"A man in his 70s walked out, tucking a stack of bills worth $5 into a hat that he then hid in his jacket . . . Bernal grabbed the cash and started running . . . The mob went through Bernal's pockets and handed a wad of bills to the old man: The equivalent of $5. They doused Bernal's head and chest in gasoline and flicked a lighter. And they stood back as he burned alive (taken from the article out of order) . . . Bernal was taken away in an ambulance on a cross-city quest to find a hospital with enough medical supplies to deal with his injuries."
While the article says those who attacked him had no evidence that they had the right guy, I missed any reference to Bernal not being the criminal.
It sounds to me like the mob got the right guy. It would be better if the police and the courts could and would deal with petty criminals, but they have systematically failed. The old man's life man depend on the money that was stolen; I have no sympathy for the thief.
My take also.
Here’s what you have: members of the mob who killed him, said he robbed the old man (natch); Bernal to literally his dying breath said they grabbed the wrong man. Add to that the fact that what we know of his personal history (as reported here) reveals a man with no criminal proclivities, but quite the opposite a man outstanding for his upright and godly character.
If you think that’s enough to convict Bernal and exonerate the mob that murdered him, I sure hope you can spend the rest of your life far from the mean streets -— and away from jury duty.