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DA says 40 UnitedHealthcare execs got bodyguards, and one dyed her hair after Luigi Mangione killed CEO Brian Thompson
(www.businessinsider.com)
this post was submitted on 06 Jun 2025
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Has he already been convicted?
Terrible headline, but I can only guess that "Business insider" would rather defend a corrupt CEO than the victim of insurance hell.
There's no question the general public already believes he killed the guy, if people didn't, we wouldn't have all the Luigi memes and people using "Luigi" as a substitute for assassination.
that is indeed the goal, and theyve achieved it. doesn't change the fact that it immedietly should lead to a mistrial. emphasis on should, because we all know theyre not gonna let their black sheep get away
I think they'll end up getting a conviction on murder, they can prove the planning and pre-meditation.
The terrorism charge is BS, the general public weren't terrorized, if anything, they cheered it. That's going to be way harder to prove.
Yeah, the executives were scared, reaction from the public was "Well, yeah, they should be!"
The media is doing this intentionally
"DA says"
A little misleading without the quotation marks
Youre skipping the first two words where it says “DA says”. Obviously its the opinion of the DA prosecuting him for murder that he is in fact the killer.
Yet another case of “bad headline” is just people not reading the headline
Again, the headline makes it sound as if Luigi has already been found to be the killer, which he has not.
The article could most certainly directly quote the DA saying that "Luigi is a murder", but the headline really needs to be accurate by saying:
"DA says 40 UnitedHealthcare execs got bodyguards, and one dyed her hair after the accused, Luigi Mangione, allegedly killed CEO Brian Thompson"
Journalistic integrity matters.
Sounds like the DA is going to get sued along with many others if/when the accused is found not guilty.
I would contribute to a GoFundMe if he wanted to sue for libel.