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    So many resources spent for one dead white guy. I dont imagine every murder gets this much attention and expensive work done on it.

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      The continued existence of police forces in the US depends on their role as protector of the wealthy. They know they must perform their duty or risk losing the protection of their patrons.

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    If he had killed any of us, the cops wouldn’t give a shit.

    Remember that.

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    Statistically, there were likely 4 more murders in NYC since this one, I’m sure they’re investigating those just as thoroughly.

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          Or JK Simmons nonchalantly implying that maybe the CEO deserved it, and that makes the killer the most sane of anyone.

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            He did deserve it though. We also shouldn’t stop at Health Insurance CEOs, we need to make oil company execs fear for their lives for the damage they are doing to the environment.

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      To put that in perspective:

      All numbers from 2023

      NYC:

      • 8.25 million inhabitants
      • 386 murders

      Austria:

      • 9.13 million inhabitants
      • 72 murders
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    police are still searching for a motive as to why someone would kill Thompson.

    Someone assassinates a legal serial killer, and cops are looking for a motive?

    Wow, those hiring requirements that disqualify applicants if they have too high of an IQ is really working out well for the police force.

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    they are so annoyed that they actually have to do any work because the subject was rich.

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    “we’re going to get this guy”

    Twist: that’s not the guy that shot him…

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      That’s 6 words, 7 if you removed the contraction. I think it was the k-9 unit with the lead pipe in the kitchen.

      Are they sure someone got hurt? I hope the gangbang worked out for Trisha… If really someone actually did get hurt.

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    In addition to looking for the killer, police are still searching for a motive as to why someone would kill Thompson.

    This is definitely where they need to focus their resources first.

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      Honestly? Yea probably. It’d be fucking amazing if the police ended up releasing a report on just how much UHC fucked this guy or his family/friends over.

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      Yes. It is extremely bizarre how something like this could happen.

      Especially since the president elect already said he could do the same thing one block over, four years ago

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      It’s clear they haven’t even given it a first look. The guy put the title of the book on the bullet casings

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      I mean for all we know it has nothing to do with healthcare premiums. The guy could be a fellow board member who got boned out of a bonus or something.

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        The message on the bullets would suggest otherwise. To me that seems like an attempt to preempt speculation that the motive had nothing to do with insurance company fuckery.

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          Could just as easily be a red herring.

          I mean, most likely it isn’t internal insurance drama, but it could be.

          Besides, how amazing would it be for the cops to say “yeah so we researched this and it was definitely a retaliation execution for all the lives he murdered in his quest for money and power”. Talk about putting the billionaire class on alert haha

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          Tbf, that’s the largest pool of potential suspects, so it makes sense that they’d want to call police attention in that direction regardless of the actual motive. I do think it’s genuine, but it’s a smart move either way

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    I love how they’re using the full force of their resources to catch this guy, but a random murder they put two detectives on for a few months, shrug and close the case.

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    200 pics are big boy words.

    That’s at least 10 seconds of video footage at 20 FPS.

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    50 years later they finally find him having lived a long fruitful life I’m Santa Monica as a smile model in Colgate commercials. Had 10 children with a beautiful model wife who loved him. Probably worked at the muffler shop for 20 years before discovering his Passion for photography.

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    Oh shit, a crime the cops actually have to solve, haha, can’t just frame some poor sap this time gotta do some actual detective work. I hope they never catch him and the PD gets defunded. I know its NYC and they need cops but I think they could use a haircut at least

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      I’m entirely unconvinced that anyone needs the thugs with badges. Multiple studies have shown that every single time that the NYPD pulls a “blue flu,” the crime rate drops, significantly. As far as I can tell, the thugs with badges cause a significant amount of the crime in this country.

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        I mean, yeah, “crime” will be down because they aren’t looking around for people to arrest over minor bullshit.

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        I agree, but if one day we abolished all cops, people in NYC especially would freak out. Hell some cops would probably do a bunch of crime to prove a point. Its not a demand that people like very much, . I think the police as a force that absolutely only exists to protect private property of the owning class, and I don’t know if you wanna hear my “nuanced” opinions and I don’t know if they’re worth very much. But I think that the police as a reactive force needs to be handled tactically in order to protect people who are protesting and force through demands. By and large I agree with Farrell Dobbs analysis in teamster rebellion was, during a political rebellion such as the 1934 Minneapolis teamster strike, the state of a police department changes daily and must be evaluated daily based on primarily their numbers. It would be great for left wing mass movements to make demands on the ruling class if that number was zero, but that’s unrealistic and most people know it.

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      They can’t even blame a brown or black person, this is SSS rank detective work and they are a one-legged Kickboxer in this match.

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      We all watched them sit around for an hour knowing small children were dying inside a school. We know exactly what they’re made of

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        They’re likely just going to execute him when they find him so as to not allow that. Say he was brandishing or something.

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          It would only make sense for him to turn himself in while accompanied by his lawyer after releasing a statement that he will be doing so. Even so, eventually he’s going to be alone in police custody and I’d be surprised if he survives that for long.