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submitted 2 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Summary

The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

The gunman, who arrived in New York City on November 24th, shot Thompson on December 4th outside a hotel hosting an investor conference.

Investigators believe the gunman, who concealed his identity with a mask, fled the city on a bus, leaving behind a backpack in Central Park.

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[-] ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip 59 points 2 months ago

you could use that $50k to pay for one night at the hospital that your insurance won't cover!

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[-] Zugyuk@lemmy.world 51 points 2 months ago

So they went from .02% to .14% of his yearly take 🤣. They must not care very much about finding this guy

[-] Manalith@midwest.social 26 points 2 months ago

Another way to look at it is them trying to pit everyone against each other. "How much money will it take to get the 99% to turn on one of their own?"

[-] madcaesar@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

lol my first instinct with police is that even IF you snitched and they caught the guy, they probably wouldn't pay you and weasel out with some fine print.

Or worse yet, it'll be some shit like "Hm, how did you know it was him? What are you hiding citizen? Bend over for the cavity search!"

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[-] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 34 points 2 months ago

a $50,000 reward

So the cost of an asprin, a bandaid, and 3 jellybeans in a US hospital?

[-] malloc@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

Doesn’t even include ambulance ride. City EMS is out of network for UHC

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[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

They're gonna frog boil it and end up fucking it up.

100k from the start might have gotten someone to say something that would pay off.

But they're being cheap and are going to slowly walk it up as I go gets less and less useful and a movement if not giving a fuck grows.

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[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago

This wont even pay for most surgeries that UHC denies regularly.

[-] excral@feddit.org 28 points 2 months ago

Can someone give context, is this the same reward that's given for the other about 800 murders that happen each year in New York or is that guy getting special rich guy privileges beyond his death?

[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 44 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I just checked the NYPD's most wanted list:

  • Of the 33 posted photos, 31 of them are black men, 1 is a white man, 1 is a car.
  • The maximum payout on all of them is $3,500

... Please feel free to draw your own conclusions about this CEO manhunt.

[-] madcaesar@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

What.... did the car.... do?

[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Human Trafficing.

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[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago

Isn't it fucked that they're doing this for this guy just because he's rich?

[-] MonkeyBusiness@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 months ago

We are all created equal. Some are created more equal than others.

[-] LordCrom@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

+1 for the Orwell reference

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[-] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 24 points 2 months ago

I watched videos of the FBI and their technology, but apparently all it takes to avoid them is to leave your phone behind, cycle with monopoly money and wear common inconspicuous clothing that covers you up? The fuck happened

[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago

It turns out most if not all of the advanced policing technology that gets touted is, you know, lies. They just want you to believe you can't get away with it. Just look at how many godawful propaganda CSI shows there are - how often do they rely on magic databases containing the location of every flower shop cross referenced by geolocation and joined to the magic database of endangered beetle habitat? That's a real example btw, bones is a terrible show.

Having worked with the police, the #1 way to get away with a crime is to just not tell anyone you did it. That's it, that's the whole secret.

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[-] Batman@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Leaving your phone behind is a real killer for them

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[-] Krauerking@lemy.lol 21 points 2 months ago

So still less than a year's salary for COL in most states that is barely enough for a down payment on most houses.

Nope. No one should grovel and sell each other out for pennies even if I know people will do it for less if desperate.

[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

Maybe someone will talk when they offer better insurance coverage.

Also, many times reward money isn't paid due to 'reasons', like "yeah you gave legid info which led to the arrest, but we got the same information through other channels too". You get your reward money rejected like it's your insurance claim.

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[-] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 months ago
[-] Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

The fbi is now on the case for a murder of a man on the street. They wouldn't pull these resources for any other murder.

This is a joke.

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[-] mlg@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

omw to tell them I saw the dude on TV for my 50k

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[-] thenextguy@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

They should offer free healthcare instead.

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[-] demizerone@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

If I was rich I would counter offer 55k to not squeal.

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[-] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 13 points 2 months ago

I thought it was OK to Cross State Lines with Weapons? Or is it only OK if you Kill Poor Democrats?

[-] lath@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

They'd have better chances if they offered the former CEO's one month's pay.

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[-] aesthelete@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Even low balling people on the fucking reward money. Cheap fucks.

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 11 points 2 months ago

Well the FBI is about to be shutdown in a month, so

[-] EndOfLine@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

So 0.5% of his reported $10+ million annually compensation package.

Interesting that neither his colleagues nor family are chipping in to make this larger.

Why would they? That just eats into their profits. It doesn't make them richer.

[-] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Yup. Dudes body was still warm on the pavement outside and they still had the conference like our was a normal Tuesday. The wealthy are disgusting people. Rotten all the way to the core. They actually think they are the reason society functions.

They are in for a rude awakening. Trump is going to destroy what ever remains of the middle and poor classes, and in response we are going to eat the rich.

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[-] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

People are gunned down every day in the streets, cops barely investigate it. What gives this guy priority?

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[-] robocall@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

If I had information about the gunman, which I don't, I'd be genuinely nervous about calling it in because then I'd become enemy #1 in America.

$50k isn't going to keep me safe from the mob that wants to turn on whoever rats this guy out.

Also, I have a suspicion that a jury will be more sympathetic to the gunman than the CEO, so why risk my safety?

[-] kreskin@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Some things money cant buy.

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[-] schizolol9@lemy.lol 10 points 1 month ago

some mcdonalds nigga in PA snitched lmao

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[-] Thrillhouse@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

That doesn’t seem like it’s enough money to pay an enormous hospital bill.

[-] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

I have information.

It's all untrue, I just want $50k.

It's still information, tho.

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[-] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

I'm a broke bitch. And I had uhc insurance for around a year. They would deny almost any new prescription I would get for severe insomnia. They wanted to to pay like 400 bucks/month for belsomra. Even though i paid like 450/ month for said uhc coverage. I've had bcbs, bcbs of Oklahoma, kaiser and united and united was the worst by far. Bcbs is somewhat ok

If i saw or had info about the shooter, then no I didn't. What guy? What gun? Nah fam my man's tripped and fell on those bullets

[-] RangerJosie@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Nope. Still not snitching. Fuck that ceo.

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[-] CaptainHowdy@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There was no "gunman", Thompson was killed by his own greed. You should arrest him, but you can't because he's dead.

Money please!

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[-] TehWorld@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

I was driving through rural Tennessee today and I’m pretty sure I saw him at a gas station.

[-] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

I have a friend in Iowa who said the same thing.

Man this guy really goes places

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