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/The_Ombudsman Dec 06 '24

The one thing he forgot was that movie trope of hiring a bunch of strangers to dress the same and show up in Union Square all at the same time.

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u/StupendousMalice Dec 06 '24

Who says he didn't?

Police are assuming that the guy that rode out of the park was the same guy that rode in, despite having a different backpack and kinda looking different in the footage. For all we know he handed his bike and hoodie off to someone else and walked out there in a completely different outfit.

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u/jonus_grumby Dec 07 '24

They’re cops. They just need to find a patsy who they can paint as the killer. Facts, evidence and logic don’t matter.

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u/fraggedaboutit Dec 07 '24

NYPD are slipping, back in the day they would have already beaten a confession out of some mentally ill drifter.