Summary

Briana Boston, 42, was charged with threatening a health insurance company after repeating words linked to the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

During a recorded call with Blue Cross Blue Shield about a denied claim, Boston said, “Delay, deny, depose, you people are next,” echoing phrases engraved on bullet casings at Thompson’s murder scene.

Authorities allege she exploited the CEO’s homicide to make the threat.

Boston, a mother of three with no prior criminal record, was arrested and held on $100,000 bail amidst warnings of potential copycat incidents targeting healthcare executives.

  • LouNeko@lemmy.world
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    43 minutes ago

    The problem is that people up top don’t even have a concept understanding of ‘nothing to lose’ because they always had something. Money, family, opportunities, reputation, they don’t understand what it feels to truly have nothing but your body, and even then they want to take that away from you too. There’s a difference between dying alone from untreated, unmedicated cancer in your cold apartment or making your voice be heard and being throw into jail. What are court fees other than a drop in a overflowing bucket of medical dept for a terminally ill person? Terminal not by nature but by denial of proper care. The US really needs a constitutional amendment that protects basic human rights of Nourishment, Shelter, Warmth, Sleep, Health and Social Interaction from capitalistic exploitation.

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    I googled the latest news on her (my mistake, right?).

    There isn’t anything newer than 24 hours old. I guess they are making her sit in jail over the weekend?

    Does anyone have any better info sources? I don’t think we should let this disappear.

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    I’d love to know what she was denied. While I’m guessing it’s regular bullshit if it was something serious then it’s the health insurance company that is threatening her and doing her harm.

    But this is fucking stupid. That judge should have to spend the same amount of time in jail as she ends up doing and she should sue. She should be charged with uttering threats or whatever, but there is ZERO reason she should be stuck with $100,000 bail. She is not a threat, even IF (big if) she did make one.

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    I wonder what would happen if everyone with a united healthcare policy started calling to ask questions about their policies. Questions about coverage, deductible, and costs. No threats, or anything that could be seen as one. Just occasional calls to check on coverage, maybe get pre-approval.

    Of course if you ever get a denial, you should absolutely dispute it.

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    8 hours ago

    Who did she threaten? A spefic person? A group? What makes the judge think this was a credible threat?

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      Just another way to squash any kind of continuance of an idea, whoch is very dystopian.

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      I’ve been threatened multiple times in my life. They never explicitly tell me they’ll injure me, they use language like “or else”.

      That’s a threat. We all know that’s a threat. Let’s not pretend otherwise. People making threats these days think they’re being clever by being indirect.

      Trust me, you don’t want to be in a country where stuff like this is normalised, especially by right wingers

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    The judge set her bail at $100,000, citing “the status of our country at this point”.

    So the judge is holding this lady personally responsible for the nation’s sentiment towards healthcare companies?

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      7 hours ago

      This behavior on the part of the authorities sure as fuck won’t make it less likely that SOMEBODY will want to exterminate the billionaire filth

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      10 hours ago

      I’d never take that kind of action against another person for any reason. Now that I’ve got that out of the way, this alone makes me feel that way. I don’t think these rich people or their highly paid judges and politicians realize “setting an example” in the current climate isn’t going to have the effect they think it will.

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      That’s literally hearsay. In this case, they had her recorded. You know, as when you call an automated line and they say they’ll record you?