It’s only 34 points tho.... welp. I cannot see the picture, but I would hazard a guess to the question “Why does he show empathy to the thief” to be because he felt pity on the thief or because he related in a way to the thief or understood the thief’s reasoning. I have not read the article you are referring to I just am listing reasons to show empathy to an act of wavering degrees of evil. I’m sorry to not be of a lot of help :/