“The lawyer herself is not declaring the statement to be factual “
She did. If the question was meant like you think, she would have asked if he believed he had saved lives.
Reading Comprehension 101.
She began the question with the words "You know..." and ended with "don't you?".
She was selling the idea, leading the witness to agree with the statement (that came from police in the first place) without herself saying that was what happened.
You're still wrong. The defense attorney did not say that the police saved lives that day.
Here's what you failed to include.
Jackson said he was not there in his capacity as a SWAT sniper. However, after the violence erupted, he grabbed his rifle, chambered a round and went to work as a "counter-sniper" in an effort to eliminate threats and save lives.
After that came the question from Gotro, framed as it was. She was digging into what the officer had just said. She was not the source of the statement. Her question was aimed towards stressing what the officer himself perceived he was at the time doing.
It's not myself who lacks "reading comprehension" here.
Don't ever whine about 'selective quoting" again, Princess. Without that technique you'd have not much to troll people here with.