Good one ...
It was - and still is - the only answer possible.
Some LEOs get it. Others don’t.
But whether they get it or not is irrelevant to me - MY life is just as valuable to me as his life is to him.
Only difference is, HE has “state-sanctioned” permission and then follow-up legal protection at Taxpayers’ expense to defend his.
You and I don’t get that benefit of the doubt.