Well, I'll be damned! The republicans were right!
All it takes is a good-guy with a gun!
this post was submitted on 06 Dec 2024
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It takes a bit more than that to get away with it though. The police even seem impressed.
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.
Yeah, but this is one they want to solve. They don't care if a random person gets shot in the Bronx.
Anyways, what are y'all having for dinner tonight?
Is it time to update the phrase to "If you see someone gun down a CEO, no you didn't!"?
What’s better than a dead CEO?
Two.
What do you call one dead CEO?
A good start.
What's the difference between a bucket of shit and a CEO?
The bucket
Even a broken Glock was right twice that day.
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Eat the rich?
There is no such thing as ethical consumption under capital ... I stand corrected.
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Crab Rangoon
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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Good for him. Hope they never catch him.
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.
"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.
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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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.
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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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.
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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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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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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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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How about these fucking class traitors use their resources to catch the murderers of decent everyday people instead
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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Oh no. What if they never find him? What if this poor, sweet, humble, *checks notes* absolute monster of a healthcare CEO never gets justice.
Narrator: but he already got justice.
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“Words like ‘deny’ and ‘defend’”
Don’t forget the all important DEPOSE.
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"We are not incredibly incompetent. The shooter was very smart" - overfunded police ranking as a top military force
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Further proof that if you're smart enough you can usually get away with it, and a reminder that cops are only effective because must criminals are fucking stupid.
Well yeah. The real criminal is dead. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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If he planned this much and they don't know his names homie is long gone by now
Those discarded items might not even have his DNA on them. Everyone knows about DNA evidence nowadays, if he's really on the ball it'd be easy enough to pick up some random decoys.
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Let's see here. It's currently the 7th. I wonder what other things happened in NY that need attention. Everyday is indeed a busy day.
I'll just leave this here.
https://www.nyc.gov/site/nypd/stats/reports-analysis/homicide.page
Statistically, there should have been at least one more murder in the city since then. Looking at victim demographics in that chart and it's pretty obvious why this is getting so much attention...it's very uncommon for a white, non-hispanic person to get murdered in the city.
Just go through the list of people with a motive to kill this guy. Should be easy!
If you look at this jacket in this picture closely and compare it to the one at the scene of the crime, they don’t match. This is the wrong guy.
CNN and others released the photo and included a disclaimer that these photos weren't official. They literally made it up
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They don't care... They just need a person to kill and make this go away..
It'd be the cherry on top if he left evidence that linked other health insurance CEOs.
Meticulous planning, and/or broad public sympathy
I bet plenty of non millionaires would be willing to shelter and hide him. 🤷♂️
Okay, honestly? Hear me out because as an European one thing stood out to me.
Why didn't NYPD catch him? Because he fled using... public ~~communication~~ transportation. It's too out of this world for them to be able to track him down. No protocols. No nothing. Because nobody, ever, uses public communication in USA.
Edit: And it seems I am the bigger joke for writing public communication when half-asleep. ._.
pretty sure nyc has the highest usage of public transportation of the whole country though
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I wonder who was next in line to be CEO at that outfit? Seems like a great setup to use a hired, trained hit man along with some inscribed bullets to make it seem like a political asassination. In other words, if maybe this wasn't revenge: who all would benefit from this CEO's demise?
If this was a conspiracy to benefit someone to become the next CEO, their shot certainly backfired. The next CEO will be under a massive public scrutiny and if UHC's policies don't change, he/she will certainly be the next target.
Actually, the shot backfired twice: every CEO is now under public scrutiny, as The Adjuster became a powerful symbol of the awakened feeling of "that's enough" inside everyone who can see the corporation greed.
As a non-American citizen (Brazilian), I hope this feeling of "that's enough" could spread beyond US territory, especially towards the southern hemisphere, where the political lobby, bribery and corporate greed is strong and possibly worst than in US. Perhaps it'd bring the fear from people unto politicians and corporations, which will be left with two choices: be changed or be (literally) deposed.
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I'm glad all those true crime podcasts have finally been put to good use!
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