335 points

Statistically, there were likely 4 more murders in NYC since this one, I’m sure they’re investigating those just as thoroughly.

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35 points

DUN-DUN!

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13 points

Cue BD Wong talking about how the assassin was abused as a child by UHC

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Or JK Simmons nonchalantly implying that maybe the CEO deserved it, and that makes the killer the most sane of anyone.

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7 points

To put that in perspective:

All numbers from 2023

NYC:

  • 8.25 million inhabitants
  • 386 murders

Austria:

  • 9.13 million inhabitants
  • 72 murders
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Big cities have more murders than rural countries, more news at 11.

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200 points

If he had killed any of us, the cops wouldn’t give a shit.

Remember that.

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48 points

He wouldn’t have killed any of us.

Remember that.

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12 points

I dunno, I’m the CEO of my own single-member LLC.

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22 points

How many deaths is your company responsible for?

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But any CEO of any health insurance corporation absolutely would.

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36 points

And if you were in a bad situation, cops on the scene have a higher chance of killing you.

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21 points

These insurance providers kills thousands and the cops don’t give a shit.

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14 points

If I’d done what that CEO fuck probably did to this guys family, he would a been justified in killing me too

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4 points

I hope you haven’t…

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5 points

Nah, they just finger their cat.

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6 points

Murder clearance rate in Manhattan is over 80%.

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11 points

Too bad they can’t just pick up a rando with mental health issues and lie, torture, and starve him in a room until he “confesses”

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Those goalposts heavy?

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Yeremi Colino was murdered the same day. No massive manhunt, no big cash reward for his murderers’ capture. AFAIK, they’re still at large.

But I guess that’s the difference in how our society values the lives of a migrant teenager and a CEO of a massive insurance conglomerate.

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194 points

I love how they’re using the full force of their resources to catch this guy, but a random murder they put two detectives on for a few months, shrug and close the case.

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shrug and close the case

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35 points

And every politician, every cop on the street Protects the interests of the pedophilic corporate elite

Bo’s song

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15 points

Thaaaat is how the world works! 🎶

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This needs more attention. We should all be collectively outraged at the police response. They should saddle 2 detectives with the case and direct all these resources back to where they were before. The rest of the CEOs can sleep with one eye open.

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185 points

In addition to looking for the killer, police are still searching for a motive as to why someone would kill Thompson.

This is definitely where they need to focus their resources first.

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54 points

Honestly? Yea probably. It’d be fucking amazing if the police ended up releasing a report on just how much UHC fucked this guy or his family/friends over.

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46 points

It’s clear they haven’t even given it a first look. The guy put the title of the book on the bullet casings

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12 points

Too bad they can’t read!

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1 point

Somebody looking to hide their motive would that too tho

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35 points

Yes. It is extremely bizarre how something like this could happen.

Especially since the president elect already said he could do the same thing one block over, four years ago

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I mean for all we know it has nothing to do with healthcare premiums. The guy could be a fellow board member who got boned out of a bonus or something.

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The message on the bullets would suggest otherwise. To me that seems like an attempt to preempt speculation that the motive had nothing to do with insurance company fuckery.

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Could just as easily be a red herring.

I mean, most likely it isn’t internal insurance drama, but it could be.

Besides, how amazing would it be for the cops to say “yeah so we researched this and it was definitely a retaliation execution for all the lives he murdered in his quest for money and power”. Talk about putting the billionaire class on alert haha

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Tbf, that’s the largest pool of potential suspects, so it makes sense that they’d want to call police attention in that direction regardless of the actual motive. I do think it’s genuine, but it’s a smart move either way

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4 points

I’m convinced. This is a South Park episode.

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1 point

Is the NYPD not aware of the internet?

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139 points

They are wasting a lot of time and money and energy on this investigation

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122 points

They obviously value some lives more than others. No surprise, of course.

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31 points

What lives would those be??

It’s a mystery!

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52 points

They’re likely just going to execute him when they find him so as to not allow that. Say he was brandishing or something.

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It would only make sense for him to turn himself in while accompanied by his lawyer after releasing a statement that he will be doing so. Even so, eventually he’s going to be alone in police custody and I’d be surprised if he survives that for long.

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