Morning Jolt: Brian Thompson’s Murderer Is a Coward, Not a Hero

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December 10 2024

Brian Thompson's Murderer Is a Coward, Not a Hero

On the menu today: The path to justice for the cold-blooded, premeditated murder of a health-insurance CEO took a key step yesterday, in the unlikely spot of a McDonald's in Altoona, Pa. If you're reading this, you were almost certainly already convinced that murdering anyone, including CEOs, is wrong and that this snot-nosed punk was no hero. From what we've learned since yesterday, however, the shooter was born into a life of privilege and could have done anything he wanted with his life. And with all those brains, all that potential, all those opportunities . . . he chose to become a terrorist. Read on.

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Yesterday, police arrested Luigi Mangione in a McDonald's in Altoona, Pa., and he was charged with murder in New York for the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson ...

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