[drewbug01]

Why do you think it’s so important to get in this guy’s head, and to give him this graceful excuse of “maybe he just panicked?”

Obviously someone panicked. We can clearly see they did not line them up and actually shoot them with a firing squad.

But what is the point of this thought exercise? Where does it lead? To more “training” for the agents?

The whole thing is illegitimate and immoral. There is no need to engage with what was going on in the guy’s head. We are way, way too far past that point.

[eudamoniac]

> Why do you think it’s so important to get in this guy’s head, and to give him this graceful excuse of “maybe he just panicked?”

It's not an excuse, it's an explanation. By all means throw the book at him for murder or whatever. I think it's important because understanding why things happen is important to stop them from happening. If you just stop at "they're evil murderers" then your options for fixing that are very limited.

> But what is the point of this thought exercise? Where does it lead? To more “training” for the agents?

Yes, at the very least.

[filoeleven]

The lesson is that when everyone is armed, people get shot. But 2A is more important than that here, so there are no more lessons to learn.

So far, it appears that the killer will not be investigated, much less prosecuted. This is how you start civil wars.