UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot outside Hilton hotel in Midtown in targeted attack: cops - Just Part and Parcel of visiting a Big City

[gachadegenerate451]

I wonder what sort of resources are being poured into this investigation vs. the average unsolved NYC murder?

Looks like you have an "ARREST CLEARANCE RATE" (their term) of around 50% right off the bat for murder, in the current quarter, but the numbers seem rather ... anemic after that. I'm guessing the longer it goes on, the less likely to get solved it becomes.

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98 murders/47 arrests in Q3 2024; 30 arrests for ALL quarters prior to Q3. Sounds to me like if he makes it three months he's pretty much in the clear under normal circumstances, though I guess the dogs will never get called off and the money well to hunt for him will never run dry.

However, seems to me he only gets caught if he does something retarded like write and publish a Unabomber-type manifesto or maybe develops a taste for this kind of thing and goes back to the well multiple times. But if he just goes back to Dayton or Kansas City or Atlanta or wherever the fuck and quietly lives his life? I doubt he's ever caught.

Jesus, you can get away with stealing a car with ease in New York. Literally just grab a beater and go.

 

[Bindo]

What if the shooter was a tranny who was mad that UH took away troon medication or something along those lines?

It would be peak hilarity and peak clown world if the shooter was a tranny in 'normalface' before going home and putting on his wig and lipstick.

That would be amazing, but afaik, UHC is one of the insurers most likely to cover gender fuckery shit, because of course they are.

 

[talk talk talk]

It's an attack on capitalism.

Keep on posting. The Ghost of Ayn Rand will surely see it and appear to give you a handy, at least.

 

[Aztec Death Squad]

I wonder what sort of resources are being poured into this investigation vs. the average unsolved NYC murder?

Looks like you have an "ARREST CLEARANCE RATE" (their term) of around 50% right off the bat for murder, in the current quarter, but the numbers seem rather ... anemic after that. I'm guessing the longer it goes on, the less likely to get solved it becomes.

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98 murders/47 arrests in Q3 2024; 30 arrests for ALL quarters prior to Q3. Sounds to me like if he makes it three months he's pretty much in the clear under normal circumstances, though I guess the dogs will never get called off and the money well to hunt for him will never run dry.

Cops are used to dealing with room-temperature IQ gangbangers that start bawling and turn themselves in the minute you mention they mama. They have no idea how to deal with an actually intelligent criminal.

 

[JaneThough]

You've never lost a close loved one, have you? I don't mean an aunt or uncle you liked and saw 3x a year, I mean a parent, sibling, or friend.
Blue Cross Blue Shield tried to deny my mother medication for cancer, and then tried to fight that she didn't need pain medication. She was stage 4 and in fucking agony.
Do you have any idea what it's like to lay there, hearing your mother gasp for air in another room, because the pain is so intense she even cries in her sleep?
Hearing your father softly singing hymns and saying the lords prayer because nothing is helping?
How about the next morning when she's finally dead, rigormortis already set in and all you can see is the most pained expression you have ever seen on what looks like a hyper realistic wax figure- but it isn't a figure, it's the natural waxing process of a fucking dead body that could only suffer in life.
This is far from one incident. Millions suffer. Millions pay just to be denied. And millions are in agony while being told they don't need it.
And this man got to have an express death. And he was directly behind the decisions of who gets help. Because guess who sets the very rules and dollar amount the average person gets? A ceo.
He got a fucking MERCY death. Fighting for 2 hours is nothing for the months and years of people navigating an already scary subject, many times by themselves.

I am so sorry to hear about your mother. I have a similar story of insurance trying to deny my mother cancer treatment because she was “too far gone” but it was successfully fought and she got the treatment. That was 30 years ago. She’s still alive. But according to the insurance, she was a lost cause.

 

[gachadegenerate451]

Cops are used to dealing with room-temperature IQ gangbangers that turn themselves in the minute you mention they mama. They have no idea how to deal with an actually intelligent criminal.

That's probably part of why they cycle them in and out of prison. Cops look good when they arrest retards.

 

[TheBigZee]

Keep on posting. The Ghost of Ayn Rand will surely see it and appear to give you a handy, at least.

Ayn Rand would have hated this guy too.

He was a collectivist through and through. He's the antithesis of a Howard Roark. He built nothing, he provided next to no value (job posting that day). He was a fucking parasite of the highest order. A Toohey.

She wouldn't have wanted to see him dead, but she would have loved to see him wrecked financially and destroyed socially.

 

[neger psykolog]

Why is this fucking thing (CA$337.46?/ USD $238.29/ €225.71).
That is insanely expensive when a hobbyist-level hiking backpack would go for one-third of the price.

It's a camera bag, not a hiking backpack. I think the brand is quite old and got their start making higher end tripods and clip and shit.



The reason it is expensive is because it includes compartments and it has "structure". So you can move compartments around inside it (which are included) for each camera/lens/piece of gear you have doesn't get scratched against other things, it also includes magnets to close things and side pockets. It also has "structure" which means even if you don't have stuff in the bag, or only one thing in the bag it maintains it's shape (so your expensive camera doesn't get squashed). It's also generally made out of very premium materials compared to most bags.

This walkthrough of one of their other bags gives an idea of what kind of features a bag like this has which a normal hiking bag or regular backpack doesn't have:

It's really a bag for photographers and makes perfect sense if you have camera kit that costs several thousand dollars as well as a laptop and whatever else and you don't want to just chuck it in any random bag and have it get scratched and dented to fuck.

All in all a particularly bizarre choice for anyone interested in becoming an assassin.

 

[General Emílio Médici]

It's really a bag for photographers and makes perfect sense if you have camera kit that costs several thousand dollars as well as a laptop and whatever else and you don't want to just chuck it in any random bad and have it get scratched and dented to fuck.

All in all a particularly bizarre choice for anyone interested in becoming an assassin.

But it does make sense because it would allow him to keep his clothes, "tools", decoys and supplies quickly separated. He could keep a entire smaller bag in one compartment, and when abandoning the bag he would be able to quickly swap from it to the new bag while not having to fiddle with the locations or pulling something out to put something else back in.

 

[EzRolling]

It's a camera bag, not a hiking backpack. I think the brand is quite old and got their start making higher end tripods and clip and shit.



The reason it is expensive is because it includes compartments and it has "structure". So you can move compartments around inside it (which are included) for each camera/lens/piece of gear you have doesn't get scratched against other things, it also includes magnets to close things and side pockets. It also has "structure" which means even if you don't have stuff in the bag, or only one thing in the bag it maintains it's shape (so your expensive camera doesn't get squashed). It's also generally made out of very premium premium materials compared to most bags.

This walkthrough of one of their other bags gives an idea of what kind of features a bag like this has which a normal hiking bag or regular backpack doesn't have:

It's really a bag for photographers and makes perfect sense if you have camera kit that costs several thousand dollars as well as a laptop and whatever else and you don't want to just chuck it in any random bad and have it get scratched and dented to fuck.

All in all a particularly bizarre choice for anyone interested in becoming an assassin.

10/10 best review I’ve ever read for a backpack.

Company should advertise it with “As seen on CCTV”

 

[Trombonista]

While I understand why no one has sympathy for Thompson, I've decided that I can no longer celebrate his death. It's become clear to me that the health insurance bigwigs have learned the wrong lesson from this, and will now focus more on protecting themselves than helping people. They'll justify bonuses and pay raises by saying they need to pay for security. This is why violence is not the answer.

 

[neger psykolog]

But it does make sense because it would allow him to keep his clothes, "tools", decoys and supplies quickly separated. He could keep a entire smaller bag in one compartment, and when abandoning the bag he would be able to quickly swap from it to the new bag while not having to fiddle with the locations or pulling something out to put something else back in.

yeah these kind of bags are usually designed so you can sort of "sling" them and just hold them on one arm and access parts of the inside without taking it off fully. So yeah for an assassin with tools and shit it is kinda perfect.

 

[Bakarina]

All in all a particularly bizarre choice for anyone interested in becoming an assassin.

It was probably a bag that the guy already had. Or that he inherited from someone after they died.

I doubt he purchased this kind of bag solely for his John Wick cosplay.

 

[Unexpected Genitals]

They already know who this guy is. He's not some smart guy out smarting the police. They know everything about him and are just looking for him at this point.

And again...

If you shoot someone in the back you're massive fucking coward and bitch.

Can you stop being a malding negative glownigger for three seconds, please and thanks

 

[neger psykolog]

While I understand why no one has sympathy for Thompson, I've decided that I can no longer celebrate his death. It's become clear to me that the health insurance bigwigs have learned the wrong lesson from this, and will now focus more on protecting themselves than helping people. They'll justify bonuses and pay raises by saying they need to pay for security. This is why violence is not the answer.

Understandable but do also appreciate that the stock prices of UnitedHealth have dipped like 10% since this happened and also the stock price of other health insurance companies has also dipped. So this has hit them financially.
So far none of them have really responded to how exploitative and horrible they are as companies and a lot of discussion has had about how many people have been completely fucked over by them.

 

[Sigmund Freud]

I hold the belief that, in a just society, people in power should live in constant and absolute fear of the general populace.

In other words, I hope to see more CEOs and politicians getting shot dead on the street like the scum they are.

 

[AssignedEva]

Shooting someone in the back is a faggot bitch move.

Are you suggesting the appropriate way to assassinate someone is to confront them to their face, throw a gauntlet down and invite them to duel? Idiot.

 

[Nick Gars]

Any evidence for the “know everything about him” claim? Right now everything seems to point to that not being the case.

Also what would a masculine hit be? He set out to kill the guy, not fist fight.

Everyone knows the only proper way to carry out an assassination is through a legal duel and being the better shot.

Silly us, Mr. Fed Boys just mad Smile Chad didn't go about his removal of a globohomo agent the "right" way.

 

[Fishmalk Observer]

Redditors are trying to unmask him for a “we did it Reddit” flex.
What useless brain dead niggers.

Good, they have terrible track record and might provide a bit of cover, however unintentionally

 

[neger psykolog]

I hold the belief that, in a just society, people in power should live in constant and absolute fear of the general populace.

In other words, I hope to see more CEOs and politicians getting shot dead on the street like the scum they are.

I agree with this, but in addition to this:

• A company like UnitedHealth shouldn't be allowed to vertically integrate at the scale they have so far in the first place. They've basically become even bigger than any normal monopoly for many people who have to use them because of their employer.
• The systems for pricing and other things should be more transparent. I have heard that UnitedHealth basically operates as a black box.
• Health insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies/pharmacies/providers shouldn't be able to negotiate - I have read/heard that this is part of the way that companies like UnitedHealth obfuscates how much people are actually paying for shit
• Health insurance companies should have restrictions on how they're allowed to advertise
• The minute one of the faggot CEOs (like the one who was killed here) get investigated for insider trading or the company gets an antitrust complaint the wheels of justice should move way faster - now I know the wheels of justice are designed to move slowly, but when it comes to healthcare and grandma will die in 3 months time without her chemotherapy getting approved then fuck that shit. Healthcare should be an exception.
• There should be an ombudsman system for health insurance companies such that when they reject things a neutral party can investigate and see whether the health insurance companies rejection is valid or not
• There should be clear regulations that prevent health insurance companies from being faggots and delaying stuff for weeks and weeks on end - they should be forced to give an answer within some specified timeframe
• There should be government oversight into what percentage of claims a health insurance is allowed to reject without adequate justification
• The british head CEO of the UnitedHealth group should be put into a rocket and ejected into outer fucking space or as an even worse fate: be sent back to britain (from what I have heard he is a particularly nefarious and disgusting human being)

So much of this sounds like it could've been avoided if there was better regulation in the space in the first place.