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"We get a sense that we give too many handballs for actions that are quite normal and justifiable," refereeing boss Howard Webb said at the time.

As with so many political decisions of this era, the impulse was justifiable and the diagnosis was reasonably correct.

As Michael Li of the Brennan Center explained, it was a shocking partisan power grab that gained national attention for its chutzpah — but it was at least somewhat justifiable.

“It feels justifiable,” said Hall of the conclusion in a 2022 Times interview.

While Justice Quinlan did not find the attack to be motivated by race, he said the attackers' use of racial slurs "rippled" through the Aboriginal community and created "justifiable fear".