A grainy image of his face drew comparisons to Hollywood heartthrobs. A jacket similar to the one he’s wearing on wanted posters is reportedly flying off the shelves. And the words written on the bullets he used to kill a man in cold blood on a sidewalk on Wednesday have become, for some people, a rallying cry.

Four days after a gunman assassinated a top health insurance executive in Midtown Manhattan and vanished, the unidentified suspect has, in some quarters, been venerated as something approaching a folk hero.

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    15 days ago

    Media is there to make owners feel good so they are doing just that.

    Issue is that working class is not accepting this narrative.

    A dead corporate executive is the most unified people have ever been in a generation.

    I don’t think extra security can save them when entire country wants you dead