Look sometimes I'm interested in this film that had the guy from Monk. The Hammer is one of the few ghosts that catches my eye since his backstory shows his' motives in a more understandable light.
So, the white "higher ups" lie about him stealing and killed his family days later. When George finds out, he kills those responsible, but then the town brutally kills him. They didn't kill Nathan and the gang, but George.
So did he really commit murder (killing in cold blood)? Or could it be waived away since the law said to kill murderers and the law clearly failed for when the higher ups did it?