if we had a national healthcare, medicare for all, single payer system like… i don’t know… the rest of the civilized world, mr thompson might still be alive.
not going to shed a tear for one rich dude, whose company allowed more suffering and the curable deaths to occur in the name of profit.
“Right, which never happened,” Ice explains. “I sit there and talked on the balcony, that’s where they polished up the story all of a sudden now they polish it up like he’s hanging me over and change is… like c’mon, he’s hanging me by my feet or something.”
Nice smile. Looks like someone I’d be happy to have a beer with.
ETA: Please don’t read this as an endorsement for murder. I’m not saying that I’d buy him a beer.† I’m not looking to befriend the guy, just commenting on my impression of his nice smile separate from the allegations against him. If I wanted to befriend homicidal folks I would hang out with cops.
†Unless he forgot his wallet or something, that’s just being polite.
“You know, I think of the last couple of serial killer cases that I was involved in, in the NYPD,” Miller continued, “where we finally got a full face shot with good lighting. And within hours of putting that out, we had people calling in saying, ‘I know who that is.’ I’m pretty confident that this will work. When you look at that image, if you know him, you’ll know him.”
They’re asking the general public to investigate on their behalf? I can still quote the beat cop who said “aw, the little lady thinks she’s a detective!”. What’s different this time? I just can’t quite put my finger on it.