by the cops when they went to ask him questions and he opened fire while screaming “I am the guy who killed the UHC CEO and I feel really really bad about it and only did it because I am woke and hate my life and please forgive me officer but I will never be taken alive. Also I am pro illegal immigrants and am spraying fentanyl around in case any cops piss hot after this.”. Also he had a dime bag of weed on him for some reason. Sorry, half a dime bag.

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17 points

taking a few weeks off to go off grid is not something a Starbucks barista is allowed to do

US is a mad place.

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7 points

and am spraying fentanyl around in case any cops piss hot after this.”

lmaooooo 😭

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51 points

I had to turn off ne2s when they were saying it’s now a multi state manhunt and it’s important to keep this in the public eye.

I was like good point, let me stop watching.

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27 points

It would be good for him if they never catch him, but if they do, and he is sentenced to death as would be expected, his last words could greatly magnify the historical impact of his act, as with the anarchist/labor martyrs of the early 20th century.

That is, unless the media deliberately suppress what he actually said and report his last words as “skibidi toilet” or a declaration of undying love for some Jodie Foster analogue or something, thus proving that the shooter was nuts, as anyone who had a grudge against America’s healthcare providers would have to be.

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13 points

healthcare providers

I know this is indirect speech how they’d spin it, not your own words, but I fucking hate the way these vampires are spun as “providers” - they don’t provice jack shit except the rare case of “I provide the wealth to shoulder large financial burdens at once” (but we all know the fine print on that).

The actual providers, on the other hand, have to watch a mother’s entire world collapse when she’s told her child is gonna die because the treatment isn’t affordable and the insurance that made her come all this way to find an in-network doctor in the first place decided the kid should try Yoga or whatever bullshit.

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I’m sure the propaganda ghouls in the US are currently talking with one voice about how Brian Thompson was one of the carers, who gave his life to helping the sick, and how his killer is bound for the lowest circle of Hell alongside Hitler, Oswald and the Rosenbergs.

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So you’re saying there’s a difference between healthcare providers (doctors/surgeons/nurses/PAs/etc) and wealthcare providers (insurance companies)?

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What I’ve seen the media do is that they will under-report the story and highly focus on a meaningless attention-grabbing event to distract from it. Whenever I see lots of news reporting on something meaningless but engaging, I think they’re covering an important story that they don’t want us to see.

I would really like to see a site that aggregates independent media so that we could see news headlines by media that isn’t handicapped by political connections.

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There’s plenty of sites that’ll give you whatever AI written garbage that’ll conform to your personal political beliefs.

The real problem is revenue is drying up for media that confirms their sources and reports the facts without having a political slant to it.

People only viewing media that conforms to their personal biases is what got Trump elected.

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sentenced to death

New York has no death penalty afaik.

They’ll throw him in prison where he’ll be treated like royalty.

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3 points

They can easily prosecute this as a federal crime in a federal court. Crossing state lines might be enough to do it, and they can probably add some additional charges like terrorism. Federal murder can be eligible for death penalty.

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And if they do I hope the courthouse has mobs of protesters larger than has ever been seen.

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136 points

You know the rich are shitting their pants over this. It’s gotta be like a David and Goliath thing for them. It’d be a great time to start a private security company.

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I’m sure Academie (or whatever they’re calling Blackwater these days) and the Pinkertons are about to see a lot of new business.

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Every time I am reminded that the Pinkertons still exist, I go replay a couple parts of Red Dead Redemption 2…

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39 points

It’ll fade. Unless…

It happens every three months or so. With escalating difficulty. All they way to being found dead alone in their office. Then slow down to every 18 to 36 months. That’s when they’d be scared enough to actually change corporate policies.

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8 points

After writing my comment, I thought of mass shooters tweaking their tactic, and going to different kinds of locations. Like certain board rooms.

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2 points

but something like a bomb in the boardroom,

…also risks killing innocent people in adjacent parts of the building.

The janitor and the guys fixing the elevator don’t need to become collateral damage.

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I don’t want to be a downer, but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_of_the_deed has a long history of doing that and so far it kind of culminated in world war 1.

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9 points

As someone once said: We only have to get lucky once. You have to be lucky every day of your life.

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As much as I would totally hate to see the average board room turned into a kindergarten classroom: Not gonna happen. Just expect to see more stories about security guards “roughing people up” and more cops told to bring a spare piece and a dime bag to the site of a self defense shooting when one of the roid fiends unloads on someone for looking at them funny.

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It’s gotta be like a David and Goliath thing for them.

This is the bad timeline though. I’m just waiting to hear that this guy was a pro hired by a C-suite rival. Not some hero of the commons.

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16 points

Good being done for bad reasons is still good

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-5 points

Good being done for bad reasons is still good

What about bad being done for good reasons? Still bad? (hint: murder)

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15 points

That would be kind of a bummer. Still a gain for society

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I doubt it would be a gain if someone, who hired someone to kill this guy, would become the next CEO.

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9 points

Elon was building droids to replace workers, but now they are going to have to use them to protect Elon.

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7 points

Someone will find a way to hack the droid and turn it on the ‘protected’ individual.

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Hopefully the hacker waits until the droids develop a good name for themselves and all the CEOs have one. Then flip them all at once iRobot style.

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Politicians in particular should be rethinking about how much they really want to be complete shitheads in public. Perhaps turn down the glee when they enact harmful legislation as well.

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I mean yes, but also these execs are more than rich enough to just have a 24/7 guard detail on retainer. They’ll be mildly inconvenienced by that tho so bets are they’ll step back and put a pazzi as the face of their companies.

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111 points

How about these fucking class traitors use their resources to catch the murderers of decent everyday people instead

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There are three kinds of people in this world. Those who benefit from the system, those who are exploited by the system, and those who deluded themselves into thinking the system benefits them.

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11 points

What about the people who delude themselves that they are not beneficiaries of the system?

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Why don’t you call the tip line and ask them yourselves? Your son could be shot in the face in broad daylight and they were just move on the next day. They would never look for your son’s murderer.

Why are they protecting the ultra wealthy more than they are protecting the working class??

Maybe the police are not here to protect us after all?

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Ok like the police suck but they would absolutely look for a murderer in that instance. No reason to exaggerate when they’re bad enough

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i doubt the effort would be actually equal. dont know about ny, but where im from, the double standard is blatant

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3 points

I played a cop in a video game once and know that they investigate murders of poor/homeless people.

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