US Election Thread 2024

[Barrington Womble]

1 hour ago, Bjornebye said:

People get shot every day in America why is all the focus on this dead cunt? Oh, capitalism. Someone stood up to “the man” you can’t do that. Fuck them. I don’t condone the killing but they can fuck odd with their hypocrisy. The prick probably killed hundreds even more with his targeted fucking sting them job. 

There was almost 1000 shootings in NYC last year and an average of more than 1 murder per day. 

[Bjornebye]

1 hour ago, Barrington Womble said:

There was almost 1000 shootings in NYC last year and an average of more than 1 murder per day. 

And here they all are greeting over a theiving scumbag 

[Lee909]

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[Kevin D]

Looks like they might have him.
 

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/09/nyregion/uhc-ceo-murder-suspect
 

 

A man was held for questioning in Altoona, Pa., on Monday in connection with last week’s fatal shooting of Brian Thompson, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, according to three law enforcement officials. The man held for questioning was identified based on a tip from someone who spotted him in a McDonald’s restaurant.

 

The man was found in Altoona, about 280 miles from New York City, with a gun, a silencer, and false identification cards similar to those believed to have been used in the killing, according to one of the law enforcement officials.

 

He has been arrested on local charges, possibly in connection with presenting false identification to the police, a senior law enforcement official said. He would need to be extradited to New York in order to be charged there, the official added.

 

Mr. Thompson was shot and killed by a masked assailant last week outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel, and details about the suspect’s methods and whereabouts before the shooting have slowly emerged.

 

An intense manhunt for the suspect unfoldedover a period of nearly a week.

The authorities managed to trace his arrival in New York and his route immediately before and after the killing.
A picture began to emerge of the suspect as a shrewd and elusive operator.

When did the gunman arrive in Manhattan?

The suspect appears to have arrived in Manhattan 10 days before the shooting, on Nov. 24, a senior law enforcement official said. He came on a bus that originated in Atlanta and checked into the HI New York City Hostel on Amsterdam Avenue near 104th Street in Manhattan. He checked out on Nov. 29 and then checked back in the next day, the official said.

 

When he returned, on Nov. 30, he used a fake New Jersey identification to book a room, the senior law enforcement official said.
 

On Thursday, the police released two surveillance stills of the man who is believed to be the shooter with his mask down. The photos appear to have been taken at the hostel, where he had shared a room with two strangers, the senior law enforcement official said. It remains unclear when the photos were taken.

Why has it taken so long to catch him?

Mr. Thompson was gunned down in one of the busiest and most intensely surveilled neighborhoods in the country, during an especially busy season for shoppers and tourists. The Police Department has years of experience using images from surveillance cameras and drones to find and capture criminals.
 

The department dispatched scores of officers and detectives, dogs and drones to search the city and to research tips, which arrived from all over the country.

 

Part of the reason the manhunt has stretched on for so long appears to be that the suspect was camera-savvy, as the senior law enforcement official said.
None of the surveillance images released by the police show his face entirely unobscured. Even in the pictures released on Thursday, he is wearing a hood. Late Saturday, the police shared two more images; in both, the man pictured is wearing a blue surgical mask and has a hood pulled over his head. In one of the photos, he is seen in the back seat of a taxi on the day of the shooting.

 

The gunman’s apparent getaway route, cycling north into Central Park before exiting and hailing a taxi on the Upper West Side, also may have helped him because the park has many areas with no cameras.

 

Investigators are examining whether a cellphone left near the scene belonged to the gunman and was not a decoy or a so-called burner phone, according to a person with knowledge of the investigation. The police have not yet gained access to the device.

 

On Friday, officers also recovered a backpackin Central Park that they believe the man may have discarded, but it was not immediately clear whether it had yielded any more clues. Police found Monopoly money in the backpack, according to a law enforcement official who had been briefed on the investigation.

 

 

 

[Kevin D]

Looking forward to this:

 

The man detained in the McDonald’s had written a “manifesto,” according to two law enforcement officials.

[redheart]

1 hour ago, Kevin D said:

Looks like they might have him.
 

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/09/nyregion/uhc-ceo-murder-suspect
 

 

A man was held for questioning in Altoona, Pa., on Monday in connection with last week’s fatal shooting of Brian Thompson, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, according to three law enforcement officials. The man held for questioning was identified based on a tip from someone who spotted him in a McDonald’s restaurant.

 

The man was found in Altoona, about 280 miles from New York City, with a gun, a silencer, and false identification cards similar to those believed to have been used in the killing, according to one of the law enforcement officials.

 

He has been arrested on local charges, possibly in connection with presenting false identification to the police, a senior law enforcement official said. He would need to be extradited to New York in order to be charged there, the official added.

 

Mr. Thompson was shot and killed by a masked assailant last week outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel, and details about the suspect’s methods and whereabouts before the shooting have slowly emerged.

 

An intense manhunt for the suspect unfoldedover a period of nearly a week.

The authorities managed to trace his arrival in New York and his route immediately before and after the killing.
A picture began to emerge of the suspect as a shrewd and elusive operator.

When did the gunman arrive in Manhattan?

The suspect appears to have arrived in Manhattan 10 days before the shooting, on Nov. 24, a senior law enforcement official said. He came on a bus that originated in Atlanta and checked into the HI New York City Hostel on Amsterdam Avenue near 104th Street in Manhattan. He checked out on Nov. 29 and then checked back in the next day, the official said.

 

When he returned, on Nov. 30, he used a fake New Jersey identification to book a room, the senior law enforcement official said.
 

On Thursday, the police released two surveillance stills of the man who is believed to be the shooter with his mask down. The photos appear to have been taken at the hostel, where he had shared a room with two strangers, the senior law enforcement official said. It remains unclear when the photos were taken.

Why has it taken so long to catch him?

Mr. Thompson was gunned down in one of the busiest and most intensely surveilled neighborhoods in the country, during an especially busy season for shoppers and tourists. The Police Department has years of experience using images from surveillance cameras and drones to find and capture criminals.
 

The department dispatched scores of officers and detectives, dogs and drones to search the city and to research tips, which arrived from all over the country.

 

Part of the reason the manhunt has stretched on for so long appears to be that the suspect was camera-savvy, as the senior law enforcement official said.
None of the surveillance images released by the police show his face entirely unobscured. Even in the pictures released on Thursday, he is wearing a hood. Late Saturday, the police shared two more images; in both, the man pictured is wearing a blue surgical mask and has a hood pulled over his head. In one of the photos, he is seen in the back seat of a taxi on the day of the shooting.

 

The gunman’s apparent getaway route, cycling north into Central Park before exiting and hailing a taxi on the Upper West Side, also may have helped him because the park has many areas with no cameras.

 

Investigators are examining whether a cellphone left near the scene belonged to the gunman and was not a decoy or a so-called burner phone, according to a person with knowledge of the investigation. The police have not yet gained access to the device.

 

On Friday, officers also recovered a backpackin Central Park that they believe the man may have discarded, but it was not immediately clear whether it had yielded any more clues. Police found Monopoly money in the backpack, according to a law enforcement official who had been briefed on the investigation.

 

 

 

 

Boooo to the snitch

[polymerpunkah]

The ex-marine who got mad at the mentally ill person on the subway in NYC and choked him to death has been acquited.

 

If I were insane in NYC I'd be very worried right now. If I weren't insane.

 

About six years later, he boarded a subway under Manhattan on May 1, 2023, hurled his jacket onto the floor, and declared that he was hungry and thirsty and didn’t care if he died or went to jail, witnesses said. Some told 911 operators that he tried to attack people or indicated he’d harm riders, and several testified that they were nervous or outright feared for their lives.

Neely was unarmed, with nothing but a muffin in his pocket, and didn’t touch any passengers on the train. Multiple riders testified that he didn’t even approach anybody. But one said he made lunging movements that alarmed her enough that she shielded her 5-year-old from him.

Penny, who was on his way from a college class to the gym, came up behind Neely, grabbed his neck, took him to the floor and “put him out,” as he told police at the scene.

 

 

 

[Section_31]

Luigi Mangione his name is, they found a gun and silencer on him. Schoolboy error.

 

 

[Kepler-186]

 

[Strontium]

He finally gets his free healthcare.

[Anubis]

3 hours ago, Section_31 said:

Luigi Mangione his name is, they found a gun and silencer on him. Schoolboy error.

 

 

 

Just a blip. Let’s see if they can find a jury willing to convict.

[Lee909]

Amazing with all the murders daily in the US that never get solved, or really investigated that when its a CEO of a health care firm the FBI and NYPD can find 50k for a reward and find a masked killer within days. Its almost like rich white corporate businessmen lives are worth more

[Anubis]

When he gets acquitted…

 

 

 

What if he wanted to get caught so he could air his thoughts at a live televised trial.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

On 08/12/2024 at 10:40, Anubis said:

 

 

Quite.

Turdsy?

[AngryOfTuebrook]

On 08/12/2024 at 10:16, Anubis said:

Some New Yorkers held an assassin lookalike competition yesterday.
 

I’ve not really seen a reaction like this before. Zero sympathy for the insurance lobby. No wonder they’re pouring shitloads into security and looking at social media posts. Lots of people lauding the guy as a Robin Hood style figure, and plenty happy to see more insurance CEOs go the same way.

I suppose there were celebratory reactions over the killings of Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden, too.  Maybe there's a perception that this cunt was also responsible for a lot of American deaths.

[Bjornebye]

Has he pissed himself here? 
 

 

[Kepler-186]

A thorough investigation into the shooter. Well worth a read. 
 

https://open.substack.com/pub/shatterzone/p/alleged-ceo-shooter-luigi-mangione?r=7i95q&utm_medium=ios

[TheHowieLama]

Think this could get interesting.

The shooter was obviously purely driven by issues with healthcare, very personal ones at that  - and really just the one company.

 

Any (All) support he has comes mostly from classist/inequality frustrations at the core.

Alot of those folks will now have to do a mental 180 as this fella and his family turn out to be one the haves.

 

 

Seeing the x-ray - then where he decided to shoot the guy though -- oof.

[Anubis]

12 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

Has he pissed himself here? 
 

 

 

They’ll either have thrown a cup of water on his jeans or left him until he had no choice but to piss.

 

There will be a lot of hard work to stop people saluting him. His action made a lot of people who never look up , look up. They want you looking down and blaming the people below you. They really can’t have that many people looking up at them.

[Bjornebye]

20 minutes ago, Anubis said:

 

They’ll either have thrown a cup of water on his jeans or left him until he had no choice but to piss.

 

There will be a lot of hard work to stop people saluting him. His action made a lot of people who never look up , look up. They want you looking down and blaming the people below you. They really can’t have that many people looking up at them.

 

Spot on. 

[Skidfingers McGonical]

 

Didn’t someone on X point him out last week, I’d seen his response saying “this could get me killed” or something similar but can’t find it now. 

[Skidfingers McGonical]

On 09/12/2024 at 19:26, polymerpunkah said:

The ex-marine who got mad at the mentally ill person on the subway in NYC and choked him to death has been acquited.

 

If I were insane in NYC I'd be very worried right now. If I weren't insane.

 

About six years later, he boarded a subway under Manhattan on May 1, 2023, hurled his jacket onto the floor, and declared that he was hungry and thirsty and didn’t care if he died or went to jail, witnesses said. Some told 911 operators that he tried to attack people or indicated he’d harm riders, and several testified that they were nervous or outright feared for their lives.

Neely was unarmed, with nothing but a muffin in his pocket, and didn’t touch any passengers on the train. Multiple riders testified that he didn’t even approach anybody. But one said he made lunging movements that alarmed her enough that she shielded her 5-year-old from him.

Penny, who was on his way from a college class to the gym, came up behind Neely, grabbed his neck, took him to the floor and “put him out,” as he told police at the scene.

 

 

 

I find this mad. He’s killed someone unprovoked. 

[cloggypop]

Biden should pardon Luigi before he fucks off. Gets the public right back on the Dems side including the Trump maverick vote. 

[Strontium]

2 hours ago, Skidfingers McGonical said:

I find this mad. He’s killed someone unprovoked. 

 

 

[Kevin D]

The kid’s manifesto:

 

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/luigis-manifesto
 

I’ve obtained a copy of suspected killer Luigi Mangione’s manifesto — the real one, not the forgery circulating online.
 

Major media outlets are also in possession of the document but have refused to publish it and not even articulated a reason why. My queries to The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN and NBC to explain their rationale for withholding the manifesto, while gladly quoting from it selectively, have not been answered.

 

I’ll have more to say on this later — on how unhealthy the media’s drift away from public disclosure is — but for now, here’s the manifesto:

“To the Feds, I'll keep this short, because I do respect what you do for our country. To save you a lengthy investigation, I state plainly that I wasn't working with anyone. This was fairly trivial: some elementary social engineering, basic CAD, a lot of patience. The spiral notebook, if present, has some straggling notes and To Do lists that illuminate the gist of it. My tech is pretty locked down because I work in engineering so probably not much info there. I do apologize for any strife of traumas but it had to be done. Frankly, these parasites simply had it coming. A reminder: the US has the #1 most expensive healthcare system in the world, yet we rank roughly #42 in life expectancy. United is the [indecipherable] largest company in the US by market cap, behind only Apple, Google, Walmart. It has grown and grown, but as our life expectancy? No the reality is, these [indecipherable] have simply gotten too powerful, and they continue to abuse our country for immense profit because the American public has allwed them to get away with it. Obviously the problem is more complex, but I do not have space, and frankly I do not pretend to be the most qualified person to lay out the full argument. But many have illuminated the corruption and greed (e.g.: Rosenthal, Moore), decades ago and the problems simply remain. It is not an issue of awareness at this point, but clearly power games at play. Evidently I am the first to face it with such brutal honesty.”