weird how their reaction isn't consistent.

I keep coming back to the Penny verdict, which seems to ratify the idea that it's okay for a private citizen to decide that someone is a problem in the public space and kill them to "solve" the problem. How is that different from what CEO shooter did, except that strangling someone slowly is definitely a torture death compared to shooting them?

If the "problem" is black and/or poor, it's okay to murder them.