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.
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
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.
magic databases containing the location of every flower shop cross referenced by geolocation and joined to the magic database of endangered beetle habitat
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I wish it was that good. Hopefully someday.
CSI:
“Enhance image! Enhance image! Enhance image! Enhance image! Enhance image! There! Whaddya know? That image looks just like that guy we already have in holding for being homeless”.And what people don’t understand is that if police choose NOT to use said technology because the case isn’t “worth” the money or they just don’t care.
What’s this about monopoly money?
They supposedly found his backpack and it had a bunch of monopoly money in it lmao
Leaving your phone behind is a real killer for them
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Duly noted, will not say anything incriminating here that the jandarma could catch but…
How many pieces of silver is that?
Way more than 30, I know that much.
How many pieces, adjusted for inflation?
I was surprised to find a whole Wikipedia section dedicated to this but to answer your question, from $100 to $488 depending on the type of coin used according to today’s silver prices.
Where did the FBI get that money? Oh I see.
they’re desperately fishing for info from homeless people. because $50K is a king’s ransom when you’re sitting on $0
they would be inundated with bogus “tips” if the reward were $5.00
all of this just demonstrates that they don’t have the first goddamn clue
I saw him get on a submarine in the great lakes. They should concentrate their search in the waters.
This actually made me lol
The search is likely bad for the environment so I hope the police work from home to save on energy usage.
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
you could use that $50k to pay for one night at the hospital that your insurance won’t cover!
Or a few months of the medication that works for you but insurance will only cover the shittier alternatives.
Is this a lot? Like what’s the average reward for someone who shoots someone dead in America?
$0
That’s the median and mode. The average would be slightly more. If 2024 turns out to have the exact same number of murders as 2023, then $50,000/19,252 ≈ $2.60 per murder.
Well, considering that Americans have to pay for health insurance in one way shape or form, and it likely comes out of their paycheck every month if they get benefits, no. It’s not.
Because we all have to pay an ass load of what we worked for for something we don’t necessarily need at the moment, but when we do, we’d really fucking like to.
In 2012 the total bill a relative got for their heart attack (or maybe stroke, I can’t remember it was bad) was $2m. Had they not had insurance that covered it, that’s how much debt they’d be in. In 2012. Fast forward to now. Yeah, a lot of insurance covers stuff like that. But a lot of people only have the insurance that covers absolutely the bare minimum.
Which is how you end up with people having poor health, subsequent heart attacks, or strokes, etc. Preventative medicine would keep those far rarer than they currently are.
So, no. $50k isn’t a lot. Its an insult. It’s an insult to the $20k/year people pay for something they can’t use. Instead that $20k/year could go to a universal health system where you don’t wait until you end up in the ER to get medical care. It’s an insult to the people who are saddled in medical debt by denied claims. Its an insult to doctors who give the care a patient needs. It’s an insult to the healthy people who understand they aren’t invulnerable.
a $50,000 reward
So the cost of an asprin, a bandaid, and 3 jellybeans in a US hospital?
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.
Hey, nobody ever claimed the FBI was good at doing its job.
Woah, the FBI is amazing at causing controversies, such as violating civil rights, unnecessary shoot outs, politicized investigations, and more!
Only if your not denied (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞
Doesn’t even include ambulance ride. City EMS is out of network for UHC
We had to pay a $2500 fee for the ambulance because my spouse got hit-and-run by a car outside of the county that we live in.
Offer some Universal Healthcare maybe.
With all claims pre-denied? Hardly worth it.
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!
It’d be a little macabre, but I feel like it’s pretty easy to handcuff a corpse…
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.
50,000 dollars is how much the fbi thinks people to turn on each other for
Why would they? That just eats into their profits. It doesn’t make them richer.
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.
I thought NYPD already knew who he was.
I believe i heard his name is Sparticus…
Surprisingly common name, that.
The FBI should save their money for the potential incoming asshole, Kash.
