UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot
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The person of interest nabbed in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is an anti-capitalist Ivy League grad who liked online quotes from “Unabomber’’ Ted Kaczynski — and apparently hated the medical community because of how it treated his sick relative, law-enforcement sources told The Post on Monday.
Tech whiz Luigi Mangione, 26, of Towson, Md., has not been charged but was taken into custody Monday morning at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pa., after an intense manhunt following the coldblooded execution of Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel last week, sources said.
The former prep-school valedictorian was caught with a gun, silencer, four fake IDs with names used during the killer’s stint in New York City — and a manifesto, sources said.
The manifesto railed against the US healthcare industry, including over its enormous profits and alleged shady motives, sources said.
The weapon?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gun-killed-unitedhealthcare-ceo-may-171540644.html
Police are looking into the possibility that the shooter used a veterinary pistol, New York Police Department Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told reporters on Friday.
Such guns are used on farms to euthanize animals quietly, though Kenny said the use of a veterinary pistol hasn't been confirmed.
The gunman immediately fled the scene of the crime and is believed to have already left New York City on a bus. A weapon hasn't been recovered, but sources told the New York Post on Saturday that police divers are looking for the gun in the lake near the Central Park Boathouse.
On Friday, police searching Central Park found a distinctive backpack that may have belonged to the suspected killer. Sourced told the Post that the bag contained a jacket and "high-end" apparel.
Security video shows the gunman firing shots at Thompson using a gun that appeared to be equipped with a silencer.
"It's a very unique weapon. The length of the barrel in that video right there tells us it most probably is a veterinary pistol," he added.
The need to manually reload the weapon contrasts with most handguns, which automatically put a fresh round in the chamber after a shot is fired without having to rack it back by hand.
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@Copper said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
@89th said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
Shooter's face.
That looks like an illegal alien.
Worse. A wop.
You were warned.
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@Copper said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
@89th said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
Shooter's face.
That looks like an illegal alien.
Worse. A wop.
@jon-nyc said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
That looks like an illegal alien.
Worse. A wop.
When Dago bad, Dago real bad.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@jon-nyc said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
That looks like an illegal alien.
Worse. A wop.
When Dago bad, Dago real bad.
@George-K said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
@jon-nyc said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
That looks like an illegal alien.
Worse. A wop.
When Dago bad, Dago real bad.
Guinea break.
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@Horace said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
He reviewed the unabomber's manifesto on amazon.
When communication fails you have to fight ‘to survive’. No, more like ‘when I can’t convince people of my vision I need to kill them to get my way’.
Not quite as noble sounding.
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Just as a statement of practical effect, I think his act will move the conversation and concentrate the public's attention, in ways he wanted.
Education is extremely important.
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Just as a statement of practical effect, I think his act will move the conversation and concentrate the public's attention, in ways he wanted.
@Horace said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
Just as a statement of practical effect, I think his act will move the conversation and concentrate the public's attention, in ways he wanted.
Maybe in the short term. Does anybody remember what Timothy McVeigh's agenda was at this point, or discuss it if they do?
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@Horace said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
Just as a statement of practical effect, I think his act will move the conversation and concentrate the public's attention, in ways he wanted.
Maybe in the short term. Does anybody remember what Timothy McVeigh's agenda was at this point, or discuss it if they do?
@Doctor-Phibes said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
@Horace said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
Just as a statement of practical effect, I think his act will move the conversation and concentrate the public's attention, in ways he wanted.
Maybe in the short term. Does anybody remember what Timothy McVeigh's agenda was at this point?
The American health care system is an elephant in the room for everybody, and whatever McVeigh's concerns were (I recall something about the Waco siege), pale in comparison for their relatability.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
@Horace said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
Just as a statement of practical effect, I think his act will move the conversation and concentrate the public's attention, in ways he wanted.
Maybe in the short term. Does anybody remember what Timothy McVeigh's agenda was at this point?
The American health care system is an elephant in the room for everybody, and whatever McVeigh's concerns were (I recall something about the Waco siege), pale in comparison for their relatability.
@Horace said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
@Doctor-Phibes said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
@Horace said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
Just as a statement of practical effect, I think his act will move the conversation and concentrate the public's attention, in ways he wanted.
Maybe in the short term. Does anybody remember what Timothy McVeigh's agenda was at this point?
The American health care system is an elephant in the room for everybody, and whatever McVeigh's concerns were (I recall something about the Waco siege), pale in comparison for their relatability.
I'm not convinced that murdering people helps in a rational discussion of any cause. I'd honestly have been a lot more sympathetic to Irish nationalists in the north if the Provisional IRA hadn't killed quite so many people. For decades, the debate was all about the violence, and not the very real problems the Catholic minority were facing.
I was only joking
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@Horace said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
@Doctor-Phibes said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
@Horace said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
Just as a statement of practical effect, I think his act will move the conversation and concentrate the public's attention, in ways he wanted.
Maybe in the short term. Does anybody remember what Timothy McVeigh's agenda was at this point?
The American health care system is an elephant in the room for everybody, and whatever McVeigh's concerns were (I recall something about the Waco siege), pale in comparison for their relatability.
I'm not convinced that murdering people helps in a rational discussion of any cause. I'd honestly have been a lot more sympathetic to Irish nationalists in the north if the Provisional IRA hadn't killed quite so many people. For decades, the debate was all about the violence, and not the very real problems the Catholic minority were facing.
@Doctor-Phibes said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
@Horace said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
@Doctor-Phibes said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
@Horace said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
Just as a statement of practical effect, I think his act will move the conversation and concentrate the public's attention, in ways he wanted.
Maybe in the short term. Does anybody remember what Timothy McVeigh's agenda was at this point?
The American health care system is an elephant in the room for everybody, and whatever McVeigh's concerns were (I recall something about the Waco siege), pale in comparison for their relatability.
I'm not convinced that murdering people helps in a rational discussion of any cause. I'd honestly have been a lot more sympathetic to Irish nationalists in the north if the Provisional IRA hadn't killed quite so many people. For decades, the debate was all about the violence, and not the very real problems the Catholic minority were facing.
Specifically targeted violence is very different from random terrorist violence.
Education is extremely important.
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@Horace said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
@Doctor-Phibes said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
@Horace said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
Just as a statement of practical effect, I think his act will move the conversation and concentrate the public's attention, in ways he wanted.
Maybe in the short term. Does anybody remember what Timothy McVeigh's agenda was at this point?
The American health care system is an elephant in the room for everybody, and whatever McVeigh's concerns were (I recall something about the Waco siege), pale in comparison for their relatability.
I'm not convinced that murdering people helps in a rational discussion of any cause. I'd honestly have been a lot more sympathetic to Irish nationalists in the north if the Provisional IRA hadn't killed quite so many people. For decades, the debate was all about the violence, and not the very real problems the Catholic minority were facing.
@Doctor-Phibes said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
I'm not convinced that murdering people helps in a rational discussion of any cause.
This reminds me of this scene, starting around the 2:00 mark. Hey, even sounds like you, DOC! (Scottish, close enough?)
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@Doctor-Phibes said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
@Horace said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
@Doctor-Phibes said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
@Horace said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
Just as a statement of practical effect, I think his act will move the conversation and concentrate the public's attention, in ways he wanted.
Maybe in the short term. Does anybody remember what Timothy McVeigh's agenda was at this point?
The American health care system is an elephant in the room for everybody, and whatever McVeigh's concerns were (I recall something about the Waco siege), pale in comparison for their relatability.
I'm not convinced that murdering people helps in a rational discussion of any cause. I'd honestly have been a lot more sympathetic to Irish nationalists in the north if the Provisional IRA hadn't killed quite so many people. For decades, the debate was all about the violence, and not the very real problems the Catholic minority were facing.
Specifically targeted violence is very different from random terrorist violence.
@Horace said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
Specifically targeted violence is very different from random terrorist violence.
The IRA killed plenty of specific targets - Airey Neave, Louis Mountbatten, Ross McWhirter, numerous politicians nobody over here has heard of.
You think blowing up the Conservative party conference hotel is untargeted?
I was only joking
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@jon-nyc said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
That looks like an illegal alien.
Worse. A wop.
When Dago bad, Dago real bad.
@George-K said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
@jon-nyc said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
That looks like an illegal alien.
Worse. A wop.
When Dago bad, Dago real bad.
Never buy Italian snow tires, because dago wop, wop, wop...
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@Horace said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
Specifically targeted violence is very different from random terrorist violence.
The IRA killed plenty of specific targets - Airey Neave, Louis Mountbatten, Ross McWhirter, numerous politicians nobody over here has heard of.
You think blowing up the Conservative party conference hotel is untargeted?
@Doctor-Phibes said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
@Horace said in UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot:
Specifically targeted violence is very different from random terrorist violence.
The IRA killed plenty of specific targets - Airey Neave, Louis Mountbatten, Ross McWhirter, numerous politicians nobody over here has heard of.
You think blowing up the Conservative party conference hotel is untargeted?
Some successfully targeted attacks do not cancel out a bunch of random civilian deaths in other attacks, obviously.
Anyway, you can go ahead and believe the public will be sad about this murder next week, and that health insurance will be an afterthought. It'll just take a week to prove you wrong.
