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Summary

The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

The gunman, who arrived in New York City on November 24th, shot Thompson on December 4th outside a hotel hosting an investor conference.

Investigators believe the gunman, who concealed his identity with a mask, fled the city on a bus, leaving behind a backpack in Central Park.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 weeks ago

they're desperately fishing for info from homeless people. because $50K is a king's ransom when you're sitting on $0

they would be inundated with bogus "tips" if the reward were $5.00

all of this just demonstrates that they don't have the first goddamn clue

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 weeks ago

I saw him get on a jet ski at Rehoboth Beach, they should concentrate their searches in the Atlantic Ocean.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

So like, 1% of his annual salary?

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They should offer free healthcare instead.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe if they offered a course of chemo-therapy and cut it off after one round...

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago

Seems like they don't want to find him. Good on them.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago

I met him in the woods and he said he wanted to dig the world's deepest dirt hole.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago

We are all Robert Paulson.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

omw to tell them I saw the dude on TV for my 50k

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago

So still less than a year's salary for COL in most states that is barely enough for a down payment on most houses.

Nope. No one should grovel and sell each other out for pennies even if I know people will do it for less if desperate.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They might want to add a few zeroes to that number of they expect to actually get anywhere.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Breaking: FBI now offering $00050,000. Any takers?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Is this a lot? Like what’s the average reward for someone who shoots someone dead in America?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

Well, considering that Americans have to pay for health insurance in one way shape or form, and it likely comes out of their paycheck every month if they get benefits, no. It's not.

Because we all have to pay an ass load of what we worked for for something we don't necessarily need at the moment, but when we do, we'd really fucking like to.

In 2012 the total bill a relative got for their heart attack (or maybe stroke, I can't remember it was bad) was $2m. Had they not had insurance that covered it, that's how much debt they'd be in. In 2012. Fast forward to now. Yeah, a lot of insurance covers stuff like that. But a lot of people only have the insurance that covers absolutely the bare minimum.

Which is how you end up with people having poor health, subsequent heart attacks, or strokes, etc. Preventative medicine would keep those far rarer than they currently are.

So, no. $50k isn't a lot. Its an insult. It's an insult to the $20k/year people pay for something they can't use. Instead that $20k/year could go to a universal health system where you don't wait until you end up in the ER to get medical care. It's an insult to the people who are saddled in medical debt by denied claims. Its an insult to doctors who give the care a patient needs. It's an insult to the healthy people who understand they aren't invulnerable.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

He is in Washington Square Park, dozens of them!

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago

The least I would do it for is 1 million, or a little over 1 single month of his outrageous salary. You would think 1 month of pay is easy to offer.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

There was no "gunman", Thompson was killed by his own greed. You should arrest him, but you can't because he's dead.

Money please!

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago

Being a psychopath is a preexisting condition to getting murdered so we are going to have to deny that

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