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View submission: The UnitedHealthcare Gunman Understands the Surveillance State
I agreed with this initially, but changed my perspective after thinking about it more. If it was a wealthy trust fund random person, they’d probably be treated about the same, with a very wealthy family footing the bill for some advance PI work. But this is different — this was a statement piece, and a direct attack on the ruling class / capital owning class / exploitative class. However you want to classify it, and that’s a big risk to a lot of influential interests.
This was the sound of a guillotine blade dropping. We can only do our part and not convict if he’s apprehended.
Comment by shroomkat85 at 07/12/2024 at 19:00 UTC
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Problem is if they do catch this guy hes getting thrown away for a while. I’ve seen a few people have this weird take on Reddit that the jury can just not convict the guy. If they catch this guy you know they’re gonna pool every damn resource they have to make a strong case. The jury just not convicting him is possible, but a judge can still over-rule a jury if the facts are glaringly obvious enough. Even if the judge does let it slide the state would probably appeal and I don’t see any higher level court saying murder is ok. CEO was a huge POS but murder is still murder. Some higher courts have made weird decisions that only apply to one specific case. But it’s usually with more obscure topics that are not something as blatant as murder and it tends to be kind of nefarious. The only hope this dude has is he really did that good of a job and they’ll never catch him or if they do they’ll have next to nothing. But I really doubt the later is likely.