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[-] wildcardology@lemmy.world 138 points 7 months ago

If he's truly evil and did the killing for shits and giggles, then yes.

His obvious motive was out of frustration of the insurance company.

I think he's nervous and out of his mind scared that he'll eventually get caught.

[-] WraithGear@lemmy.world 78 points 7 months ago

I wonder… jury nullification is a thing… and when the jury is selected, i wonder if the prosecutors will aim for low aged people… because what are the odds that the elderly general public didn’t get screwed over by their health care provider? Yet the younger crowd is all for that eating the rich thing… i guess they will have to fill the jury with CEO’s

[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 45 points 7 months ago

My friend made a good point…it’s better for United health and the ownership class if he doesn’t get caught

The media is trying hard to spin this one - how are they going to spin his story to make it not look justified? Was it his wife? His child? Himself? All of the above?

If he gets to tell his story, I’m certain it’s going to make this look even more justified. People who get their news mostly from mainstream media might have sympathy for the victim now, but letting him tell his story, or even becoming a martyr

[-] Rbnsft@lemm.ee 18 points 7 months ago

Yes gather them all in one place. Maybe we get a second trial afterwards

[-] activ8r@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago

I wonder if a good lawyer could argue that any jury that finds him guilty are, by definition, not his peers.

[-] WraithGear@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I don’t see that working even if the court system hadn’t evolved into an apparatus solely for the enforcement of class strata. His peers are the general public.

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago

It must be vindicating regardless. People don't want to help the cops. They're laughing at the CEOs. Jury nullification and how to pass jury selection is being memed to hell.

[-] uriel238 10 points 7 months ago

I don't think evilness defines whether he would allow himself a giggle-kicking fit.

His biggest concern is likely the concern that investigators are on his tail, that his file is open and hot, and that he's surveillance aware but knows he can't be perfect, so his freedom and how long it lasts depends a good part on luck. While this stressor might be crushing (it would me) he may be able to manage it and push it out of the way long enough to enjoy his newfound notoriety, and even express some energetic glee over it.

Another concern (which is where we wonder about evil) is coming to terms with recognizing he took another human life with planning and malice. He committed murder. The capacity to commit murder doesn't come to everyone, and many people can't. But then we also have a robust military in which a lot of people do kill, or find at least they have the capacity to suppress their empathy enough to kill. Our assassin didn't hesitate. It doesn't make him evil (which is a judgement usually appointed to fictional persons by the author or readers) but it does put him in the same category as all whodunnit culprits, someone with the capacity to kill if circumstances warrant it.

But again, it's a matter of whether he's able to manage his moral concerns, or is already good with it. Then it's a matter of whether it's in character for him to indulge in a giggle and a kick. (I would.)

[-] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 49 points 7 months ago
[-] Earflap@reddthat.com 41 points 7 months ago

If he was smart he fled somewhere without an extradition treaty.

[-] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 25 points 7 months ago

I somehow think he went on a bus, and then just took a bus back and is now just walking around in new york. Everyone thinks he has fled but they got nothing on him, so why leave. That would be more suspicious actually than just going about your everyday life.

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

That assumes he lives in NYC.

[-] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago

That's true. Or that he moved to the scene of the crime. Which would be a pretty chad move tbh.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago

His face is burned, right? He goes in front of any camera owned by the right agency and the facial recognition software does its thing?

[-] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

And if that wasn't possible, fleeing to some remote wilderness is the next best option for him.

[-] Donkter@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Unless he was a pro assassin and survivalist. The option I would go with is a trusted friend (not family member) outside of the state that he could live with in their basement or something while growing a beard and somehow his general look.

[-] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

That's another good option. Though it's in some ways more risky.

Either way, growing a bitchin ass beard is probably one of his next steps.

[-] morphballganon@mtgzone.com 30 points 7 months ago

The video of cops wandering around central park probably got a giggle.

[-] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 23 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I'm thinking now if you're going to commit a crime, have TWO of what you're wearing, or more, and scatter decoys around your escape route filled with random shit, like monopoly money.

no way that was left by mistake, this was a little more thought out than random murder. dudes in the wind 1000%, never getting caught.

[-] tempest@lemmy.ca 10 points 7 months ago

The police have a very low success rate for "random" killings like this.

[-] itslilith 2 points 7 months ago

Seems like they got him :c

[-] maryjayjay@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago
[-] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

A name to rally behind like this is good.

And The Adjuster is the perfect name.

[-] _ffiresticks_@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Not anymore, they just caught him in Pennsylvania.

[-] Manalith@midwest.social 6 points 7 months ago

Well, they caught someone.

[-] itslilith 2 points 7 months ago
[-] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

He's probably doing his best to grow a beard. He looks suspciously clean-shaven on the pictures and a beard (and glasses instead of contacts) might be enough to fool facial recognition.

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 7 points 7 months ago

The guy smiling on the pictures shown by police is probably not the shooter. The jacket is completely different.

[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

But did he order his commemorative shirt yet?

[-] prole 3 points 7 months ago

"Bicycle assassin"? Did I miss something?

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

the guy who shot the CEO in New York. fled the scene on a bike.

[-] NostraDavid@programming.dev 12 points 7 months ago

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