the excuse

"Officer if I had known they were not Palestinian of course I would have never shot them."

Mr. Tischler said that his client had “no prior history of violent or hateful behavior” and that he was cooperating with law enforcement. His client acknowledged the seriousness of the charges, he said, but had not been able to control his actions.
“At the time of the incident, Mr. Brafman was experiencing a severe mental health crisis which caused him to be in fear for his life,” the lawyer said in a text message to The New York Times. “It is believed that his ability to make sound judgments was significantly compromised.”
- Like like they're maybe trying to avoid the hate crime charge via an insanity plea...?
  
  Yeah. What else is he supposed to say? The guy basically told the cops "Here's exactly what I did. Also, I meant to kill them, because of their race." Basically, all he can do is threaten to make them waste resources by dragging out the case as much as he can, to increase leverage to get as merciful a plea deal as possible.

Extreme Racism is a chronic mental problem, not a mental health crisis.
- yes, but it's a systemic problem at its root

Don't forget the tourists immediately sent out a tweet about the shooting and ended it by saying 'death to arabs'

And people say there is no poetic justice in the world.
These people deserve each other ❤️