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View submission: The UnitedHealthcare Gunman Understands the Surveillance State
It's actually disgusting that they are using every resource available to find this guy. Why is this more important than every other murder that day...
This is the first thing that Americans have agreed on in years🤷🏼‍♀️
Comment by ElevatorOverall9263 at 06/12/2024 at 23:49 UTC
1052 upvotes, 10 direct replies
Exactly. On an update I heard earlier they were rushing a potential DNA swab test kit to some lab and it are awaiting the results. I’m like.. what about the thousands and thousands of backlogged rape kits that are still waiting to be tested
Comment by shroomkat85 at 06/12/2024 at 23:20 UTC*
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^this
I understand allocating more resources to someone getting killed in a very public place. But I can damn near guarantee if the average person got blown away in Times Square and it took this much effort to find them they would’ve more or less given up by now.
The thing that I would love to know is just how much more man power and resources are going to be dedicated to this killing compared to your murder. It’d also be super interesting to see if more crimes go unsolved because of this. There’s no way they’re not pulling people left and right who were working other cases that will just be forgotten. Honestly surprised this specific part isn’t being talked about more in the media.
Comment by CallusKlaus1 at 06/12/2024 at 23:17 UTC
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We all know why.
When someone normal calls the pigs, they show up hours late and do nothing.
When a rich person like this calls the pigs, no expense is spared.
The system is built for *them* not for the rest of us.
Comment by Billytherex at 07/12/2024 at 00:14 UTC
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To play devil’s advocate, NYC averages only about 1 murder per day so I guess that probably helps.
Comment by atramentum at 07/12/2024 at 00:35 UTC
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How many other daily NYC murders do you personally follow and comment about on Reddit? It's disingenuous to say there's nothing a little more significant about this one.
Comment by dendritedysfunctions at 07/12/2024 at 00:12 UTC*
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Intent.
I'm not going to argue that one murder is more important to solve than any other but the reason, aside from the obvious, is because this was an assassination. Most murders are crimes of passion and most murderers don't plan to kill someone. Whoever this is had a plan and a motive and the aptitude to find a high profile person in a specific place at a specific time.
I won't shed a single tear or thought or prayer for that despicable CEO but I can also admit that murder is bad and people who have the gumption to plan out and then carry out something like this are also bad. Sometimes bad people do bad things for good reasons but that doesn't change the fact that they did a bad thing. Ends do not justify the means.
Comment by mmorales2270 at 06/12/2024 at 23:53 UTC
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Because the rich own the police too. Not directly, but through high profile connections, donations etc. I mean, you’re right, this is no more important to the rest of the country than any other murder, but it was because of who was murdered.
Comment by Karma_1969 at 07/12/2024 at 00:19 UTC
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He was rich. I mean, I know your question was rhetorical and doesn't need answering, but I feel the need to be explicit. He was rich, so he was special, and that means he gets special treatment the rest of us don't get. Because rich people in our society are treated special. Hell, most companies actually call them VIPs: Very Important Person. As if the person is somehow the important thing about the position in the company that person occupies, and not the position itself.
I once worked in the IT department of a company that gave our department not one, not two, but THREE directors. For a staff of under 10. And each one of them was stupider than the last. It was patently obvious to all of us that their positions were simply created for them, by other cronies in the company, so they could command big salaries to go along with a prestigious job title, not because they were actually competent at anything or produced any actual value to the company, because they most definitely weren't competent at anything and didn't produce any value for anyone. I spoke with each of them on a daily basis, and they were dumb as rocks.
The older I get, the more I realize that cults of personality aren't just restricted to famous people in the public eye.
Comment by RaindropsInMyMind at 07/12/2024 at 00:56 UTC
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I think when things are at this point they really want to catch him so it’s not an embarrassment for them and because all eyes are on them. No agency wants that kind of negative attention. The people working this case probably hate this company just as much as the rest of us.
Comment by Ryan_in_the_hall at 07/12/2024 at 01:35 UTC
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CNN is comparing this to the Boston Bombing
Comment by autostart17 at 07/12/2024 at 02:18 UTC
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Well, it is a possible assassination which runs way deeper than we know. Without the shooter, they can’t begin to speculate if it was possibly a political killing from a foreign state, a hired gun related to the DoJ probe, or just a lone actor.
Comment by LaxG64 at 07/12/2024 at 02:48 UTC
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I feel like people have forgotten the Titanic sub thing where the same shit happened.
Comment by Intelligent-Chip-413 at 07/12/2024 at 02:53 UTC
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The rich don't like the idea of being eaten
Comment by EndlessPotatoes at 07/12/2024 at 02:57 UTC
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I think that the wealth is secondary. They’re putting this time and money in because it’s heavily publicised and therefore the stakes are high (as people will get ideas).
And it’s heavily publicised because he’s a super rich white person.
In this case I would blame the media.
If they didn’t care, I doubt the police would be going all out to quite the same degree.
And to be clear, the media cares because it’s a huge story that people care about, even in the way they do.
I’m not familiar with the integrity of the New York police, so I don’t know how significant the difference in effort would be.
Comment by HeHePonies at 07/12/2024 at 03:00 UTC
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It's just absurd. They found a (the) backpack and used.. an EXCAVATOR to remove it to preserve the nearby soil samples. I wish I was joking.
Comment by Fun-Dragonfly-4166 at 06/12/2024 at 23:16 UTC
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Why is his murder more important than my bicycle. I think if they put a $10,000 reward I would get my bicycle back.
Comment by [deleted] at 07/12/2024 at 00:49 UTC
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Unfortunately I think it’s mostly the internet that agrees he’s a hero. I was talking to my coworkers about this and they were all “they’re both bad” and whatnot. I tried to *gently* argue in his favor and they said they don’t their children growing up in a world where people celebrate violence. I argued that I want my kids to grow up in a world where corporations and CEOs don’t take advantage of us and run our lives, but it fell of deaf ears.
Comment by palescales7 at 07/12/2024 at 01:52 UTC
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Because you don’t want to normalize assassination.
Comment by illegalt3nder at 07/12/2024 at 00:14 UTC
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The state does not serve you. It does not care about you. American government cares only about wealth and the wealthy.
Comment by sidewalkcrackflower at 06/12/2024 at 23:54 UTC
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Right? This dude is not a threat to the general public. He demonstrated that by not giving a flying fuck about the woman who ran and the people in the vehicles. So much so that he gave one the opportunity to run him down by walking in front of their vehicle. Those were potential witnesses, and he didn't even acknowledge them. He is only a threat to rich assholes sucking the life out of our society, and they're throwing every resource available into finding him. Fucking ridiculous. I'm so glad so many of us have come together for this guy.
Comment by bradtheinvincible at 07/12/2024 at 00:09 UTC
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Same thing as when Notre Dame caught fire. White privilege shows its true self when things they hold in high regard go poof.
Comment by itsdotbmp at 07/12/2024 at 00:38 UTC
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because it shows just how much the police state works for the billionare class.
Comment by Multifaceted-Simp at 07/12/2024 at 01:47 UTC
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If I lived in NYC I'd be super pissed about tax dollars being wasted on this
Comment by Redtube_Guy at 07/12/2024 at 01:15 UTC
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Because the victim is a billionaire. This is a no shit response.
Comment by jawshoeaw at 07/12/2024 at 02:22 UTC
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dude it's the NYPD. CEO clearly reaped karma's kiss here but the police need to do what they do. And for all we know this guy's a serial killer. He assassinated someone and faded away like a ninja. What happens if tomorrow there's a copycat or just some rando decides fuck it I can kill and get away with it.
let's not get too carried away