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Just an imminent threat of a tussle as you point out. where is the proof that they are. >> this was a hideous act. let's be clear. we are on the same page. >> he was concerned for his life. >> as a cop you do not have to prove self-defense. >> sure you do. threat of bodily harm. manslaughter requires that there was not a premed occasion to commit murder, but, yet you took the life anyway. you took the life in the heat of the moment with the legal provocation. that makes it manslaughter. it is not murder. furthermore, if they insist on charging murder, i guarantee you this cop will be acquitted...