The top suspect of the Brian Thompson killing has been arrested today in Pennsylvania. At a McDonalds.

McDonalds has found themselves in the news cycles in recent months in big ways - Kamala lying about working there, Trump "working there," and now a "CEO killer" being arrested at your store. They've sure been on a rollercoaster.

As more and more information is coming out, the picture is getting painted a little more clearly. He was an Ivy League educated guy, U of Penn, and definitely was a smart guy. I mean, he was "toying" with this whole thing in some extent. In saying this, I am referencing the backpack being left and filled with Monopoly money. This whole thing has been transpiring like something you'd expect of a movie script. Silencer, Citi bike, backpack, deny defend depose. This is absurd.

One thing I don't understand is how he planned all of this and succeeded thus far but didn't, seemingly, think further about his plan after words. Surely he didn't think he could just chill in the USA after doing this evil and be good. Like it would be only a matter of time you'd think. Also, you think to change your clothes, ditch the backpack, and make it out of the extremely watched/population dense city of New York City but then you get caught with the weapon involved in the crime, fake IDs, and your manifesto. That just seems like either 1- he was cooked and it was only a matter of time  or 2- some things are smelling a little fishy about this thing.

Broadly speaking, I don't really have much of a take to share at this point. This is still all so fresh and there will be lotsss more information to come out in the coming weeks.

BUT my biggest and strongest point that I will very clearly say is that the dehumanizing and disrespect by some people about this whole thing is absurd.

Now I'm not new to the internet. I know it is a nasty and evil place. And trust me, I am no snowflake. But to the many, many, many people I have seen making fun of this murder, being rude about it, and dismissive of the life that was ended- this is wrong I strongly believe.

I have seen people arguing from the stance of "well think about how many lives the company has allowed to be lost?" While, sure, that may be true, there are a few rebuttals to this stance at the same time. Brian Thompson may have been the CEO but to speak as if all actions, in-actions, and decisions were made by him is nuts. Or also to think that the all of the blame/consequences fall on his shoulders is nuts too. I am sure there are layers upon layers, and then even more layers, of decision makers, bureaucratic systems, shareholders, and stakeholders that attribute to everything wrong and right UnitedHealthcare has done.

From the people saying "violence is the only way this could have been resolved" or "words aren't enough, action needs to take place," we should all pump the brakes and think about what we are saying before a very slippery slope is reached. From people talking from this angle, they can quickly start sounding like the Unabomber, which, interesting, Luigi read and reviewed on his Goodreads.com account.

Action can be taken, but putting lead in someone is definitely not the answer here.