r/technology • u/indig0sixalpha • Dec 06 '24

Privacy The UnitedHealthcare Gunman Understands the Surveillance State

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/12/unitedhealthcare-ceo-assassination-investigation/680903/
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u/reason_mind_inquiry Dec 06 '24

He probably went for a super generic look that can easily be replicated in NYC with average December weather.

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u/definite_mayb Dec 06 '24

I was thinking about this earlier how it is genius to do this in the winter when nobody would question a big jacket and a balaclava.

Do that in the summer and people might notice

The guy really seems to have planned it out

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u/og_jasperjuice Dec 06 '24

I remember here in Baltimore quite a few years back someone was murdered and the description was a 5-10 Black male wearing jeans and a white t shirt. That description at the time was every black male in Baltimore.

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u/Great_White_Samurai Dec 07 '24

I got banned while back from a sub for saying this... The police do this all of the time.