Scroll down to the part that it talks about malice a forethought. See how long it takes to establish premeditation. The law is sometimes different than what people may think it is... certainly different than what we may think it should be.
Exactly. Malice. Not self-defense or defense of others, which also require thought. You have to learn to be precise.
“Scroll down to the part that it talks about malice a forethought.”
I think they will have difficult proving malice in this case. They officer can clearly make the claim that he believed he was protecting innocent other officers.
That is not malice. That is what makes a shooting justified.