The suspected killer of the UnitedHealthcare CEO had a “to-do list” with him when he was arrested at a McDonald’s. He must be extradited to New York, but the American Internet is with him, and even has a slogan: “deny, defend, testify”.
A “to-do list” found in a notebook was apparently collected along with a 262-word manifesto of the shooting suspect of Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare.
With him, the suspect also had a “ghost gun” (made at home using a 3D printer) and fake identity cards upon his arrest at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday, describes the
In agreement with , Luigi Mangione will have considered the possibility of using a bomb in Manhattan in his plan to kill the businessman, and he just didn’t do it because “he could kill innocent people”.
This Tuesday, the suspect used the words “completely unfair” and “an insult to the intelligence of the American people” when he entered prison — but it’s unclear what he was referring to.
Now he is incarcerated in Pennsylvania, has been denied bail and is to fight extradition to New Yorkat a time when more and more evidence is gathering against Mangione.
But the American people remember fans of Joker, the iconic DC character recently reinvented in Todd Phillips’ films. The Joker is also a vulgar person (at least he appears to be), lonely and sad, who rebels against the great tycoons of society (although not consciously).
In the film, the deaths that Joker makes end up being acclaimed by the population, as he has become a symbol of the revolt against the system. Of a sad antagonist, Joker becomes a national hero.
The same seems to have happened with Mangionethis time on the Internet, where “deny, defend, testify” appeared (the bullets found near Thompson’s body had the words “delay, “deny” and “depose”).
The slogan serves to pay homage to the 26-year-old young man accused of killing the CEO of the health insurance company. Mangione also seems to have become a symbol of anti-capitalism.
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The singer Joe DeVitowho has shown his support for Mangione with a song on social media (it was deleted by some platforms for “violating the guidelines”) was one of those who best described this movement of support for the suspect.
“With Brian Thompson in the news, I thought about healthcare crisis in the US and I have increasingly realized that this is a legal form of extortion“, DeVito told , “essentially, Death preys on the blood of lower and middle class Americans for the benefit of the ultra-rich, etc.”
Now, there is even merchandising defending the young man, with the slogan engraved on shirts, and several memes circulating, which compare him, for example, to the Super Mario hero who is also called Luigi.
On Etsy, an online product sales platform, she found almost 100 product advertisements with Mangione’s name or image. Among them was a bag with photographs of the possible murderer and the phrase “Mommy, I’m in love with a criminal.”
There were also PDF copies of a mock Time magazine cover, which features Mangione as Person of the Year and the tagline “Healthcare Revolutionary, Leads Global Health Transformation.”
Wired also talks about t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, stickers and other items that praise Mangione and feature phrases like “In this house, Luigi Mangione is a hero. End of story.”
Even in relation to McDonald’s, where the suspect was arrested, his supporters criticized him. The chain page fast food on Google and Yelp has since been inundated with negative reviews, calling out workers “rats” and “snitches”tells .
E against the CEO of UnitedHealthcare himself Several memes have already begun to emerge, which mock his death and consider that the businessman took advantage of Americans’ vulnerable health situations to make money.
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According to Gizmondo, who Fox News didn’t think the movement in support of the CEO’s possible killer was funny.
The presenter Laura Ingrahamfor example, commented that “the posts on Instagram from crazy people, which were sent to me during the commercial break earlier… they are crazy“. “This is a disease. Honestly, it’s so disappointing. But I think we shouldn’t be surprised”, comments the FoxNews presenter.
