I'm trying to come up with a few ideas to choose from for a storyline, but I am struggling for options. What are some crimes that a person might commit for a good reason? For example: Someone kills a person attacking their friend. They've taken a person's life but for a justifiable purpose.
I think it's less of specific "justifiable crimes" and more how a lot of crimes contextually can be justified. Was it an act of protection or preservation (for the individual or others)? Was it to meet the essentials of survival: food, water, shelter? Did it prevent or redirect an attack that could cause physical or psychological harm? Arsen may be justified if he burnt down a bureaucrats office that filed material used for leverage or blackmail of good members of the city into cooperation they did not want to give Shooting up a mob den could be a preemptive strike when there's word that said gang is intended to teach your family or someone's a lesson by annihilating them You can shatter a store window to call attention off a minority the cops are harassing or assaulting Stealing food to eat or harboring a fugitive that is on the brink The crimes specifically aren't "justifiable" but contextually you can make wrong actions be for the right reasons
