{"id":2378821,"date":"2024-12-11T09:48:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T14:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parasites-had-it-coming-alleged-ceo-shooters-manifesto-released\/"},"modified":"2024-12-11T09:50:10","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T14:50:10","slug":"parasites-had-it-coming-alleged-ceo-shooters-manifesto-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parasites-had-it-coming-alleged-ceo-shooters-manifesto-released\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Parasites Had It Coming&#8217; &#8211; Alleged CEO Shooter&#8217;s Manifesto Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fparasites-had-it-coming-alleged-ceo-shooters-manifesto-released%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2378821&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Luigi Mangione has been arrested\u200d in connection \u2064with the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian thompson\u2064 in New\u200b york City. Following his arrest in Altoona, Pennsylvania,\u2062 a three-page handwritten manifesto was\u200b found in his possession, which has since been published online by Ken Klippenstein. In\u2063 the manifesto, \u2062Mangione expresses his grievances against the healthcare industry, describing\u200b it as &#8220;parasitic&#8221; and calling his \u200cactions \u200da necessary response to its abuses. He indicates that he acted\u2062 alone and apologizes for \u2064the trauma caused, while asserting that those in the\u2063 healthcare \u2064industry had it &#8220;coming.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Mangione \u2064references the high cost of \u2064healthcare in the U.S. relative\u200b to its life \u200bexpectancy, arguing\u200b that the industry has become \u200btoo powerful\u200c due to a lack of accountability. His\u200c public statements\u2062 post-arrest\u2062 have garnered a surprising amount of sympathy, with some people expressing support for\u2063 what\u2062 they \u200bperceive as a\u200d fight against injustice\u200b in \u200bthe healthcare system. Currently, he is contesting his extradition \u2064to New York to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prosecutor-says-sedition-charges-possible-in-capitol-riot-cases-trump-may-be-criminally-culpable\/\" title=\"Prosecutor Says Sedition Charges Possible In Capitol Riot Cases, Trump May Be \u2018Criminally Culpable\u2019\">face charges related<\/a> to the \u200cmurder.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A document that outlines the thinking of Luigi Mangione, suspected of gunning down UnitedHeathcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City, has been released.<\/p>\n<p>The manifesto was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kenklippenstein.com\/p\/luigis-manifesto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published<\/a> by Ken Klippenstein on his website.<\/p>\n<p>A three<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">-page hand-written document<\/a> was in Mangione&rsquo;s possession when he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/suspect-ceo-killing-identified-ivy-league-graduate-penned-chilling-manifesto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arrested<\/a> Monday in Altoona, Pennsylvania, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/luigi-mangione-manifesto-unitedhealthcare-shooting-1998240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Selected quotes from the document that are found in what Klippenstein published appear in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/12\/10\/nyregion\/unitedhealthcare-ceo-luigi-mangione\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/10\/us-news\/luigi-mangione-viewed-unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompsons-killing-as-symbolic-takedown-of-parasitic-healthcare-industry-sources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/luigi-mangione-manifesto-full-document-1998945\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a> published a virtually identical version of the document.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To the Feds, I&rsquo;ll keep this short, because I do respect what you do for our country. To save you a lengthy investigation, I state plainly that I wasn&rsquo;t working with anyone,&rdquo; Mangione wrote.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>He soon moved on to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/words-ceo-assassins-bullets-potentially-decoded-strongly-suggest-motive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">state his case<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I do apologize for any strife of traumas but it had to be done. Frankly, these parasites simply had it coming,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A reminder: the US has the #1 most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/second-republican-debate-heres-how-the-candidates-handled-healthcare\/\" title=\"Candidates&#039; healthcare approaches at the second Republican debate.\">expensive healthcare system<\/a> in the world, yet we rank roughly #42 in life expectancy. United is the [indecipherable] largest company in the US by market cap, behind only Apple, Google, Walmart. It has grown and grown, but as our life expectancy?<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No the reality is, these [indecipherable] have simply gotten too powerful, and they continue to abuse our country for immense profit because the American public has allwed them to get away with it,&rdquo; he wrote. Newsweek&rsquo;s version wrote out the word &ldquo;allowed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mangione wrote that his arguments are part of a long-running chain of allegations.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Obviously the problem is more complex, but I do not have space, and frankly I do not pretend to be the most qualified person to lay out the full argument. But many have illuminated the corruption and greed (e.g.: Rosenthal, Moore), decades ago and the problems simply remain,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>He then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cancel-culture-queen-cancelled-lib-writer-sacked-lib-network-took-joy-ceos-murder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">set himself apart<\/a> from the thinkers and writers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Luigi Mangione shouts a message to the American people on his way to court:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is completely unjust and an insult to the intelligence of the American people and their lived experience.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j93akrzPYS\">pic.twitter.com\/j93akrzPYS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Power to the People &#9773;&#128330; (@ProudSocialist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProudSocialist\/status\/1866569363458809984?\">December 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is not an issue of awareness at this point, but clearly power games at play. Evidently I am the first to face it with such brutal honesty,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson&rsquo;s murder has triggered a wave of support for his killer.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;People are legitimately actually pissed off at the health care industry, and there is some kind of support for vigilante justice,&rdquo; said Tim Weninger, a computer science professor at Notre Dame and expert in social media and artificial intelligence, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/12\/10\/nyregion\/unitedhealthcare-ceo-luigi-mangione\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s organic.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mangione, who is fighting his extradition from Pennsylvania to New York where he will face charges connected to Thompson&rsquo;s murder, has made one public statement since his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is completely out of touch and an insult to the intelligence of the American people,&rdquo; he shouted to the media Tuesday as he was being led inside court for a hearing on his extradition.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The manifesto was shared by Ken Klippenstein on his website. According to Newsweek, a three-page handwritten note was found with Mangione when he was arrested on Monday in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Excerpts from this document have appeared in The New York Times and New York Post, while Newsweek published a nearly identical version. In the manifesto, Mangione stated to federal authorities that he acted alone and expressed regret for any distress caused but insisted that his actions were necessary against what he described as &#8220;parasites.&#8221; He criticized the U.S. healthcare system&#8217;s high costs and low life expectancy compared to other countries and claimed that powerful companies like UnitedHealthcare exploit the American public for profit. He acknowledged the complexity of these issues but noted that many have previously highlighted corruption within the industry without resolution. Following Thompson&#8217;s murder, there has been notable support for Mangione among those frustrated with healthcare practices; experts suggest this reflects a growing sentiment for vigilante justice against perceived injustices in the industry. Since his arrest, Mangione has publicly declared that the situation is an affront to American intelligence as he faces extradition charges related to Thompson\u2019s death<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2378822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Luigi-Mangione.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[46576,6733,36508,23196,14843],"class_list":["post-2378821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-ceo-shooter","tag-controversy","tag-crime-news","tag-manifesto","tag-parasites"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Luigi-Mangione.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2378821"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2378825,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378821\/revisions\/2378825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2378822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2378821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2378821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2378821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}