A riveting new documentary based on The New York Post’s unrivaled reporting delves into the wild manhunt for alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione — and how Brian Thompson’s murder touched a cultural nerve about the state of health care in the US.
“New York Post Presents: Luigi Mangione Monster or Martyr?” — now streaming on Tubi — offers a rare glimpse into the paper’s bustling newsroom as facts about the chilling Dec. 4 assassination and its aftermath develop nearly in real-time.
Featuring a full roster of editors and reporters from the Big Apple’s favorite tabloid, the fast-paced doc relives the day of Thompson’s cold-blooded murder, the frantic aftermath as cops hunted for his killer and Mangione’s dramatic arrest.
The nearly hour-long documentary ultimately sets out to “uncover the polarizing Luigi Mangione and his alleged murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson” and examine the heated debate the slaying sparked about the state of health care in America.
Thompson was gunned down on West 54th Street in early December just blocks away from The Post’s Midtown newsroom. Mangione, an Ivy League-educated tech whiz who railed about the health care industry in his manifesto, was arrested in Pennsylvania following a five-day manhunt.
He now faces state and federal charges, including murder as an act of terrorism and stalking.
