A girl in Florida has been arrested after she allegedly threatened the medical health insurance firm BlueShield with a copycat crime following the homicide of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The girl, 42-year-old Briana Boston of Lakeland, allegedly referred to as BlueCross BlueShield in response to a current medical declare being denied and issued a menace echoing the UnitedHealthcare CEO killer’s phrases.
“Delay, deny, depose. You individuals are subsequent,” she allegedly mentioned to the corporate over the telephone.
The phrases “Delay, Deny, Depose” have been written on the bullet casings used to kill UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
When police arrived at Boston’s dwelling to query her concerning the telephone name, she allegedly advised them that “healthcare firms performed video games and deserved karma from the world as a result of they’re evil.” She additionally advised police she owned no firearms and had no intention to harm anybody, which the police didn’t imagine. Per the New York Publish:
However police mentioned the offended mother supposed to threaten the corporate by purposefully invoking a phrase strikingly much like the one Luigi Mangione allegedly scrawled on bullets he’s accused of capturing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson with.
Mangione, who’s dealing with a homicide cost within the slaying, allegedly wrote “Deny,” “Defend,” and “Depose” on ammunition recovered on the homicide scene exterior a Midtown Manhattan resort.
Boston’s bail has been set at $100,000. Lakeland Police Chief Sam Taylor advised WFLA that she ought to have identified higher than to problem such threats.
“She’s been on this world lengthy sufficient that she definitely ought to know higher which you could’t make threats like that within the present surroundings that we dwell in and assume that we’re not going to observe up and put you in jail,” Taylor mentioned.
Although hardcore leftists have both been celebrating Mangione as a hero or at the least have expressed sympathy for his alleged crime, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) denounced these views.
“In America, we don’t kill individuals in chilly blood to resolve coverage variations or categorical a viewpoint,” he mentioned. “I perceive individuals have actual frustration with our healthcare system. I’ve labored to deal with that all through my profession. However I’ve no tolerance, nor ought to anybody, for one man utilizing an unlawful ghost gun to homicide somebody as a result of he thinks his opinion issues most. In a civil society, we’re all much less secure when ideologues interact in vigilante justice.”
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