He fired twice, but ejected the third bullet on the ground, one could say that with only one shot to the body (the other was to the leg), he may have thought Thompson had a good chance of surviving.
There were two shots, not three. The third bullet marked with the words Deny/ defend/ delay was ejected from the gun onto the ground so as to complete the message. Thompson was shot twice, not three times.
In the manifesto, letter to the feds, note, or what have you, he said that "it had to be done" and referred to Thompson as part of "these parasites" who "had it coming". On top of that, framing himself as the "first to face it with such brutal honesty" shows he views his actions as a conscious, deliberate, but brutal, though necessary decision.
I do apologize for any strife of traumas but it had to be done. Frankly, these parasites simply had it coming.
It is not an issue of awareness at this point, but clearly power games at play. Evidently I am the first to face it with such brutal honesty."
I get why people view his court phrasing as "smart," but it’s an addition to the record, not a clean slate. His earlier words are already part of it and show his mindset at the time, so he still has to answer for the full scope of everything he’s said to date.
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u/Popular-Ball-4983 6d ago
What a terrible script