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Am I the only one who thinks he wasn’t killed by a resistance hero? Wasn’t he supposed to testify the next day? All this “deny defend depose” thing is a distrac
by serial_dev 2y ago
Am I the only one who thinks he wasn’t killed by a resistance hero? Wasn’t he supposed to testify the next day? All this “deny defend depose” thing is a distraction, so that the masses cheer, all the while the man was probably killed right before the only time he would have actually crossed his overlords.
- vintagedave 2y agoThis is fascinating info I hadn’t read before. What was he going to testify?
- fidotron 2y agohttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/unitedhealthcare-brian-thompson-insider-trading-lawsuit_n_6751a2abe4b01129dffa8789 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/unitedhealthcare-brian-thomps... Not sure about testify, but there is a probe and he is not the only implicated exec.
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- SlightlyLeftPad 2y agoThe guy had a silencer, is that a normal thing for a regular guy in New York to have? That and how it was carried out does make me think that it could be someone who is already out of the law.
- spacecadet 2y agoLooked like a custom weapon to me, which would be a smart move to avoid being traced, also explains the jamming. Custom silencers can cause a semi-auto to jam if the tolerances are crap, but a completely custom, say 3D printed gun, might jam from any number of issues...
- SlightlyLeftPad 2y agoCools thanks for the answer. I’m getting downvoted for an honest question I guess.
- more_corn 2y agoIt’s not a 3D printed gun. That technology is barely capable of single shots and they look very distinctive.
- Martinussen 2y agoYou are severely underestimating 3D printed firearms, unless you are saying it must be entirely, 100% 3D printed. PSR on YouTube is an interesting channel to skim through.
- spacecadet 2y agoSpeaking to someone with decades of 3DP experience and much longer with firearms... I do agree its unlikely, but seen a number of home made silencers cause jams just like I see in the video. He also marked the rounds, if he scored them, their weight is also off/likely also caused burs... many possible reasons why the gunman experienced jams...
- spacecadet 2y agoBreaking news, a so called suspect has been apprehend and a 3D printed gun was found. “He was in possession of a ghost gun that had the capability of firing a 9-mm round and a suppressor,” NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a Monday press briefing, adding that the piece “may have been made on a 3-D printer.”
- api 2y agoMy immediate thought was of oligarchs falling out windows in Russia but something more mundane like him being a risk to a criminal outfit is more likely. Making it look like a populist vigilante to the point of staging a performative message would be a good way to confuse and throw the investigation. We’ll see if they find the guy.
- uhtred 2y agoTestify the next day on what? Can you provide more info please?
- paxys 2y agoThere's no more info because it is made up.
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- master_crab 2y agoI’d rather take the Occam’s razor approach here instead of the conspiracy theorist one. Health care execs are always under litigation. They are the named officers of their corporate units and therefore the legal representatives of their entities. Private health care aggrieves hundreds to thousands of people a day. It’s rather someone who lost a loved one or who is in financial distress due to decisions made by this corporation than some deep dark conspiracy.
- manjana 2y agoOne thing that doesn't factor into this argument is the professional nature of the hit — how he managed the gun, the silencer, the messages on the bullets, the getaway, and the precise reconnaissance that allowed him to know exactly where his target would be at that exact moment. That doesn't align with the characteristics of a typical personal vendetta.
- Kye 2y agoAt the rate insurance companies hurt people, it's likely they've hurt professional assassins, special forces people, etc. It doesn't have to be a hired hit to be professional in execution.
- karmakurtisaani 2y agoI knew a person who went on a personal vendetta against his old boss. The set up he did was very elaborate, including making it look like he went on a hiking trip the weekend he murdered the ex-boss. Unfortunately for him he was a prime suspect because their well-known beef. Don't underestimate the amount of thought someone truly resentful will put to this kind of action.
- SAI_Peregrinus 2y agoThe video shows the gun malfunctioning repeatedly and the shooter having to clear those malfunctions by racking the slide. That's likely caused by a poorly-installed silencer. Hardly professional.
- big-green-man 2y ago
- K0balt 2y agoThe simple explanation, and one that encapsulates the entirety of the necessary elements, is that someone’s significant other died, and that someone believes that if she had been allowed for some treatment, the outcome would have been different. This is a story that , justly or not, unfolds hundreds if not thousands of times a day. It’s not the first time, and won’t be the last, that the affected person has the right combination of dark triad traits and appropriate experiences to make personal vengeance a viable response. As someone who recently lost their spouse of 16 years to cancer, I can say that in the right circumstances this might be an understandable, if not justifiable, response to that kind of stress.