Law & Order Episode Takes on the Cold-Blooded | Political News
Luigi Mangione’s alleged cold-blooded assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in midtown Manhattan in December provoked some sickening reactions from social media customers, infatuated ladies, late-night discuss show hosts and others—what my colleague Teri Christoph known as the “left’s ghoulish death cult.”
Many felt Mangione’s brutal crime was justified as a result of A) he’s allegedly enticing, B) some of us don’t like the healthcare industry and C) he had back ache. Oh poor child—heaps of people stay with debilitating ache, they don’t go round taking pictures people they’ve by no means met from firms they’ve by no means achieved business with and leaving devastated households of their wake.
There is just no solution to justify such a wicked homicide, and but far too many do precisely that on this case.
Leave it to Hollywood to return up with the flawed response. A Thursday night time episode of the long-running show “Law & Order” depicted a Mangione-like character who gunned down a health industry govt. Was he a villain, which is the solely ethical take you might have on the subject? Not essentially to NBC:
In a new episode which aired Thursday night time, NBC’s Law & Order tried to evoke sympathy for a assassin modeled after Luigi Mangione, the real-life murderer who shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in cold blood in 2024.
Thursday’s episode, entitled “Folk Hero,” started with fictional healthcare CEO Logan Andrews, the head of a company known as OptiShield, strolling down the road and speaking on his cellular phone about “healthy margins, healthy profit, healthy stock price.” A person carrying a masks and hoodie much like the one worn by Mangione then shoots him in cold blood on the sidewalk.
With breakneck pace, the killer, named Ethan Weller (Ty Molbak), turns into a hero in the metropolis. Young people cheer him and put on his jacket in solidarity. Weller is tracked down and caught moments earlier than he’s about to kill a second healthcare CEO.
WHAT A DISGRACE! No surprise NBC is shedding it is viewers!
NBC‘s ‘Law & Order‘ Paints Luigi Mangione-Like Character as a Folk Hero https://t.co/SSSt8rP5zM via @BreitbartNews
— Christine Rush (@christinerush) March 23, 2025
Liberal Comedian’s Remarks About United Healthcare CEO Shooter Are Off the Charts Vile
Now one could argue that so far, there’s nothing insulting: they’re simply fictionalizing actuality, and Mangione is certainly a folks hero to twisted souls. But right here’s the place they show their true colours:
Law & Order episodes normally finish with a jury announcing “guilty” and the killer being taken away in handcuffs. Not so this time. In this episode, earlier than the verdict is rendered, the prosecution will get nervous that the jury has been deeply moved by the protection’s arguments. The show then ends with out revealing what the jury determined, leaving the reply of “guilty” or “not guilty” a thriller for the viewers.
By purposefully leaving such a key aspect out, they’re implying that the case is “nuanced.” It’s not. It’s cut and dry and black and white—if Luigi Mangione did what prosecutors allege (with a mountain of proof to back them up), then there may be no nuance in any respect: he’s guilty and may by no means take pleasure in one other day of freedom in his life. Brian Thompson definitely received’t.
The incontrovertible fact that so many have misplaced sight of what needs to be a easy and timeless idea—“thou shalt not kill”—is a damning indictment of a unusual (normally progressive) tradition in our society. One that has the mindset that it’s OK to torch vehicles and Telsa dealerships as a result of they don’t like the CEO’s political philosophy.
“I feel like this open-ended episode played incredibly well,” actor Jesse Metcalfe instructed TVInsider. “It really works for this episode. We don’t really take a stand on what the verdict should be.”
“We don’t really take a stand.” What a weak, spineless viewpoint.
Unfortunately, a lot of Hollywood has no ethical middle, and so they’ve confirmed it as soon as again right here.
An indication of deep societal rot: infatuation with a assassin. Luigi Mangione is a poster boy for Gen Z ignorance and mental sickness, believing he had the ethical proper to take a life as a result of he possessed enough rage.
There’s nothing enticing about homicidal maniacs. pic.twitter.com/BgzK3HWRsP
— Kimberly Ross (@SouthernKeeks) February 24, 2025
Stay up to date with the newest developments in politics! Our web site is your go-to source for cutting-edge political information, election updates, authorities insurance policies, political events, marketing campaign methods, and insights into laws. We replace our content material day by day to make sure you have entry to the freshest info and evaluation on voter rights, public opinion, political evaluation, election outcomes, political debates, overseas relations, corruption, activism, and civic engagement.
Explore how these political trends are shaping the future! Visit us frequently for the most partaking and informative political content material by clicking right here. Our fastidiously curated articles will keep you knowledgeable on grassroots actions, worldwide relations, coverage adjustments, and constitutional points.
