I agree with your summation that your brother felt sucker punched when he saw the pictures and you could have prevented the sucker punched feeling had you manned up and shown him the pictures from the beginning. Given the opportunity, your brother may have called the cops himself. Now you'll never know exactly what kind of man your brother is but we can see that you like being manipulative.
Not to shift blame away from your nephew...he was one of the two thieves who put this whole scenario in motion, but I feel that you as an assumed adult should have realized that noone wants to believe that their child is a thief, that is part of being an adult, recognizing the complexity of inter-personal relationships and the bond between a parent and a child, age means nothing. Put yourself in your brother's shoes...would you have believed him if he came to you and said "I know that your son stole my belongings" without offering any proof beyond the value of his word? Probably not!
The picture you have painted makes it appear to me that you were testing how much respect your brother has for you by seeing how he would react to such a serious allegation without proof, merely your word. Looks to me like you miscalculated and now not only is your nephew being looked down upon in the family but so are you, and you don't like feeling like Judas.
You win some and you lose some, but the outcome is most often determined by how you play the game. You played this poorly by not sharing with your brother the factual proof of what you alledged, you were inconsiderate. You could have shared the proof and still been able to call the police.
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