# UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot in Manhattan \[breaking news: 2024-12-04\]

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**Created:** [December 4, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unitedhealthcare-ceo-fatally-shot-in-manhattan-breaking-news-2024-12-04/1011159 "2024-12-04T16:11:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unitedhealthcare-ceo-fatally-shot-in-manhattan-breaking-news-2024-12-04/1011159/758 "2024-12-11T21:57:33Z")

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> [@RickJay](#):
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> Changing things lawfully and not murdering people is a proven strategy for maintaining a civilized, progressive society that improves over time

Which is the way America has done things ever since the Declaration of Looking Forward to Working With the King To Develop a Bipartisan Agenda. 🙂

Seriously, though, one of our most celebrated founding myths is the time an angry mob dressed up in gang colors and destroyed a whole bunch of corporate property.

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