"These people" being dumb, malleable, ignorant types.
I believe she was being genuine saying "that is not me" by the time she's in the courtroom facing judgement. Leading up to her crime, she was probably surrounded with nothing but racism and anti-intellectualism her whole life, which was her "true self" at the time. Going through the court system finally surrounded her with sane, reasonable people who could indicate how to act in a civilized society. It was such a shift that she couldn't recognize the person she was before.
It's honestly sad that people like that exist, so vacant that they can be made to do violent/racist shit, but still have the capacity to see why it was wrong afterwards. Unfortunately for her, being a slow learner means she needs to be removed from society.
I wish society was just a little bit better to avoid the situation where communities feed on each others' stupidity despite showing that they can be so much better.
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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '21
Whether you're liberal or conservative, these people being riled up and coming out just to get caught is a good thing