To defend bad people is human nature ...

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... else we'd have to explain ourselves:

Family and friends of two teenage boys shot and killed inside a home they had broken into are speaking out.
“They didn’t deserve to get killed,” said the sister of 14-year-old Michael Sambrano.
He and his 16-year-old best friend were shot and killed on Sunday morning by someone inside a home the teens were breaking into. Police won’t say whether it was the elderly homeowner or her brother who shot and killed the teens who had just broken into their home.

While they didn't deserve to get killed, that is one of the natural consequences that can visit if you break into peoples homes.

But the family and friends are never asked 'What did you do to prevent this?' or 'How might you have contributed to this?' or 'Why didn't you call the police once you found out that your son (or friend) was a criminal?'.

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