This is not the same at all. Being indoctrinated is understandable, you're a victim of your upbringing sometimes, and you can have sympathy for those who haven't made it out and spew hate, slurs, and work against their best interests because of what they're told.

Going out to a protest, killing two people and paralyzing a third, and then fleeing the state is ABSOLUTELY beyond simple brainwashing. He was aware he killed at least one person and left.