I also didn’t think they were supposed to shoot at officers either.
In Afghanistan, the Mujaheddin used to simply look for the big red star on the front of the headgear. Officer. Boom.
Major Ferguson, inventor of the breechloading rifle bearing his name, once drew a bead on Gen. George Washington and spared his life for that very reason, that gentlemen do not kill each other from ambush.
Ferguson was later killed at King’s Mountain by an American rifleman who didn’t care for such niceties.