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.

  • Granbo's Holy Hotrod
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    286 days ago

    Grim twist? Who is pushing this narrative? Sounds like corporate media might not be able to keep this cat in the bag.

    • peopleproblems
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      236 days ago

      “it’s being framed as some opening blow in a broader class war”

      I mean the guy did hit the nail on the head. The elite have done so much for so long to keep the masses divided to prevent a class war. The sane thing would be for private companies, especially the healthcare insurance industry, to immediately change their policies before it gets worse.

      The pressure has been rising for a long time, and something gave a few days ago. Cats already out of the bag.