People had valid reasons to be skeptical of Etika
If someone has empathy for their fellow humans, there is no logic or valid reason behind being skeptical of someone (and other people) saying they have mental problems and them acting suicidal (the guy assaulted a police officer while black ffs).
If someone is faking it and you:
* believe they're serious: you get tricked, but you're a nice person
* don't believe them: you didn't get tricked, but you're still a dick because you couldn't have known that 100% in advance. They're a dick too mind, but that doesn't excuse not believing them.
If someone is actually serious and you:
* believe they're serious: you're a nice person, and you might even save/improve their life.
* don't believe them: you're a huge asshole that could have helped contribute to the problem.
Being able to believe the accusations and either help your fellow person directly or hope they get help is always the right thing to do, because at least the worst thing that can happen if you believe someone who winds up lying is you tried to be a good, honest, person. Being skeptical/not believing/actually being crude to someone who needs help just makes you a shitty person regardless of if they were serious or not.
Ya I get he's said hurtful stuff, you're not the only person that's been affected by said hurtful stuff, and were he still alive that'd be something he'd have to tackle whenever he got his mental issues sorted out, but there's a difference between a white supremacist who wants a hetero white ethno nation state and someone whose mind is genuinely fractured (and had other people backing that up) and aren't even fully capable of just being themselves and is making rash decisions to try to overcome the overwhelming depression and mental anxiety they feel.
If we lose our ability to understand nuance and display empathy, then we're just doomed as a species. It'll also bode worse for minorities and LGBT in general, because without proper nuance and without proper empathy, we're the first to lose. Leave the lack of empathy, nuance, and care for our fellow human to the white supremacists please. We can do better than being skeptical or rude to someone crying for help.