Talk:Butcher of Blaviken/@comment-183.179.127.2-20180605162331/@comment-27075564-20180605163511

In short, they didn't see it that way. Sure, they might have looked like thugs, but to most of them, the villians didn't do anything (yet) so all they saw was Geralt brutally murder 8 people right in front of their eyes, not realizing if he hadn't interfered, the thugs would have likely killed them. Caldemeyn probably understood, but it was best for him to simply send Geralt away instead of trying to argue the point to the townspeople.