Exclusive | UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot outside of Hilton hotel in NYC: sources

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Exclusive | UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot outside Hilton hotel in Midtown in targeted attack: cops

I have to post this here because the mods at news and politics are censoring discourse on this news.

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CNN live blog of story https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/unitedhealthcare-brian-thompson-death-12-04-24?utm_medium=social&utm_source=blueskyCNN&utm_content=2024-12-04T17:52:51
May he rot in the worst level of hell
I have't seen it posted to Politics, but it would be removed as it's not political.
News seems to be removing it since people can't (won't?) abide by lemmy.world terms of service:
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- He's the head of one of the largest healthcare providers in the country and the murder appears to be politically motivated. It absolutely is politics. It's like thinking JKFs assassination wasn't politics because it was a lone gunman.
  And being happy he's dead isn't an attack on a person or an appeal to violence. You and the mods at news are just uncomfortable with confronting the resentment people have after being exploited and abused by people like him for years. It's expressing emotions.
  You want to pretend you have the moral high ground because you will only express civility. Sorry, but people do not have to be reverential to a man who kicked their teeth in everyday and is literally responsible for thousands of deaths. You're simply trying to disrupt the camaraderie being built by people that might rise up against the people you bootlick.
  
  Like I said in another thread, we just do not know at this point.
  "Everyone WANTS it to be "scumbag insurance exec. killed for scumbag insurance reasons", but we just don't know at this point.
  Jilted lover? Could be. Caught cheating? Sure, why not? Insurance killing? Weirder things have happened. Friend or relative just sick of his shit? I mean, I dunno the guy, but anything is possible. Completely random killing? In MY New York City? It's more likely than you think!"
  If it turns out he got killed because somebody approved an abortion or gender affirming care, suddenly that IS political, but not in a way anybody expected. The conversation gets turned on its head.
  That's why I'm saying "don't get all excited, wait until we know more."
- And the usual normal reasonable line regarding violent rhetoric is plausible threats of violence. And hate speech is defined usually as hatred toward a marginalized group of a protected class. I.e. we know exactly what hate speech is, we don't have broad definitions that you can apply surreptitiously after the fact to people like billionaire or police.
Footage of hit on United Healthcare CEO

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