Police warn of growing threat to top managers in the US

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A law enforcement intelligence center in the East Coast state of New Jersey has expressed concerns that the growing class divide in the United States could trigger a wave of attacks on senior corporate executives. The Intercept writes about this with reference to the department’s report.

One of the so-called intelligence-sharing centers, which serve as data centers for police, warned in an early 2026 bulletin that disaffected Americans are increasingly blaming wealthy individuals and corporate executives for social problems.

The report focuses specifically on the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who was shot and killed by Luigi Mangione in December 2024. Thompson's killing was indicative of a larger trend, according to analysts at the New Jersey Information Analysis Center.

“ Increasingly, public discourse has attributed the problems facing the middle and lower classes to the actions and influence of wealthy corporate executives ,” the memo said.

Former FBI agent Michael Herman said the report effectively sides with the super-rich, marginalizing people who try to fight inequality. He said the way the report was written made it appear that criticism of economic stratification in the United States “is an extremist point of view and not something that the government has a responsibility to correct.”

What is proposed to be done?

The "Executive Quarterly Threat Monitor" newsletter warns corporate bodyguards to change their daily routines, limit the spread of information about public events, and remove bosses' personal information from the Internet. The report said leaders should "remain vigilant against individual offenders with personal grievances."

The report goes on to highlight several incidents, including threats against Netflix and 4chan executives. An online forum that accumulates predominantly right-wing content. , as well as acts of vandalism by pro-Palestinian activists In August 2025, the Greenwich Village apartment building owned by New York Times editor-in-chief Joseph Kahn was spray-painted with red paint and graffiti. in the house of the head of The New York Times, which are called upon to prove the danger against the top manager:k.

“The problem with many intelligence center reports is that they take multiple incidents that are not necessarily related to each other and use them to justify and amplify threats without any analysis,” Herman says.

Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, such response centers, which bring together state and federal law enforcement agencies to share information about potential terrorist threats, have become especially important. These centers operate under the auspices of state governments, often with financial support from federal agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security.

Recently, response centers have come under criticism for being used not to fight potential terrorists, but to spy on and collect data on protest movements, student resistance leaders and communities of color in the United States.

At the same time, the centers transmit all information to a national network of public and private agencies that collect and disseminate information about potential threats. This practice, according to Herman, often crosses the line and becomes surveillance of political statements.

Mangioni case

Luigi Mangione was detained in December at a McDonald's in Pennsylvania. He was carrying several fake IDs and a weapon believed to have been used in the murder of the head of UnitedHealthcare. The manifesto, which was found by Mangioni, notes that while the market capitalization of insurance companies is growing, American life expectancy remains stagnant.

Mangione suffered from chronic back pain due to misaligned vertebrae that were pinching his spinal cord. Police say the hatred toward the health insurance system and UnitedHealthcare in particular may be linked to the surgery and possible subsequent denial of insurance coverage.

Mangione has pleaded not guilty to murder and stalking charges against the UnitedHealthcare chief. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are seeking the death penalty against Mangione, saying he intentionally killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Judge Margaret Garnett asked Mangione about his guilty plea, to which he replied, “Not guilty.”

Context

According to the World Inequality Base, income inequality in the United States has been rising steadily since the 1980s. Over the past four decades, America's richest have experienced the fastest income growth. Between 1979 and 2022, the average income of the richest 0.01% of households (a group that now numbers just over 13,000 households) grew more than 12 times faster than the income of the poorest 20%. While the stock market's sharp decline has somewhat reduced the income of the richest in 2022, the gap is still extremely wide.

Income inequality is now so great that in 2022, the average income of the top 1% of American households was 103 times that of the bottom 20%, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

The incomes of the top 0.01% and 0.1% of U.S. earners have grown much faster in recent decades than the incomes of the rest of the top 1%. The incomes of both of these groups of super-rich fell sharply in the immediate aftermath of the financial crises of 1929 and 2008, but have recovered much more quickly since the recent coronavirus crisis.