What We Know About CEO Shooting Suspect Luigi Mangione

"• Police are holding a suspect in custody in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, officials announced Monday.

• Luigi Mangione was arrested on a gun charge after being picked up while eating at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, following an employee calling the cops, the NYPD chief of detectives said. The 26-year-old had multiple fake IDs and a gun with a suppressor, according to officials."

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[jjbud]

Parasite: A person who habitually relies on or exploits others and gives nothing in return: "he was a parasite who lived off other people" That's a pretty good definition of health insurance industry executives earning 10 million dollar salaries for denying care to those who have purchased their services.

[drsuzuki]

Parasite is an understatement when the corporation steals your money and then denies you service. What else can you call them? It’s the very definition of a parasite.

[beyourself]

My sympathies to all victims of the this failed healthcare system!

[VictoriaFoote-di]

"When the rich rob the poor it is called business. When the poor fight back it is called violence." Mark Twain

[lilyvillon]

JFK once stated : "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, will make violent revolution inevitable."

[MorphsRUs]

McDonald's can't get orders right but can identify a wanted suspect

[Dontlicktheballoons]

Wait, they found this dude within days, but still have hundreds of cold cases with way more footage of suspects???
Different levels of justice for different income brackets.

[BC-jixr]

I guess the question is, who killed more ppl the ceo of united health or luigi?

[daveclark]

I think you may be wrong about violence. This single act has revealed an unexpected unity in the American body politic. People are unified in their disgust for immorality of their health care system. It's a start.

[kangamagic]

Isn't it true that, without this man's act, we wouldn't be talking about the injustice of the healthcare system? I didn't hear Trump or Kamala utter one word about our horrendous healthcare system. Now we are talking about it, and we see that there's broad support for healthcare reform across the political spectrum.

[wendysteiger]

It DID change something right Cross withdrew their plan to limit coverage on anesthetic for surgery.

[ThreePuttBogeys]

The horrible truth is violence may not be the answer but it’s completely wrong to say it’s gotten us nowhere. It’s literally given us the great country we have today.

I don’t like it and don’t endorse it but the truth sucks

[ValricP]

History has shown that those in power never relinquish without the threat of violence.

[shinnyshin]

I spent the last year watching Anthem slowly murder my husband for profit by denying the medical necessity of lifesaving surgery, then misfiling (almost certainly intentionally) their own paperwork every step of every appeal process to drag it out as his body fell apart in an excruciatingly painful way. I'm very certain they wanted him to die instead of getting surgery to save money and I had no practical recourse beyond spending 10-20h on the phone every week begging for them not to make him die. Anyone who's been through anything like that (a disturbing % of Americans) completely understands how this happened.

[no-orwelliandystopia]

The whole country is finally united on this . Are we gonna talk about that?.

[GeorgeSchneider]

We need a national free Luigi movement ✊🏻

[rodblues]

He had 5 days to get rid of the gun, outfit, fake ids, and masks. This doesn’t make sense at all

[ansel_ale]

The term "parasite" refers to "an organism that lives off of, is dependent on, or exploits another organism while giving little or nothing in return—sometimes even to the detriment or death of the host." This description seems fitting for someone like the CEO of UHC, who profited immensely from a system that led to the suffering and preventable deaths of countless people. Being a human doesn’t exempt someone from acting parasitically when their actions exploit and harm others for personal gain.

It’s also important to consider that violence isn’t always overt or physical. The suffering and deaths caused by the healthcare industrial complex (denying people access to care, pricing life-saving treatments out of reach) should also be recognized as violence. While we universally condemn physical violence, why do we often turn a blind eye to the systematic violence that corporations and institutions perpetuate for profit? This selective outrage feels contradictory.

When we say "violence is never the answer, " it’s vital to apply that principle universally, including to states and corporations. For decades, these entities have engaged in what could be described as economic and environmental warfare against the working class and the planet itself, often resisting any measures that prioritize human welfare over profit. When people feel trapped and unheard, some might resort to desperate measures, not as an endorsement of violence, but as a tragic consequence of a system that offers no viable alternatives.

The real challenge lies in breaking this cycle. History has shown that meaningful change often comes at great cost through violent means, but if we genuinely want to avoid violence in any form, we must work together to create new, equitable systems that prioritize people and the planet over profit. Ignoring these injustices or relying solely on peaceful protests has never been and will never be enough. The system’s inherent violence against the most vulnerable needs to be addressed, or the status quo will continue to push people toward desperate actions in what they see as self-defense.

P.S: I want to make it clear that my intention here is to share my perspective, not to engage in an endless comment thread that often leads nowhere and risks devolving into unproductive exchanges. For that reason, I will not be responding to comments or engaging further on this topic. Thank you for taking the time to read and consider my thoughts.

[Knightswhosaynee]

Remind me how America became a country. I thought violence was involved, but, that apparently is never the answer.

[ekrenz]

Is there a GoFundMe to find this person a good lawyer?