It’s only been five days since Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was gunned down on the streets of New York City. He was sought out, targeted, and murdered in cold blood. The gunman is still at large. And some New Yorkers are celebrating the killer.

This is not a video game or some Hollywood movie production. This is real life, in case some people need to be reminded.

Sadly, it wasn’t even 24 hours after the announcement of his killing that people went beserk with celebrations all over the internet. It’s pretty disgusting. First, we hear about women swooning over the so-called handsome assassin.

And now we have New Yorkers having a look-a-like contest. We are living in The Hunger Games.

New Yorkers mockingly celebrated the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Washington Square Park with a truly tasteless shooter look-a-like contest — as the frantic manhunt for the brazen killer entered its fourth day.

Eight contestants donning hooded outerwear and face masks were surrounded Friday by dozens of onlookers, whose cheers amounted to votes in the nose-thumbing stunt.

The winner, whose green jacket and face covering made him a dead ringer for the cold-blooded assassin, said he headed toward the park after hearing about the contest that morning. – The New York Post

He won $50.00. Oh, that should cover the medication he needs. Right. What a bunch of doofuses. People are increasingly proving themselves these days to have no soul whatsoever. This is what happens when we have an immoral nation. People have turned their back on God, and it’s showing in spades.

I’m sure you’ve heard about Taylor Lorenz’s role in this. Two days ago, she showed her mug on TMZ to attract even more attention.

TMZ had me on to discuss my thoughts on the UnitedHealth CEO’s death and the piece I wrote about it: www.usermag.co/p/yes-we-wan…

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— Taylor Lorenz (@taylorlorenz.bsky.social) December 5, 2024 at 9:57 PM

No, little girl, it is not natural to wish death on the CEO of a healthcare company.

Saturday Night Live apparently thought it would be fun to talk about the killing of a person. The weekend update duo mocked the police for their “tough stance on crime” and also called out people who thought it would be groovy to lust all over the killer.

I know it’s SNL, and they are supposed to push the comedy envelope. This, in my opinion, was not one of those times. Yes, too soon. Of course, this is the same cast who also made light of the assassination attempts on Donald J. Trump.

The internet, or being online, has really revealed the true dark nature of humans.

Lorenz is not alone. Over on X, Prof Anthony Zenkus, who teaches at Columbia University, has garnered attention by suggesting that, rather than mourning Thompson’s death at the hands of a gunman, we should “mourn the deaths of the 68,000 Americans who needlessly die each year so that insurance company execs like Brian Thompson can become multimillionaires”.

It’s not quite Lorenz-levels of schadenfreude – yet it lacks the most basic sort of empathy that no political debate or disagreement should be able to erase.

How would Lorenz or Zenkus apply their logic to other areas where public policy can have a direct impact on people’s health and lives? Would they suggest the same kind of fate is deserved by officials in the Veterans Health Administration: a health programme run by the government and plagued with scandal and bad outcomes? I suspect not — nor should they. Nor should anyone.  – Telegraph

And yet, this is where we are when you can put a blanket statement like that online and point the finger at one person for the fault. You have 280 characters, go.

According to Mayor Eric Adams, the police do know the identity of the gunman. So, really, it’s just a matter of time before he is captured. The question is whether he will be captured alive.

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