Summary
Internet sleuths, who often assist in high-profile investigations, are notably silent on the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Popular figures like TizzyEnt and Savannah Sparks cited disinterest, with some expressing disdain for the U.S. healthcare system, which has faced heightened criticism amid record-low public satisfaction.
Many online users appear apathetic, failing to empathize with the wealthy victim.
The lack of engagement contrasts with past cases like Gabby Petito’s, where online communities played key roles. Meanwhile, the NYPD continues its investigation, releasing surveillance footage and offering a $10,000 reward for tips.
I am no sleuth, but I wouldn’t turn this guy in for 25 million dollars. United Healthcare denied a relative of mine emergency Healthcare when their policies said they would.
As for AI helping… the AI used by unitedhealth had a 90% failure rate and the military AI used by Israel had used to allegedly differentiate civilians from military basically tagged everyone as a target.
So I am not particularly looking forward to it.
I don’t know why this is news.
Most of the people I know that are analytical enough to sleuth out this kind of thing are also socially aware enough to support universal healthcare.
The individual in question profited off the literal suffering of others by endorsing, creating, or otherwise allowing his company to deny claims for any, and every reason they could. It doesn’t matter if he personally denied coverage to anyone; he was responsible for everything the company he was the executive officer of, did.
To that end, he’s profited from the suffering of those who were denied help.
He’s a piece of shit and the world has been made better because he is no longer a part of it.
I keep seeing all these headlines about “top internet sleuths” and I feel like I would have written that sarcastically but I’m starting to become concerned that these " journalists" are serious about the phrase.
Although Sparks, 34, has been tapped by law enforcement in the past to help train officers on how to find suspects online, according to emails seen by NBC News, she said this time she isn’t interested in helping police.
Sparks, who also works in health care as a lactation consultant and holds a doctorate of pharmacy, didn’t mince words when asked if her community was working to find the suspect in Thompson’s murder.
“Absolutely the f— not,” she said.
Beautiful.
Corporate media is hilarious.
I love how them and the NYT say it’s a “fringe theory” that the writing on the bullets had anything to do with insurance practices.
We all smell a revolution.
May there be many copycats.
Those copy cats are gonna throw off the scent
I smell a new male fashion trend.
Did you hear about the lookalike competition in Washington Square Park?
Grey hoodies and a charming smile? I’m down.
Don’t forget the mask. Be considered of cold and flu season.
Brian Thompson was a mass murderer. It’s not hard to understand why people wouldn’t want to help, here.
As far as I’m concerned, this guy is a hero the same way someone who stops a mass shooting in progress is a hero
Yup and I wish more people would connect the dots on how much pain, suffering, and mass murder every top American company commits on a daily basis.
Indirect violence is the number one problem in capitalism. Remember all the train derailments or Boeing planes dropping out of the sky? Those failures were by design to increase profits. If our politicians and “justice system” isn’t going to hold the people who make decisions and those decisions harm people, accountable. Vigilante justice is going to be on the rise.
Mark my word. Every Fortune 500 company leadership needs to be put on notice. America has given up on political means to make meaningful positive change. And with Trump, there is no safety net (what little there was remaining) and the wealthy are going to be killed at an alarming rate. We’re near rock bottom and Trump and conservatives is scrabbling to cash out as fast as possible.
I would say “failing to empathize” is not correct. Failing implies trying. Calling him a victim seems disengenuous as well. Even if the shooter is a contract killer, there’s no way he has a higher KDR than the parasite he capped.
I’m might be disinclined to empathize.
Given that people have been manipulated and have lost all control to the wealthy, this may be the only “solution” left. Ironic that the well armed right may end up leading the way.
Failing to empathize with the wealthy victim
Lmao
Is it because I suck at English (non-native speaker) or are they straight up blaming people for not empathizing with that (former) waste of oxygen?
Yes, but also going a bit further and suggesting that lack of empathy is primarily because he was a rich person rather than the untold hardships he’s inflicted on countless families
Why can’t it be both?
Its absolutely worse that he did all his awful shit for the sake of money.
No, no, you got it right, waste of oxygen is right.
That’s the implication.
