UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Death Could Be Part of “Occupy Wall Street 2.0”, Veteran Law Enforcement Trainer Warns
The deadly shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson could be part of a larger trend of resentment and vitriol towards corporations and corporate CEOs, according to veteran law enforcement trainer Keith Hanson. Hanson spoke to Fox News Digital about the incident, which saw 26-year-old Ivy League graduate Luigi Mangione charged with second-degree murder.
Hanson believes that Mangione’s actions could be part of a new wave of anti-corporate sentiment, which he calls “Occupy Wall Street 2.0”. He argues that this is a result of the “everybody gets a trophy” generation, who were promised a certain reality by their teachers and professors, but are now facing the harsh truth of the real world.
“It’s the Occupy Wall Street 2.0 at this point where you have the original wave of the ‘everybody gets a trophy’ generation was hitting the real world and suddenly realizing that everybody from their teachers to their professors at college had pretty much lied to them about the way that the real world works,” Hanson said.
Hanson is particularly concerned about the reaction to the shooting on social media, where Mangione has been hailed as a hero and a “kind of Robin Hood” figure. He points out the irony that Mangione himself is from an upper-class family and is not representative of the 99% vs. 1% narrative.
The killing is seen as “targeted” and “motivated”, despite Thompson’s relatively unknown status. Hanson believes that this is a sign of a growing trend of resentment towards corporate America, which is fueled by Marxist ideology.
“I just find it interesting that the rage and the wrath and the angst and the anger is always directed towards corporate America, which these people avail themselves of the products and services that corporate America is producing and manufacturing and making available for these people,” Hanson said.
Since the shooting, executives have been contacting security experts to evaluate their risks and whether they need to invest more in protection. Hanson’s own security contacts have been swamped with business calls over the past week, as companies look to assess their own vulnerabilities.
