Less than two weeks after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down on the streets of midtown Manhattan, his alleged assassin Luigi Mangione has been greeted not by universal condemnation for the brazen violence – but rather, a surge of enthusiastic support online for his so-called vigilante justice.

The Center for Internet Security (CIS), a nonprofit focused on cybersecurity that partners with government and law enforcement, released a new threat assessment bulletin warning that online support for the alleged shooter risks encouraging copycat attacks.

“Overwhelming bipartisan support for the attack” across social media “has resulted in several narratives encouraging similar violent activities directed at other healthcare executive teams,” CIS analysts said.

“The narratives supporting Mangione’s targeted attack likely serve to encourage like-minded individuals, particularly as Mangione continues to be viewed by the public as an ‘American hero’ and sympathetic figure,” CIS’ bulletin said.

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No one attacked law enforcement for this thought. They are just fear mongering the police so they will want to protect the rich more.

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That and make it sound like those supporting him are dangerous.

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If cops start acting like bodyguards for rich people, they will for the next one.

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you act like they haven’t for decades

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No, i mean like literally bodyguarding, not just doing what they’re told.

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Start?

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He (Luigi) literally went out of his way to praise law enforcement in his statement. So yeah, this is all just bullshit, and it’s bad for ya.

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We did and are mocking them for the amount of attention and resources the murder is getting solely due to the wealth of the target.

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I’d say “pissed at” more than “mocking”.

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Tells you a lot about why some departments won’t accept cops over a certain IQ. You don’t want your enforcers questioning who they should be working for. You want easily manipulable peons.

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Honestly this sounds like a reporter chop job to me. The only discrete mention of threats to law enforcement is protests, fake bomb threats, and Swatting.

They aren’t saying people are going to murder court officials and police.

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I haven’t seen anyone encouraging or even so much as hinting that a copycat should target police or courts. Feels like something made up to try to drive a wedge between the bipartisan support by splintering off “back the blue” type of people.

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This is it. Do not do class war. The rich want you to fight amongst yourselves

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The class war has been going on since time immemorial and we aren’t winning. But when you recognize that fact and talk about rebellion, some people get all upset.

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CIS assessed it “highly likely that threats will continue to target [law enforcement] and other public offices participating in Mangione’s case.”

Translation: South Park they’re coming right for us, FIRE

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It worked for Rittenhouse 🫥

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ACAB

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It’s bastards, all the way up. Never forget.

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I think we should crowdfund an art project. Specifically, just to send a message, we should erect a big bronze statue of Luigi Mangione. Put it on a main road close to UHC’s headquarters in Minnesota. Make the bastards drive right past the thing every day on the way to work.

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Fastest “unfortunate accident” a piece of public art’d ever experience, just watch.

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Complete bullshit obviously…

But the fact they’re worried about it says A LOT about how they view themselves compared to a piece of shit responsible for millions of deaths from denied healthcare.

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I keep running through the difference between the reaction to this vs elementary school kids dying to gun violence. It’s one CEO and everything in the media has galvanized to unite around a singular message of horrible violence. Hundreds of children have died and nothing changed. It’s fucking infuriating.

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