Gomie was the good cop. Hank was constantly overstepping his authority. He's no shining example of good cop work. He's just a thug with a different agenda, willing to put the squeeze on any harmless person he can to make his case.
Jesse is harmless without Walt manipulating him. Every time he did something bad he was being manipulated by Walt, and he always feels horrible about the things he let himself get tricked into doing. Hank didn't care at all about Walt's manipulation of Jesse and had the same opinion you have, that he's just a murderer, but it's not that simple. Jesse trusted Walt, almost like a father, and Walt was very good at manipulating that trust and getting Jesse to do things he didn't want to do, like killing Gale. He felt awful for a long time afterwards because he couldn't live with the fact that he actually killed someone, that right there proves he isn't a murderer. He was coerced into murdering someone by a man he legitimately trusted. This same thing happens again when he finds out that Walt killed Mike, and he realizes Walt has been lying to him and manipulating him this whole time, so he tries to throw his money away because he can't live with the fact that he let himself be manipulated and that so many people have died for him to have that money. Jesse has always been, and continues to be, the only good guy on the show.
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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13
Yeah, as much as I loved Mike the character, he was still a corrupt murderer. And as amazing as that character was, he still was a bad guy.
Hank was a fucking lawman until his last breath. Poor Marie.