The number 1 rule of liberalism is if they're a minority, woman or some kind of molester, then the ultimate responsibility must fall on some other person, the object they used or if that fails, a series of excuses that (attempt to..) negate as much responsibility as possible
'it was the gun' 'it was because of what happened to George flloyd' 'it was the Rittenhouse verdict' 'the real fault was institutional racism'
Etc etc