It’s no secret that the slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson—allegedly by 26-year-old Luigi Mangione—unleashed a tide of rage against the deeply problematic US health care system. But according to a new poll, frustration with the industry is so serious that many Americans believe that Mangione wasn’t solely responsible for Thompson’s death, and that the […]
The American right has spent the past week performing an interesting tap dance: condemning the left for cheering on one alleged killer while turning another into a right-wing celebrity. In the first case, health care CEO shooting suspect Luigi Mangione, the right is appalled by (the admittedly appalling) celebrations in a certain corner of the […]
Topline Luigi Mangione—the 26-year-old suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson—was indicted Tuesday on multiple murder charges, including killing as an act of terrorism, a move that adds a new dimension to the crime some believe was motivated by a hatred of the U.S. health insurance industry, but that one expert said could […]
In one particularly testy exchange on a conspiracy theories subreddit, two hair stylists clashed over Mangione’s eyebrows. “I was a hairstylist for 20 years back in the day, no one’s eyebrows grow that fast in three days,” one user wrote. “It was on the state board test. Hair on your head grows a quarter of […]
Earlier this week, feeling somewhat inundated with memes and social media posts about Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old charged with murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, I emailed Simone Driessen. She’s a professor of media and popular culture at Erasmus University Rotterdam and often has smart insights on the ways online commentary and real-world issues intersect. Mostly, […]
Michael Moore, the Oscar-winning director of documentaries such as Bowling for Columbine and Sickowrote on Friday that he will not “tamp down” public anger against “America’s bloodthirsty, profit-driven and murderous health insurance system” stirred by Luigi Mangione. Mangione was accused this week of being the man who shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on […]
Even before we knew his name was Luigi Mangionewe knew what the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was wearing. A Tommy Hilfiger jacket allegedly discarded by the suspect alongside a stack of Monopoly money in Central Park. Another jacket, rumored to be a $225 sherpa-lined Levi’s hoodie, worn in photos widely circulated […]
When Luigi Mangione was arrested in the killing of the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, he was hailed in some corners of the internet as an anti-capitalist folk hero. In a document said to be a “manifesto” found with Mangione, published online by journalist Ken Klippenstein, the 26-year-old former data engineer condemned UnitedHealthcare for abusing “our […]
Forensic and ballistic evidence that police say ties the accused murderer of healthcare insurance CEO Brian Thompson to the crime scene will make it difficult for his lawyers to mount a defence, former prosecutors and other legal experts say. Luigi Mangione, 26, was arrested in Pennsylvania on Monday after a days-long, multi-state manhunt ended at […]
Luigi Mangione’s social media accounts attracted swift attention after he was arrested in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive. When do companies scrub a digital trail?
