I do agree with many of the points you’ve made. There’s no doubt that issues were present in their lives, however the depth of those issues simply can’t be assessed based on such little information. I guess the issue I have is many of the comments have been made by people after they were approached by the media. We don’t know if they’ve been twisted, presented differently than they were said or quoted out of context. For example the video of Bryers father breaking down and saying his son was hurting and wanted his pain to end - that seems to have been translated by media into “wants to go [sic] blaze of glory”.
The only time that there will possibly be verification of anything, including statements said to reporters, is if it goes to trial, which I doubt the public will be privy to anything. Haven’t they already applied in advance for a publication ban??