Healthcare User 3
Appearances
20/20
Manhunt: Luigi Mangione and the CEO Murder - A Special Edition of 20/20
For so many Americans who feel that their own lives have been devalued by our system, and in particular by our healthcare system, it felt like a release to them.
20/20
Manhunt: Luigi Mangione and the CEO Murder - A Special Edition of 20/20
My thought was, why would he go into a McDonald's? Like, he's eluded everyone for so long for a hash brown?
20/20
Manhunt: Luigi Mangione and the CEO Murder - A Special Edition of 20/20
So when he was arrested, authorities say they found him with a backpack that had all sorts of damning evidence in it, including multiple IDs.
20/20
Manhunt: Luigi Mangione and the CEO Murder - A Special Edition of 20/20
So as soon as Mangione was identified, it sort of shifted the conversation. He wasn't what you might expect of a on-the-street assassin, right? He's not a professional hitman. In fact, he came from an extremely privileged background.
20/20
Manhunt: Luigi Mangione and the CEO Murder - A Special Edition of 20/20
On Instagram, he just seemed like a happy kid who was enjoying his life. Pictures of him on vacation places, at friends' parties. On X, you saw a different side of him. Deeply thinking, concerned about the world.
20/20
Manhunt: Luigi Mangione and the CEO Murder - A Special Edition of 20/20
Those who condemned the shooting saw a rageful man. Those who praised it saw an outlaw who was standing up to the system.
20/20
Manhunt: Luigi Mangione and the CEO Murder - A Special Edition of 20/20
Immediately, people online are trying to get money to Luigi Mangione, fund his legal defense.
20/20
Manhunt: Luigi Mangione and the CEO Murder - A Special Edition of 20/20
And the outpouring was instant and intense.
20/20
Manhunt: Luigi Mangione and the CEO Murder - A Special Edition of 20/20
And it speaks to the degree to which folks are identifying with outlaws. They feel that their government isn't responsive to them, that corporations don't care about their lives. That's what folks are identifying with right now because they don't know how else to get relief from their problems.
20/20
Manhunt: Luigi Mangione and the CEO Murder - A Special Edition of 20/20
There's so much rage and frustration. There's so much uncertainty right now. People are messaging me saying, what's going to happen next?
20/20
Manhunt: Luigi Mangione and the CEO Murder - A Special Edition of 20/20
I think it's full that one individual, Brian Thompson, is being held responsible for the ills of an entire industry. But there are also a lot of posts online from people that are deeply sympathetic to Brian Thompson. People saying that he should be remembered as a father of two. They see Brian Thompson not only as the literal victim, but a victim of a mob mentality in our culture.
20/20
Manhunt: Luigi Mangione and the CEO Murder - A Special Edition of 20/20
Going to protests, pressing your members of Congress to push for reform of the system. There's so many means of expression in our culture that don't include resorting to violence.
20/20
Manhunt: Luigi Mangione and the CEO Murder - A Special Edition of 20/20
He gets to Central Park and rides an e-bike through the park.