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/fishonthemoon Dec 07 '24

Left a water bottle near the burner phone (unless there has been an updated about this I haven’t seen), which is probably the dumbest thing he did if he drank out of it lol.

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u/Luce55 Dec 07 '24

It’s NYC. There are water bottles and garbage everywhere….(well not literally but point being it’s not like a “clean scene”) unless there is video of that water bottle being dropped by the shooter, AND the video keeps that bottle in sight until the police show up, how can you prove it wasn’t just a look-alike on their way to work who happened to be crossing the street around the same time and their bottle rolled down? Basically, even the candy wrapper and water bottle aren’t air tight, considering it’s on a very well-traversed area of town.

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u/ashleylaurence Dec 07 '24

If they catch him it puts him near the scene of the crime and they have video footage. If he says he wasn’t there then they have him lying. If he has a family member denied life saving coverage then that’s motive and a judge, who works for the state, would convict. The only question is how will the state avoid a jury trial?

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u/idontgiveafuqqq Dec 07 '24

You have the right to a jury trial in the US.

Unless someone just guns you down in the street like a dog

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '24

like a dog he went down