UnitedHealth CEO - Charged Suspect is Fraternity Man

[navane]

Unfortunately, it is being reported that Luigi Mangione, the 26-year old suspect now charged in the murder of the UnitedHealth CEO, is a member of Phi Kappa Psi.

Link: https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/09/us/lu...day/index.html

[Zach]

Glad he isn’t a Sigma.

[navane]

The user also detailed past struggles with health issues including Lyme disease and severe brain fog, which he said started after losing sleep during his fraternity’s “hell week” and caused his college grades to start “tanking.” He expressed frustration about how little was understood by the medical community about brain fog, writing that “it’s absolutely brutal to have such a life-halting issue… The people around you probably won’t understand your symptoms - they certainly don’t for me.”

Interesting. This suspect has previously written on social media that he experienced severe brain fog as a result of sleep deprivation that occurred during his fraternity's hell week. I wonder if this will be one of his defenses during his trial.

Link: https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/09/u...x-newtab-en-us

[Kevin]

No, I think at trial he's going for the son of a bich needed killing defense.

[cheerfulgreek]

So, I’m now hearing that he had been suffering from chronic back pain and expressed frustration with medical insurance companies. And then, apparently, he admired the Unabomber and believed violence was justified against entities that he viewed as harmful to society. Wow, what a narc.

[cheerfulgreek]

https://youtu.be/payTigF2SdY?si=SvBTWQhv-0mpxcy2

[Zach]

I’m not understanding the second degree murder charges. Is it a New York thing?

[navane]

Originally Posted by Zach

I’m not understanding the second degree murder charges. Is it a New York thing?

I was wondering the same thing! It was obviously premeditated and he was lying in wait......

[Shellfish]

In New York, there are other considerations apart from premeditation that are needed for a first-degree murder charge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_in_New_York_law

[AZTheta]

Originally Posted by Zach

Glad he isn’t a Sigma.

Wow. Talk about not reading the room.

We are all tarred with the same brush here. There but for the grace of God,as the expression goes. Think about others and how this affects them.

As a person who has intractable pain, incurable spinal cord disease secondary to fused spine from T2 to S1, having multiple dealings with the DEA and medical insurance companies, despite the support of a phenomenal medical team, and now on palliative care, I will say this: all things considered,
my moral compass remains strong and intact. “Thou shalt not kill.”

No matter how bad the pain gets for me, I never think about harming others or myself.

Mic drop.

[Phrozen Sands]

Originally Posted by AZTheta

Wow. Talk about not reading the room.

We are all tarred with the same brush here. There but for the grace of God,as the expression goes. Think about others and how this affects them.

As a person who has intractable pain, incurable spinal cord disease secondary to fused spine from T2 to S1, having multiple dealings with the DEA and medical insurance companies, despite the support of a phenomenal medical team, and now on palliative care, I will say this: all things considered,
my moral compass remains strong and intact. “Thou shalt not kill.”

No matter how bad the pain gets for me, I never think about harming others or myself.

Mic drop.

Well said.

CG would disagree with you though. She wants Trump gone Lol.

[*winter*]

Originally Posted by AZTheta

Wow. Talk about not reading the room.

We are all tarred with the same brush here. There but for the grace of God,as the expression goes. Think about others and how this affects them.

As a person who has intractable pain, incurable spinal cord disease secondary to fused spine from T2 to S1, having multiple dealings with the DEA and medical insurance companies, despite the support of a phenomenal medical team, and now on palliative care, I will say this: all things considered,
my moral compass remains strong and intact. “Thou shalt not kill.”

No matter how bad the pain gets for me, I never think about harming others or myself.

Mic drop.

Wow…finally some common sense and basic decency! Not on GC, but on so many other places online, people are just acting like this guy is a hero…and I’m kinda over it.

I’ve gone through periods of not having insurance at all. I certainly understand how people can struggle to get their health needs met…but if someone had killed all the CEOs of all the insurance companies, it wouldn’t have impacted my personal situation. It would just be more suffering in the world.

I can’t support that, no matter what. Murder is murder, and it’s not up to anyone to be judge, jury and executioner.

[PGD-GRAD]

Beautifully and eloquently stated, AZTheta…

[honeychile]

Excellent response, AZTheta!

[andthen]

I feel like we can count on AzTheta to bring a discourse of sanity into the discussion.

On another note, I'm sorry to hear you are dealing with such challenging medical issues that you are now entering palliative care, I hope they are able to help provide measure of comfort so that you are able to have a good quality of life. Because at the end of the day that's what counts. Sending lots of light your way.