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[–] 162 points 2 years ago (7 children)

After being charged with threats to conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism, a judge set Boston's bond at $100,000.

"I do find that the bond of $100,000 is appropriate considering the status of our country at this point," the judge said.

I love living in a country that takes mass shootings and terrorism seriously!

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  • [–] 122 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Love there is no pretext of justice in that judge’s statement. Just straight up saying “some people at the last eyes wide shut party were really uncomfortable so you must pay”

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  • [–] 99 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Basically every mass shooter is "known to authorities" or "on their radar" and they don't do shit.

    Someone who doesn't even own a gun says something they decide is threatening? Time to throw the book at her!

    I swear the media trying to treat this with the same severity as a mass shooting (if anything they're treating it more serious than a mass shooting. No news outlet had a talking head wearing a 3d printed 9mm pin offering thoughts and prayers) is making me lose my mind. The media is basically trying to say Luigi gives mass shooter vibes. There's a reason there has been efforts to remove pictures of him, take down posts of his statement, and generally trying to frame him in the same vein as a school shooter.

    Also more proof (as if we needed it) that the bail bond system is solely in place to keep poor people in jail and rich people out.

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

    i absolutely think they are going to roll out the same viciousness they used to defend the zionist entity if this nascent class disturbance keeps going

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago

    Absolutely, you can already see it starting with various outlets rolling out articles on how the CEO was good actually and people like being screwed by health insurance. I have no doubt that they will crack down hard on people supporting Luigi or his actions.

    It's not like she found an executive's number or went to an office, she literally just got mad at a service rep over the phone. If someone actually attempts/succeeds in a copycat assassination the response is going to be 1000x worse

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  • [–] 123 points 2 years ago (22 children)

    Headline is incorrect. There's no evidence that's the suspect's catchphrase. That's what the perpetrator wrote. Assuming that that's also the suspect's catchphrase is assuming he's guilty. I don't think this qualifies for libel but yet another example of useless journalism.

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  • [–] 34 points 2 years ago (20 children)

    I've found it a bit weird how quickly people accepted that the guy they arrested must have been the shooter because they arrested him.

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  • [+] 100 points 2 years ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (8 children)
  • [–] 56 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    No, america has Free Speech™*

    *Terms and Conditions apply, see website for details. Free Speech™ is a registered trade mark and not a reflection of any actual freedom of expression. Free Speech™ can be revoked at any time for reasons including but not limited to: net worth, income, skin color, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, language, culture, political views, and occupation. America reserves the right to alter what constitutes Free Speech™ at any time for any reason. Offer not valid in American territories, states, districts, or any other area under control or influence of America.

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    [–] 95 points 2 years ago

    Police concluded that she intended to use "the UnitedHealthcare CEO's homicide to her advantage."

    Who does she think she is, one of the two political parties justifying bombing and invading another country?

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

    Which is weird because they didn't even charge the person they suspect of coming up with the catchphrase with terrorism, they charged him with second degree murder.

    How is it a threat of terrorism to refer to a crime that was not considered terrorism?

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

    but if she called them a racial slur she'd be perfectly fine

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  • [–] 62 points 2 years ago

    she did things in the wrong order. first you do things and then you do the catchphrase, not the other way around

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

    I would really like to believe that it was her adding, "You people are next," that got her in to trouble. Otherwise, I find it troubling to get in to trouble by telling someone their own slogan.

    It would be like going to jail for sitting through a Mets game, watching them lose, and then saying, "Lets go Mets," only to then be arrested.

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

    Let’s be real, she got in trouble because there were orders from above that they need to find a case like this to prosecute. There’s no way that the frontline support staff of health insurance companies don’t hear dozens of death threats a day.

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  • [–] 61 points 2 years ago (1 child)
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    Can’t even engage in free speech anymore

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  • [–] 58 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Well, congrats to this lady because she just got probably at least a million dollar auto-win suit against the police or city for false arrest and the company for lying to get her arrested. There is no way in Jebus's holy asshole that saying those words can be taken as a legally actionable threat. Hopefully she's talking to one of the big defamation lawyers like the one who got Alex Jones and is currently digging inside Elon's ass. There's another digging in Crowder's ass too. One of them would probably love to sue a health insurance corporation right now especially over some easy win shit like this. Just really drag their asses publicly. Or get a fat settlement. Whatever.

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

    It is interesting to see this here, I'm used to seeing everyone being to jaded to believe in the rule of law. I think pretty much everyone I am used to interacting with believes that it is purely a downward pressure

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

    if she ends up getting a settlment it'll be a tiny drop compared to industry profits. round-off errors like that are acceptable losses if it maintains the pretense of a system that's essentially benign for everyone.

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    [–] 57 points 2 years ago* (1 child)
  • [–] 50 points 2 years ago

    it's a crime to gain an "advantage" over a corporation

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Leave us dead in the street to be the organ donors

    They disorganized my people, made us all loners

    Still got the last names of our slave owners

    In the land of the free, it's for the free loaders

    (Free loaders being the bourgeoisie)

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  • [–] 45 points 2 years ago*

    No your honor, I was just trying to get the insurance company officials to read the book "Delay Deny Defend" and just blanked on the correct title, silly me

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  • [–] 38 points 2 years ago

    YOU CAN'T SAY THOSE WORDS ANYMORE CITIZEN

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  • [–] 38 points 2 years ago

    Maybe this can also be a lesson to America that actions are louder than words.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago* (1 child)
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    [–] 23 points 2 years ago

    Woo hoo! Can’t wait for when trolly problem memes about the US health insurance industry affect your credit score!

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago

    free briana

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