What is the writer's opinion about the handling of mentally ill individuals who commit crimes, and what is their interpretation of an event?
Probably another "mentally ill" person too ill to go to trial.  There used to be institutions for people like him.   Saved a ton of taxpayer money bulldozing them, didn't you now?  The best intervention is rendering the person incapable of resistance.  Those three men learned you don't talk down racists and bigots.   Sorry for their families and friends.