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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.

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[–] auzy@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

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

[–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

My first call center job, my first year, someone threatened to kill me. 23 years ago, I still remember it. I answered the call, didn't even get the first word of my greeting out, and this woman was screaming, "don't hang up on me, you better not hang up on me, the last three people hung up on me, if you hang up on me I will come through the phone and KILL YOU!"

I hung up on her.

[–] auzy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

In my case it was my ex housemates boyfriend, and then a rich customers kid onsite who threatened me (we were fixing another installers f up and we somehow got blamed)

[–] vala@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

It's funny, because I didn't consciously intend to hang up on her, it was very much a reflexive action. But moments later I realized I had missed the perfect opportunity to say "I'd like to see you try"

[–] vala@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You're missing my point I think. Not saying she didn't make a threat. But WHO specifically did she threaten? Was it a specific person? Was it a group?

[–] auzy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Group / company..

It doesn't need to be a specific person.