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🔵   NBC's Law & Order Portrays 'Folk Hero' Based on Luigi Mangione

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In a new episode which aired Thursday night, NBC'sLaw & Orderattempted to evoke sympathy for a murderer modeled afterLuigi Mangione, the real-life assassin who shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in cold blood in 2024. Thursday's episode, entitled "Folk Hero," began with fictional healthcare CEO Logan Andrews, the head of a company called OptiShield, walking down the street and talking on his cell phone about "healthy margins, healthy profit,healthy stock price." A man wearing a mask and hoodie similar to the one worn by Mangione then shoots him in cold blood on the sidewalk. With breakneck speed, the killer, named Ethan Weller (Ty Molbak), becomes a hero in the city.

newsbusters.org     Mar 21, 2025