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I bet the chief knew exactly what he was saying. This was directed to the media. Everybody understands 'fear for your life'. They probably did fear for their life, but that was not the justification for what transpired. In the interest of simplicity, I think he left off the rest of the story regarding imminent death, grievous bodily harm, etc.

That was a simple explanation that even the media would understand that gets a point across. The media is incapable (with few exceptions) of understanding and correctly reporting on the use of force and use of deadly force as it is defined in the law. It is simply too involved a discussion for the news headline mentality.

If the chief were to try and give the legal justification for the events that occurred, he'd still be there a week from now explaining and answering typical media not thought through questions.