More Questions Than Answers Surrounding Brian Thompson Shooting Suspect
by Scott Creighton
Looks like I was incorrect when I reported the gun used in the Thompson shooting was one of those WWII-era silenced pistols. Seems like the shooter was cycling the slide of a regular semi-automatic but the problem was, the silencer used did not have a specific spring which helps the gun do that on it's own so he had to do it manually.
However, Gerand has a lot of experience and based on what we all saw in the video, he concludes this shooter has experience not only firing weapons like these but also in killing people since it didn't seem to effect the shooter at all.
That's not the millionaire suspect's history in my understanding of his background.
Also... seems I was wrong about the location of the shooting having opposing video cameras outside the entrance. Right down the street you see an entrance with that set-up but not where the shooting took place.
However... there are multiple cameras there and one looking right down the sidewalk at approaching pedestrians which would have clearly shown the shooter as he approached the victim.
We only have the one shot from the one camera... the shooter making sure to do the deed under the light of that awning and in plain view of the camera. Directly in front of it actually.
The suspect, Luigi Mangione is super wealthy. Not only is he from a wealthy family but he is also from a family that owns healthcare facilities and invests in local hospitals.
'The family patriarch began working at the age of 11 after the death of his father, enlisted in the Navy and worked as a contractor for two decades before building and owning nursing homes and hospitals—including Harford County's Fallston General Hospital, which has since closed, the Baltimore Banner reported.
Nicholas Mangione and his wife, Mary Mangione, also founded a nursing home and assisted-living company called Lorien Health Services that operates nine community-focused facilities in Maryland.
According to Lorien's website, it was "founded in 1977 by the same family that continues to lead the company today."...
In addition to GBMC, the Mangione Family Foundation has supported the Kennedy Krieger Institute, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. The family's foundation previously held stocks in MetLife, an insurer in New York that offers health care policies, according to financial documents from the 2018 fiscal year.' Newsweek
Lorien Health Services is the nursing home the family still owns and operates. Guess what? They were recently busted for defrauding Medicare and Medicaid.
'After it self-disclosed conduct to OIG, Maryland Health Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Lorien Health Services (Lorien), Maryland, agreed to pay $55,192.31 for allegedly violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law. OIG alleged that Lorien submitted claims for services provided by an individual impersonating licensed nursing staff, using stolen credentials. OIG further alleged that after Lorien learned the employee was an imposter and unlicensed, Lorien failed to timely report and return to Medicare and Medicaid payments received for services furnished by the employee.' Department of Health and Human Services June 2024
So the family profits from the healthcare system as it is. But what about how the Trump administration and Dr. Oz think it should be i.e. Medicare Advantage for All?
Medicare Advantage plans are simply the privatization of Medicare for the benefit of the for profit healthcare companies like United Health, where Brian Thompson was CEO.
Medicare will only cover 100 days of long term care like at a nursing home. But some folks are promising that when they switch to Trump's Medicare Advantage for All plan, the nursing home costs will be covered indefinitely.
That remains to be seen.
Here's my thing.
Do you remember Sicko? That came out right before the Obama administration presented their RomneyCare plan to pretend to offer some kind of Universal healthcare. Insurance company stocks went through the roof because it was a boon for Big Insurance.
But it was aided by Sicko.
Sicko helped set the tone for healthcare system reform.
And now we have Dr. Oz and The Trumpening right around the corner and they will be pushing to reform Medicare and Medicaid by essentially privatizing them. That's gonna be a hard sell.
And coincidentally we suddenly have United Health's CEO shot in front of a camera and the whole country is talking about the healthcare system and how it needs... reform.
And it was done by... a young man who comes from a family... in the healthcare business.
I'm sorry. Is it just me or have we seen this movie before?
How did this guy know exactly where and when Thompson was going to be headed to that meeting?
Where are the other videos showing the front of the shooter as he approached his target?
Why did the shooter ditch the backpack yet still carry all the relevant evidence needed to convict him (his 'manifesto' and the gun) to a McDonald's after he knew his face was being plastered all over the TV and internet after the shooting?
How invested is his very wealthy family in the healthcare system? Do they stand to profit from Medicare and Medicaid reform (privatization)?
Why was the suspect missing for months prior to turning up on a camera flirting with some woman at a coffee counter?
If he was the shooter, why was he so comfortable taking a human life and handling a gun in a way that would seem, to an expert, to require a bit of experience when he had none?
Isn't the timing of it all just a little suspect?
These guys are just straight up sellouts and on this issue all they seem to care about is the overall mood of the American people toward healthcare.
I wonder if they will promote Medicare Advantage for All with as much enthusiasm as Anna had for Glenn Beck in her recent talk with him throwing her progressive audience under the bus.
Lots of questions about this case but the timing is the most obvious to me. The timing as well as this young man's family ties to the industry. And of course him being missing for the past few months. Then sitting around in a fast food restaurant with all the evidence needed to send him to jail for life.
Yeah... dude was way too smart for that.
Something is rotten in Denmark folks.
Thanks Scott. You're the first person I turn to after events like this as you always make excellent points and raise the right questions.
Hmm, I can't remember where I heard it from but, there was a rumor going around that he had chronic back pain from a surfing accident about 2 years ago and they were curious as if that had anything to do with the hit in terms of him not getting legitimate care for the injury. This was reported in MSM. Him being distraught about his back pain could be true. Him having some sort of grudge against the health care system is more than a stretch as far as this report goes.