[conimbricenses]

No. Those who think he should not be called murderer for what may have been a mistake...would be the first to scream “murderer” if he was a common civilian and the victim of that mistake was a cop.

[Filo]

No. Those who think he should not be called murderer for what may have been a mistake...would be the first to scream “murderer” if he was a common civilian and the victim of that mistake was a cop.

Exactly.

If a group of men burst into my home and I fire on them, as I should, and one dies later to be identified as a cop then I go to jail for murder of a police officer for a long, long, long time.

If, during the exact same home invasion, the cops kill me but they later find they were at the wrong address they walk Scott free.

All's fair.