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.

  • @Cocodapuf
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    2 months 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”.

    • @[email protected]
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      162 months ago

      The number one react on the UHC Facebook announcement about it is the crying laughing emoji. The people have spoken.

    • Queen HawlSera
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      32 months ago

      Honestly, hero or hearthrob is putting it lighty. If I talked about how I actually felt about this guy, I’m pretty damn sure that would put me on some kind of list.

      And I only feel comfortable saying that, because I know we’re all thinking it.

      Link related: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/16ohFsFviig