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.

  • DancingBear@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    Without knowing more, it is the “you people are next” that makes this a threat in particular. You should easily be able to say deny defend or depose or whatever, just don’t use threats

    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Hence why we have an actual standard for this…

      True Threat

      A random housewife giving a vague threat at the end of an already heated call by referencing a recent event involving the company, really doesn’t come close to the definition.

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      and then when the cops came, she admitted to it, and continued on saying stuff like “they’re evil” and “They deserve karma”

      like. Okay. The insurance peeps are fucking evil. she’s not wrong.

      but maybe don’t tell the cops that? maybe shut the fuck up and get a lawyer.