Herbert, some of the white, right-wing people I know initially reacted that Sonya's murder was horrible and inexcusable. Within days, they were already defending him and parroting his assertion that she was going to throw boiling water at him so he therefore needed to shoot her in the face. It's disgusting that the reason this man was employed on so many police forces in the area despite many prior incidents and an obviously unsuitable and dangerous, ultimately deadly, demeanor - was that he was dating the sheriff's daughter who disclosed Sonya's mental illness. I don't know what to say except it is totally and completely f-ed up and these people deserve to be sent to a remote island and kept by themselves.