Shirts, mugs and stickers bearing the phrases “Deny Defend Depose” are showing on the market on e-commerce web sites simply days after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot to loss of life in New York City.
Those phrases had been scrawled on three shell casings discovered on the scene of the Dec. 4 capturing in Manhattan, in response to regulation enforcement sources, and loosely echo the title of a guide about why insurance coverage corporations deny affected person claims. The title — “Delay Deny Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don’t Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It,” by Jay Feinman — is described on Amazon as “an exposé of insurance coverage injustice and a plan for shoppers and lawmakers to struggle again.”
Feinman has declined to touch upon the latest occasions, together with on the phrases police say had been written on the shell casings.
Sellers on on-line market Etsy listing over 800 gadgets bearing “Deny Defend Depose,” together with stickers, candles and attire, whereas eBay is promoting stickers, clothes, garden indicators and mobile phone circumstances with the phrase.
In an announcement to CBS MoneyWatch, eBay stated the sale of things with the phrases doesn’t violate its insurance policies. But the corporate added that “gadgets that glorify or incite violence, together with people who have fun the latest homicide of UHC CEO Brian Thompson, are prohibited.”
Amazon stated in an announcement to CBS MoneyWatch that it had eliminated related merchandise from its platform, saying that the merchandise violated the corporate’s tips.
Merchants usually race to market wares associated to dramatic present occasions, even after they contain violence. After President-elect Donald Trump was struck within the ear by a bullet in an assassination attempt over the summer time, for instance, sellers rapidly began hawking merchandise with photos of Trump on the rally. Many merchandise additionally had been bought on-line and in shops instantly after the 9/11 assaults.
