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Originally Posted by Liam-
If what he did is inexcusable, which it is, the context of what was happening before his actions are completely irrelevant
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I wouldn't say completely irrelevant because context matters in most crimes.
For example if a Wife killed her Husband because he was physically abusing her, I don't believe that the law should be judging her by the same standard as a cold blooded killer that finds killing fun.
Ultimately he does have to be punished (because obviously we can't have Police Officers losing control) but the context here is possibly explaining away why he did what he did, and if found to be true it also makes him a more sympathetic figure than the Officer that killed Sarah Everard for example.