Woman charged with threatening healthcare firm by using CEO killer's words
Woman charged with threatening healthcare firm by using CEO killer's words
Authorities say she echoed words connected to the murder when she allegedly said "delay, deny, depose, you people are next".
Summary
Briana Boston, 42, was charged with threatening a health insurance company after repeating words linked to the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
During a recorded call with Blue Cross Blue Shield about a denied claim, Boston said, "Delay, deny, depose, you people are next," echoing phrases engraved on bullet casings at Thompson’s murder scene.
Authorities allege she exploited the CEO’s homicide to make the threat.
Boston, a mother of three with no prior criminal record, was arrested and held on $100,000 bail amidst warnings of potential copycat incidents targeting healthcare executives.
A Health Insurance company denies your medical claims threatening your health and your life = good business
A frustrated house wife who can't afford health care threatens a billion dollar corporation = jail
Pretty obvious indicator of where our collective priorities are, isn't it?
The best take I've seen on this:
That's literally hearsay. In this case, they had her recorded. You know, as when you call an automated line and they say they'll record you?
The judge set her bail at $100,000, citing "the status of our country at this point".
So the judge is holding this lady personally responsible for the nation's sentiment towards healthcare companies?
Activist fucking judge
Almost always Conservatives being snowflakes
Stop acknowledging facts or you'll be next.
She's next.
Once again, don't fuck with rich people! They don't like it when you point out their scam.
don't [leave evidence when you] fuck with rich people
I'm still not convinced he actually did, that any of those things they found on him weren't planted, or that he was even the shooter at all
So much of this just does not add up...I don't know that it's anything other than what they've presented but it's got enough oddities to throw it all into question, and it has since the first face reveal of someone wearing completely different clothes and backpack from the shooter, and all the very convenient evidence that he supposedly was still carrying around with him and the handwritten "manifesto" that read like someone trying to sound smart rather than someone who's actually well read and educated
Funny how fast and hard the state reacts if someone has something against the rich.
And this is supposed to make her less likely to want to kill them? Lol
I'd never take that kind of action against another person for any reason. Now that I've got that out of the way, this alone makes me feel that way. I don't think these rich people or their highly paid judges and politicians realize "setting an example" in the current climate isn't going to have the effect they think it will.
I don't think "setting an example" ever did anything. Not even once.
This behavior on the part of the authorities sure as fuck won't make it less likely that SOMEBODY will want to exterminate the billionaire filth
It doesn't do anything about their desire; but it's a bit hard to follow through when you're in jail. Unless you go full Law Abiding Citizen or something... 🤔
This is kinda proving the lady's point isn't it?
exactly!
Suspected killer. Even the BBC is towing the line.
I’d argue that the word are unarguably the killer’s. After all, they were written on the bullet cases that were used to kill the guy.
Whether or not Luigi is the killer is still being decided by the courts. If they had said the words were Luigi’s, there would be an issue. But they didn’t say that; They said “CEO killer” instead, which simply attributes the words to whoever killed the dude.
Those are the killer's words... whether Mangione is the killer is another story. not that I think this woman should be in jail either; it's absolutely ridiculous that she is. The reporting is fairly objective though as far as I can tell.
That's a great point.
Toeing the line? They're going well beyond that. Have you read the BBC's finger-wagging admonishment of the poors / puff piece for United Health?
Even the BBC is
towingtoeing the line.Well they've been trying to privitize the NHC...
Who did she threaten? A spefic person? A group? What makes the judge think this was a credible threat?
Just another way to squash any kind of continuance of an idea, whoch is very dystopian.
They get to make up rules whenever rich people are worried.
I've been threatened multiple times in my life. They never explicitly tell me they'll injure me, they use language like "or else".
That's a threat. We all know that's a threat. Let's not pretend otherwise. People making threats these days think they're being clever by being indirect.
Trust me, you don't want to be in a country where stuff like this is normalised, especially by right wingers
My first call center job, my first year, someone threatened to kill me. 23 years ago, I still remember it. I answered the call, didn't even get the first word of my greeting out, and this woman was screaming, "don't hang up on me, you better not hang up on me, the last three people hung up on me, if you hang up on me I will come through the phone and KILL YOU!"
I hung up on her.
Hmm the company is violating her human rights and endangering her life, they are the ones who should be in front of the judge
And own state law, article 365.161(d)...
Making threats just tells them what the plans are. Move in silence, and do what needs to be done. You wouldn't tell (or imply to) a cop that you're planning on robbing a store, because they would expect it and act accordingly.
STFU Fridays!
It's better to learn anyways.
Let's all learn about jury nullification!
https://beyondcourts.org/sites/default/files/2022-07/Jury-Nullification-Toolkit-English_0.pdf
CGPGrey: The Law You Won't Be Told if you’re more of a watch-funny-YouTube guy than a read-50-page-PDF guy.
Haha, thought it was at least a little relevant.
That's why I feel comfortable threatening corporations online.
I have zero plans of doing anything, I'm just here to cheer it on.
If anyone out there has true plans to do something, shut the fuck up. Tell no one. Be like Luigi.
Test your printed silencer before so you know what powder load will cycle properly
Have a secluded hide-out prepared with everything you need for a month.
Doesn't sound like a threat. Sounds like a sincere warning.
Without knowing more, it is the “you people are next” that makes this a threat in particular. You should easily be able to say deny defend or depose or whatever, just don’t use threats
Hence why we have an actual standard for this...
A random housewife giving a vague threat at the end of an already heated call by referencing a recent event involving the company, really doesn't come close to the definition.
this isn't a first amendment issue.
It's illegal to shout "BOMB!" in an airport even if there is no bomb, and you have no intention of setting one off. further, it's also illegal to shout "FIRE!" in a crowded theater.
It's also pretty much illegal everywhere to call in bomb threats or similar, even merely as a prank.
It's a threat. They just have no reason to belive she, in particular, should be believed. It's not a true threat, by legal standards. I'm not a lawyer, but I'm very confident of this. This is an obvious miscarriage of justice. Throwing a threat out in anger or frustration does not make a true threat.
Pointing out that someone's behaviour matches that which caused something bad to happen to someone else when you are not the one who did that bad thing to someone else is not a fucking threat
and then when the cops came, she admitted to it, and continued on saying stuff like "they're evil" and "They deserve karma"
like. Okay. The insurance peeps are fucking evil. she's not wrong.
but maybe don't tell the cops that? maybe shut the fuck up and get a lawyer.
Every day is shut the fuck up Friday
Hit lawyer, gym up
I have to agree with you, mostly.
The system gets to make the rules and even if she didn’t say, "you people are next" I think they’d still be doing this. Corpos control our justice system and they will not tolerate us glorifying Luigi Mangione (please jurors look up "nullification”)
That was my thought as well. If she left it at DDD, that's just showing opposition. "You people are next" is a pretty clear threat.
Fuck the insurance companies, but be smart about how.
Sounded more like a prediction to me
Gotta tap down those unruly peons before the rest get uppity.
Rules for thee but not for me rule.
Does she have a GoFundMe? I'd like to buy her a green jacket
The very example of corporate power the shooter killed someone over. You are powerless, stay in your place “Coppertop.”
I googled the latest news on her (my mistake, right?).
There isn’t anything newer than 24 hours old. I guess they are making her sit in jail over the weekend?
Does anyone have any better info sources? I don’t think we should let this disappear.
The problem is that people up top don't even have a concept understanding of 'nothing to lose' because they always had something. Money, family, opportunities, reputation, they don't understand what it feels to truly have nothing but your body, and even then they want to take that away from you too. There's a difference between dying alone from untreated, unmedicated cancer in your cold apartment or making your voice be heard and being throw into jail. What are court fees other than a drop in a overflowing bucket of medical dept for a terminally ill person? Terminal not by nature but by denial of proper care. The US really needs a constitutional amendment that protects basic human rights of Nourishment, Shelter, Warmth, Sleep, Health and Social Interaction from capitalistic exploitation.
Every other outlet I've seen hasn't mentioned "you people are next", the lede couldn't get more buried.
A boring dystopia.
I'd love to know what she was denied. While I'm guessing it's regular bullshit if it was something serious then it's the health insurance company that is threatening her and doing her harm.
But this is fucking stupid. That judge should have to spend the same amount of time in jail as she ends up doing and she should sue. She should be charged with uttering threats or whatever, but there is ZERO reason she should be stuck with $100,000 bail. She is not a threat, even IF (big if) she did make one.
they will try to make an example of her hoping they will subdue people into obedience by fear
I wonder what would happen if everyone with a united healthcare policy started calling to ask questions about their policies. Questions about coverage, deductible, and costs. No threats, or anything that could be seen as one. Just occasional calls to check on coverage, maybe get pre-approval.
Of course if you ever get a denial, you should absolutely dispute it.
Wouldn't want to work for blue cross...