Here’s a scenario. Fake holdup staged by police. Honest, law-abiding citizen sees holdup and intervenes. Fake perp points gun at citizen. Citizen defends self and shoots fake perp.
If the police arrest the citizen they are all fascists and need to be put in jail. (I don’t care if this angers anyone)
TF Bad for the fake perp. Tough. That’s the way it is. The citizen can only act on the information available to him at the time of the act. The citizen is innocent and the police who staged it are responsible for the death. End of discussion.
Only one problem...and it's a BIG one.
A citizen shoots the perp, who is actually a cop, with many other cops probably in the area for training, back-up, or whatever......and you think the citizen would be ARRESTED????.
Except that as soon as the citizen pulls his gun, all the cops will likely shoot him dead. Assuming he didn’t have a dog, in which case they’d shoot the dog first, and probably a bystander and maybe a car parked nearby.
Let em add something to your scenario:
(1) Actual thug attempts hold-up and when chased by a CFL holder, turns and says, “This is a DPD staged robbery, don’t shoot.”
CFL lowers his guard and real thug kills him and escapes.
(2) Fake-thug is chased by samaritan CFL holder and is gunned down by a DPD officer assigned to the fake robbery.
Shooting DPD officer says, “I was compelled to protect my fellow officer.”