You will never be able to reason with these people
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Disclaimer: I just heard about this case 3 minutes ago.
The defense didn't argue "he shot the kid because he stole a few water bottles". It argued that after chasing the thief, he threatened the store owner and his son with a gun. The prosecution admitted that he had a gun on him, but said he never threatened anyone with it.
It's mind-boggling that someone would throw his life away over a few water bottles. And why take something that isn't yours to begin with (except Venezuelan oil of course)?
It’s never just a “few water bottles”. If you’ve ever been in these kind of areas the ferals will randomly pop in to see if they can steal a bunch of shit. When they can’t take a lot they often just try to grab anything they think they can take without getting chased out. It’s a devolution of crime with no plan, the kid wanted to steal shit, he just didn’t know what he could get away with and having no capacity for risk assessment decided to go all in on water bottles.
So it's kleptomania?
Even if you're intent on stealing for the sake of stealing, at what point does "pull out a gun to try to kill the shop owner" seem like a good idea to you?