Paulette Thompson Says Husband Received Threats 'Over Lack Of Coverage' Leading Up To Shooting

The only thing that surprises me about someone assassinating a CEO of a company that regularly ruins lives is that it's not more common.

The way this article seems to go out of its way to humanize this guy before remembering to mention the ways this guy has hurt so many people by chasing profit at the expensive of people’s lives is kind of wild.

Economic vigilantism is really dangerous and if this isn't a one off it's likely an indicator that people feel like justice is unattainable.

The New York Police Department (NYPD) is offering a £7,800 ($10,000) reward for information leading to the suspect's capture.

I wouldn’t narc on this guy for any amount of money.

So she knew he was receiving threats because of lack of coverage and still had the audacity to refer to the shooting as "senseless."

I guess there are consequences for your actions. Who would have thought.

hours before he was set to address an investor meeting about UnitedHealthcare's 2025 financial outlook, which projected revenues exceeding £375 billion ($450 billion).

Man, good thing Biden said we didn't need to fix our healthcare system. Otherwise that would be worrying...

The words "deny," "defend" and "depose" were discovered by detectives on the shell casings found at the scene where Brian Thompson, the CEO of major insurance group UnitedHealthcare, was gunned down, police sources told ABC News late Wednesday evening.

Maybe it is it not a good idea to deny coverage...

There are only 12 people who will need to hear this, but on the off chance that you are one of them: Jury nullification is a thing.

Well, what the fuck else could anyone expect? History is full of lessons for those willing to think about what happens when the powerful drain all hope from the peasants.

I mean, not surprising. He was a massive scumbag. His policies led to the deaths of thousands of people. I'm sure he got lots of threats.

"Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a God."

- Jean Rostand, Thoughts of a Biologist, 1938.

Well yeah. Your company kills people for profit, what you think their family is gonna feel? Don't be an evil killer, my friends.

Paulette Thompson probably sucks, did you see who she was married to.

You finally broke the world billionaires... Time to go get the cans of beans rotated out in your bunkers. Tell your Paulettes to fuel up the tactical SUV and stick the tear gas perimeter dispensers. You're about to get really fucking paranoid... Is this next horrible heartless decision your last... Yes, it probably is - does that change any in the decision you'll make?

Well, maybe let Paulette know that the clothes she is wearing, the car she is driving, the house she is living in, and anything else she owns was all bought with the deaths and suffering of thousands of people.

With hundreds of thousands he made suffer and killed, the police will have more work to find a culprit than in "Who shot Mr. Burns?".

Can't say what the specific motivations are without knowing who did it, but it certainly would be plausible that this was someone denied coverage for a terminal or otherwise life ruining condition. How many people out there did this guy's company put into a hopeless situation? Once they have nothing to lose, it's not hard to imagine someone deciding to get revenge.

Congress and the incoming Trump administration should also take note of that before they do anything to strip coverage from tens of millions of people.

Zerooooo sympathy.

Boom goes the dynamite

Well the causal relation there is speculation. The thing that seems odd to me is the shooter seemingly went to great lengths to avoid sending a message - hiding their identity, issuing no public statement, etc. If this was over a denied claim that they threatened over, why bother hiding their identity? It would be trivial to figure it out based on the claim.

Then you have the fact that the shooter apparently used a silencer too and cleared a jam quickly. Seems like rather than a disgruntled nobody sending a message, this seems more like someone trying to make him go away as efficiently and quietly as possible.

So alternate theory: The victim had a lawsuit filed against him by the DOJ related to an anti-trust investigation and insider trading. What if he decided to make a deal with the DOJ, and somebody else found out and didn't like it?

I guess I should have sympathy, but I'm afraid they I don't cover that. Best I can do is a chortle.

Let me be the first to decry this senseless killing. Senseless killing of thousands of people in the name of profit. Also some loser got iced too I guess.

That man is a DEMON!

I'm NOT talking about the one who has killed MILLIONS of Americans! I'm talking about the one who Killed ONE person!

ibtimes is taking down comments immediately

I hope he felt nothing but fear regret and pain in his final moments 🥰

Live by the Greed, Die by the Greed

Canary Cole mine?

He made a life promising one thing and doing another. His wife can't fathom that the person who threatened to kill him was a man of their word.

Huh.... Sounds you get what you fucking deserve eh bub?

Fortunately he looked at his line going up and reassured himself he was doing the right thing.

It doesn't take great courage to shoot someone in the back. In fact, it takes a coward.

“Eat the rich!” people exclaim, but as soon as they see the first step of how that particular sausage is made, they’re suddenly all vegans.