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[–] 105 points 2 years ago (62 children)

According to NY legal code, it is not murder if:

The defendant acted under the influence of extreme emotional disturbance for which there was a reasonable explanation or excuse, the reasonableness of which is to be determined from the viewpoint of a person in the defendant's situation under the circumstances as the defendant believed them to be.

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    [–] 91 points 2 years ago* (14 children)

    This was easily more popular than either candidate in the last election. They should make it a national holiday.

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    [–] 60 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    He was a terrorist, and he got what he deserved.

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  • [–] 58 points 2 years ago

    "Compassion withheld until documentation can be produced that determines the bullet holes were not a preexisting condition,” one user responded.

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  • [–] 55 points 2 years ago

    If you know the identity of the shooter, no you don't.

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  • [–] 41 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    enough reporting about him, on to the next guy

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Lorenz, who was a technology reporter for The New York Times from 2019 to 2022 and a columnist for the Washington Post from 2022 to earlier this year, also posted the photo of another insurance company CEO with a birthdate and a blank date of death. (That post has since been removed.) And she reposted a post that said: “hypothetically, would it be considered an actionable threat to start emailing other insurance CEOs a simple, ‘you’re next’?”

    God damn that rivals some of what I've read here

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    She added, “Me surfacing commentary that OTHER people post like Jenny, is not me endorsing those people and their posts. I can’t believe I have to explain to a reporter in 2024 that retweets are not endorsements.”

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    [–] 22 points 2 years ago (1 child)
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    I love the "alarming experts" part.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (26 children)

    It sounds to me like a professional hit. The guy used a silencer and when his gun jammed he cleared the jam and got off a couple more shots. I'd be willing to bet $1 that this is a rich investor on rich CEO hit because the guy sold his stocks without disclosing to investors that the company was under investigation for massive fraud causing the investors to lose massive amounts of money when the story broke in the press.

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  • [–] 39 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Law enforcement officials told NBC News they found the words “deny,” “defend” and “depose,” written on the shell casings found at the shooting scene. Those words seem to echo the title of a 2010 book, “Delay Deny Defend,” whose subtitle is, “Why insurance companies don’t pay claims and what you can do about it.”

    Sounds personal.

    And what kind of a pro assassin goes to Starbucks before doing the hit and then rides off into the sunset on an ebike?

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    It sounds to me like a professional hit. The guy used a silencer and when his gun jammed he cleared the jam and got off a couple more shots

    I'm no gun expert, but this doesn't sound special or advanced. Just seems like basic research and planning after checking how previous assassinations have failed. From what I've seen there are plenty of suggestions it was amateur but reasonably-well planned.

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