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What we know about CEO shooting suspect

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Re: What we know about CEO shooting suspect

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe he saw how the world basically thought he was an amazing hero and he wanted to let people know who he really is.

I think this might actually be it - he may have been motivated in some part by fame (but planned to be anonymous and get away with it) and after the hugely positive online response decided to purposely get caught. Trial for this could be hugely publicized

I'm real interested in how a trial goes. Can you even find enough people in America who haven't been bent over by insurance to form an unbiased jury? I find it hard to imagine any jury would convict him.

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He was carrying all of the evidence with him, including the fake ID he used at the hostel, the gun & suppressor, mask, and even a handwritten manifesto that points to his motivation. It seems he wanted to be found.

I don’t think so, per article: He "became quiet and started to shake" when asked if he had recently been to New York, according to the criminal complaint filed in Pennsylvania. Being smart can lead to arrogance, which leads to stumbles. like carrying evidence, dining in public, etc.

I doubt he was arrogant. I think he was on the run and didn’t have any place to put away the evidence. Probably homeless this whole time. And had to go to get food at some point.

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Is this left versus right? Or megacorps and elite donor class versus everyone else? I think this is mostly a story of someone committing genocide level injustices through their job as CEO, which virtually the entirety of the left right spectrum dislikes. Except the hyper rich or politically powerful. Not surprising to see VCs decrying the attack on podcasts and their LinkedIn profiles while saying absolutely nothing about the much larger crimes of the United Health group.

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He was carrying all of the evidence with him, including the fake ID he used at the hostel, the gun & suppressor, mask, and even a handwritten manifesto that points to his motivation. It seems he wanted to be found.

Exactly my thoughts as well. Every piece of evidence law enforcement has was basically intentionally provided by him. If he just stuffed his trash in one of his 7 pockets, or wore a pair of sunglasses, or didn't actually stare straight at the camera in the taxi like he was getting his school picture taken? I mean pretty much the only thing he failed to do was leave his business card at the crime scene.

It would be interesting to see if he's banking on jury nullification being within the Overton window...

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The funniest thing about the whole thing to me is that we have had privacy taken away or even voluntarily given it up to the police state in the name of security and then this guy randomly walks up and offs a member of the 1% and the only reason he got caught was because the feds got lucky.

I think people assume a lot about the system, based more in movies than real information.
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