I'm not saying it's justified, I'm saying that it's a form of violence, and it's unsurprising that violence might beget violence. It's why societies form laws - as both a deterrent and a punishment for escalating things further. And in this case, the murderer was indeed punished.

But that hate speech in general goes relatively unpunished is what least to this situation either way. Lashing out like that usually happens when humans don't see justice repeatedly. It's highly doubtful the murderer struck angrily at the moment because of this single instance, but rather this was the last domino in a series.

Yet that so much focus is only placed on the errors of the police, and that's why the UK will continue to see societal issues as these. The incident was multifaceted, but only one thing is focused on, to the benefit of the far right