A grainy image of his face drew comparisons to Hollywood heartthrobs. A jacket similar to the one he’s wearing on wanted posters is reportedly flying off the shelves. And the words written on the bullets he used to kill a man in cold blood on a sidewalk on Wednesday have become, for some people, a rallying cry.

Four days after a gunman assassinated a top health insurance executive in Midtown Manhattan and vanished, the unidentified suspect has, in some quarters, been venerated as something approaching a folk hero.

  • Shelbyeileen@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    32
    ·
    3 days ago

    He’s not only hot; he’s making an example out of cruel millionaires … millionaires who prefer money and let people die, without ANY hesitation. So yeah, it’s not like being attracted to Dahmer, it’s more like being attracted to Katniss Everdeen.

    • Doorbook@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      23
      ·
      4 days ago

      Three incident in the last 4 years where billionaires owned media got caught lying. Covid, Gaza, and now this. In all of these they didnt gave shit about innocent people dying, finding excuses and twisting words to gaslight people.

  • Doug Holland@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    81
    ·
    4 days ago

    I have a right-wing neighbor who voted Trump three times, says climate change is a hoax, and hates me for sometimes wearing a tie-dye jacket, but he says with a grin all over his face, “Did you hear about that insurance CEO who got shot dead?” and he laughs and laughs and gives me a thumbs-up.

    America stands united.

  • Kernal64@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    95
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    4 days ago

    What’s grim about it? Of course people are gonna look kindly upon someone who kills a mass murderer.

  • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    27
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    edit-2
    3 days ago

    Is it a twist if nobody is surprised?

    Perhaps this should actually read “in grim reality, most see suspect in C.E.O. Killing as Hero or Heartthrob”.

  • beansbeansbeans@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    32
    ·
    4 days ago

    The only grim aspect is how much time, resources, and energy the NYPD has wasted trying to solve this. Statistically, there have been other murders since this one. They should move on and add this to their “unsolved” pile.

  • Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    9
    ·
    3 days ago

    It’s been almost a week. And every day they don’t catch him the lower their chances. I’m starting to have hope they’ll never catch him.

  • n3m37h@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    59
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    4 days ago

    I don’t condone murder, but I also dont feel sad about a mass murderer being gunned down.

    • Logi@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      18
      ·
      4 days ago

      That’s pretty much what condone means. From MW:

      To overlook, forgive, or disregard (an offense) without protest or censure. synonym: forgive.

      From Cambridge:

      to ignore or accept behavior that some people consider wrong

      So you’re perhaps not encouraging it?

      • dgmib@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        5
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        3 days ago

        Hmm… TIL The word condone means something slightly different than I thought.

        That said, one can still want a murderer to face justice while also not being upset about the victim death.

        But I suspect this story has quite few people realizing they do condone murder in some cases.

        • Logi@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          3 days ago

          Yeah, I looked it up to be sure. Not to be a dick.

          And yeah, perhaps we should just condone condoning certain things and draw the line at encouraging or assisting?