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Words reportedly written onto ammunition found at scene of health insurance CEO's killing [USA] (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In short:

UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson was shot dead out the front of a hotel on Wednesday in what police are calling a "premeditated, targeted attack".

The first unmasked photographs of a person of interest in the case have been released by the New York Police Department.

Multiple US media organisations, citing unnamed investigators, say the ammunition used to shoot Mr Thompson were inscribed with the words "deny," "defend" and "depose".

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The words on the ammunition may have been a reference to strategies insurance companies allegedly use to try to avoid paying claims.

Words on ammo in CEO shooting echo common phrase on insurer tactics: Delay, deny, defend

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

depose is a reference to the Second Amendment

[–] SpaceNoodle 1 points 1 week ago

How?

[–] TrickDacy 1 points 1 week ago

I also wonder how

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Some reports say that the words "LOL", "Rekt" and "N00B" were on them.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

"N00B"? Maybe as banter to dunk on the scrub, but that CEO had years of experience killing. It was a boss fight.

[–] Thcdenton 1 points 1 week ago

God I wish he had fortnite danced on him before he left

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Read Assassination Politics by Jim Bell

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Full text took a little digging:

https://www.outpost-of-freedom.com/jimbellap.htm

His treatment by the state and judiciary seems pretty appalling, def makes it look like they were scared of him. Or, Jim Bell was basically an insane sovcit type with paranoid delusions. I'm willing to accept that both are true.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bell

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Why?

[–] j4k3 3 points 1 week ago

Just imagine if this became serial!

[–] Kaput 2 points 1 week ago

I have learned to judge a media's opinion on someone by the picture they use next to the article to manipulate people's opinion. I don't think they could have used a more flattering picture in this case. This is from a store camera, I doubt all the frames show him with a huge charismatic smile on his face .