• ✺roguetrick✺
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    45 months ago

    I bet he originally planned to leave the monopoly money with the body but when in the situation of getting the fuck out of there realized it was a very bad idea

    • TRBoom
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      35 months ago

      You’re probably right, but maybe it’s a hint at his next moves? The guy already has a flair for the dramatic.

      Monopoly the game is about how shitty the landlord system is and how it ruthlessly crushes people.

  • @pdxfed@lemmy.world
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    145 months ago

    I’m certain that if the victim had been a poor American or dark skinned, we would be seeing 30 NYPD fanning out in the park to look for potential evidence.

    This country is run by fucking disgusting people.

    • @frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe
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      I think your fundamental mistake is thinking it’s “run” at the level that impacts this. Do you think Biden is ordering the NYPD? Congress? The justice department? Strong doubt that they need to tell the NYPD to behave this way, this is simply how the NYPD behaves. They are an organization of bad people who do bad things daily, this just being a normal outcome of their badness.

      • It’s a systemic issue. This is capitalism, which exists to protect privilege of rich people. The police are just their enforcers. They serve and protect the rich, and of course their system. It is modern day feudalism. Police are the modern day bailiffs that will hit you over the head with a stick if you try to question the system. It’s not that the NYPD is not a bunch of fucked up bastards, but they are part of something much bigger, and much worse. That’s why ACAP, as it is usually meant, is insufficient. It really should be:

        All Capitalists (and their minions) Are Bastards.

    • @NobodyElse@sh.itjust.works
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      The American people are finally united against a common threat. Don’t derail this with their “divide and rule” race war.

    • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed
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      15 months ago

      Step 1: Grab a random bottle your saw an old lady throw out, whom could in no way be mistaken as you.

      Step 2: ???

      Step 3: Deny, Defend, Depose?

    • granolabar
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      25 months ago

      Besides being a folk hero this man also exposed just how shiti police is actually their jobs if the person is skilled and well prepared.

      This guy entered NYC anon, did charity work for the US working class, existed anon.

      Police along with alphabet boys are sitting with dicks in their hands drip feeding media this idiotic stories that get more silly as time progresses.

      Didn’t they have a TV show about how you need to catch the perp within 48 hours or otherwise it is very unlikely yo be easily solved?

      • @frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe
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        Prior to the surveillance state, cops solved a minuscule amount of actual crimes. Now they solve a less minuscule amount of crimes.

      • @Rooty@lemmy.world
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        35 months ago

        Leave the NYPD alone, do you know how hard it is to murder minorities over fare skipping? And now you expect them to do actual detective work? They don’t even get to use all that fancy military equipment!

  • @e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de
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    I wonder if that backpack was intentionally placed by someone who sympathizes with the assassin. Its been four days. Someone could have easily placed that backpack just to mess with the investigation.

      • FuglyDuck
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        15 months ago

        That doesn’t mean this backpack was the backpack he carried.

        I hope it’s not someone trolling the cops. That just gets them wrapped up in it and possibly cops looking at them as more evidence.

  • Nate Cox
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    255 months ago

    “He was a person with a deep sense of empathy and clear passion for improving access to care. Our hearts are with his family and his colleagues during this difficult time.”

    Really?

    • IninewCrow
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      15 months ago

      They were referring to improving access to care for share holders … not the medical care of clients

    • @malloc@lemmy.world
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      05 months ago

      Probably just AI generated slop. Didn’t even bother with using the in house PR team on it.

      “Generate a sympathetic statement for death of person. Keep it under 50 words.”

    • @WaxiestSteam69@lemmy.world
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      05 months ago

      They’re in the same business. They have to believe that what they are doing is advancing access to care by making sure the companies are solvent. It doesn’t matter what the truth is. To quote George Constanza- “It’s not a lie if you believe it”

    • Rentlar
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      I’ve instituted a new and innovative AI algorithm that determines whether my heart goes out to someone who died, as a first pass measure. It really increases the efficiency in determining who deserves my sympathy.

      Oh? It has just output: “Deny, Defend, Depose”. How curious.

    • @BigBenis@lemmy.world
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      That would be so incredibly based. Jesus returns, and rather than preaching to anyone he shoots a CEO of an evil company and rides off into the sunset.

      • Cethin
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        55 months ago

        From what I know of Jesus, that honestly might be what he’d do.

  • @seathru@lemmy.sdf.org
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    75 months ago

    The killer entered New York City by bus on Nov. 24, when a surveillance camera at Port Authority Bus Terminal caught his arrival at 9 p.m., law enforcement sources told ABC News.

    If they knew that for sure, they would know who it was. This sounds more like “Of course our surveillance state is working; Don’t you plebes get any ideas.”

  • Maeve
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    Meanwhile, citing the recent killing of Thompson, Centene, a major health insurer, said it would be moving its planned in-person investor day in New York City next week to virtual, according to a statement from the company on Friday. “All of us at Centene are deeply saddened by Brian Thompson’s death and want to express our support for all of those affected. Health insurance is a big industry and a small community; many members of the CenTeam crossed paths with Brian during their careers,” said Centene Chief Executive Officer, Sarah M. London. “He was a person with a deep sense of empathy and clear passion for improving access to care. Our hearts are with his family and his colleagues during this difficult time.”

    Holy yumping yimminy, their gaslighting!

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        It was a great message but it doesn’t work as a slogan or rallying call - (delay) deny and defend are their tactics, that was the joke.

      • @Psythik@lemmy.world
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        The NYPD already clarified that the shell casing said “delay”, not “defend”. Please stop spreading misinformation.

        • Actually, it was 4 casings, saying Delay, Deny, Depose, and Defend. Also, even if it wasn’t, “misinformation” is WAY too dramatic a term to use for making a common mistake about a word when that word is usually used to describe deliberately spreading disinformation.

          Besides, speaking of misinformation, “the NYPD clarified” doesn’t hold a lot of weight without confirmation from a more trustworthy source.

    • granolabar
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      35 months ago

      He was a person with a deep sense of empathy and clear passion for improving access to care.

      The more they say this shit, the more working folk wake up what this is really about.

      • @henfredemars@infosec.pub
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        35 months ago

        Anyone who believes health insurance is about healthcare is deeply blessed to have not had to use it before.

        It’s an industry built on denying care.

        • granolabar
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          When you right wing nut friends are gloating with you as left wing nut, you know that these “leaders” fucked up big time.

          I never seen such alignment within my life time.

          Christmas is finally gonna be a proper family affair too!

          • @TheDoozer@lemmy.world
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            At the same time, how is it the right-wingers hate health insurance companies so much that they support the assassination of one of the CEOs… but they don’t support universal health care?

            Probably for the same reason a bunch of people voted to protect abortion while using the same ballot to elect the guy who got the protection taken away in the first place.

          • @Pips@lemmy.sdf.org
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            There’s actually way more agreement than people think about what’s broken in society and the causes of it, at least at a surface level. The problem is our differing views on how to fix it all.

      • @finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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        Gaslighting generally refers to the act of telling a person obviously untrue things as if it were the truth, usually repeatedly until the person starts to question themselves.

        It’s become a popular phrase used to describe tactics of abusers in relationships.

    • Undearius
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      15 months ago

      Health insurance is a big industry

      Yes, that’s the issue. That’s the part you need to understand.