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This thing about them not getting the promised reward needs to go viral so in the future whenever someone's thinking of turning someone in to get the reward money, they'll know they're highly unlikely to get a damn thing.
It's also (probably) not true.
"McDonald’s employee who called 911 in CEO’s shooting is eligible for a reward, but it will take time"
https://apnews.com/article/luigi-mangione-unitedhealthcare-ceo-reward-money-tips-c17b08531049edb381b954e6b876cfda
At this point, we don't know if it's true or how true. The odds of them getting the whole $60k is very low, but they might eventually get something out of it, depending on if/when he's convicted, how much of it they decide to award, and how many other tipsters it would be split with. And then of course, after taxes are deducted!
Since the issue has gotten some publicity and people may be checking up on it, they're probably more likely to give them at least something in this case. But whatever the truth is doesn't matter much these days -- the article stating they might not get it is out there, got attention, and I'm saying it should get more attention. People shouldn't be fooled when they hear a number and believe they will actually just be handed all that money when they call in their tip.
Here y'go: free fries with your purchase of a BigMac. Thanks for supporting law enforcement.
It's gone viral on several meme pages I follow on Facebook...
Also if this employee doesn't get rewarded for the tip-off that led to Luigi's arrest, what kind of message is that going to send to the public about law enforcement? It's just going to reinforce the already-growing ACAB narrative and make people distrust the police even further....
Heck, the very real possibility of being publicly outed, shamed, harassed and threatened for being the one to rat on Luigi, and not getting the promised $60,000 reward could end up radicalising more people.
The average citizen doesn't know, care, or even understand. Nor do they want to.
That's why everyone who cares needs to spread the word.
People don't need to care. They might share it as a fun factoid, they might just say that's crazy and never think about it again
Until they're in a position to get a reward... They'll care then. That little idea they heard in passing will pop up... Maybe it gives them pause.
$10k is pretty tempting for a lot of people...a chance at a $10k reward they've heard rarely is paid out is a lot less tempting
Maybe they Google it first, maybe they think twice about if the crime is worth reporting. Maybe they see the world in black and white and believe it to be their duty
It's worth spreading some information, even to people that don't care
The average can shift marginally over time and this is a good start.
I didn’t hear about this. Is there an article you can link or something?
https://kpel965.com/mcdonalds-employee-may-not-get-60000-reward-for-tipping-off-police-about-luigi-mangione/
This one was posted further up. The tl;dr is that because they didn't call the NYPD tip line, they definitely* won't get the $10,000 from them, barring major backlash that may make them walk that back.
The $50,000 from the FBI is up in the air, but is dependent on him getting convicted. There's some wording that someone else pointed to about the tip needing to lead to an arrest AND conviction, saying that because the tip itself only lead to the arrest, they won't be paid, but I'm uncertain about that.
I mentioned in another comment that if the 1% want us to keep snitching, these high profile situations kinda need to pay out.
Its pure conjecture, there is no one saying they wont be paid, just some "journalists" saying maybe he wont be paid.
Maybe this might be one of those cases where fuck the truth of the matter, we should just spread this conjecture as truth. Snitches should imagine stitches not riches.