As the accused killer of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO heads to court this week, his support has proven surprisingly enduring
When accused UnitedHealthcare shooter Luigi Mangione arrives at a Manhattan courthouse for hearings this week, a digital billboard featuring amputee Michael Kissling will be mounted on a truck driving around outside.
Kissling, 32 years old, blames UnitedHealthcare for denying treatments he says could have saved his leg. He doesn’t condone violence, but says the killing of his insurance company’s chief executive, Brian Thompson, has helped draw attention to challenges that he and others have faced.
Of Mangione he says, “If he’s Malcolm X, then I’m trying to emulate Martin Luther King.”
