Right-wing violence will always be treated more gently than left-wing violence, even if the leftist violence in blatantly in self-defense. If a leftist ends up in that sort of situation, they're basically fucked no matter what -- either going to prison or killed by a death squad, if they even survive the initial violence -- so the incentive at that point is to just make sure their enemy is dead.
Leonard Peltier is still in jail even though he probably didn't shoot that fed. A couple of black panthers are still in jail because someone else killed a cop.
Right-wing violence will always be treated more gently than left-wing violence, even if the leftist violence in blatantly in self-defense. If a leftist ends up in that sort of situation, they're basically fucked no matter what -- either going to prison or killed by a death squad, if they even survive the initial violence -- so the incentive at that point is to just make sure their enemy is dead.
Leonard Peltier is still in jail even though he probably didn't shoot that fed. A couple of black panthers are still in jail because someone else killed a cop.