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No. In a number of cases it did not involve an attack.Who says it is an attacker?I support stiff penalties on attacks on police. Likewise I support strict penalties on the killing of unarmed civilians. We need to to be looking at less lethal ways of de escalating situations.
Except there are laws against attacking a police officer. There is no law that forbids officers (or armed citizens) from using a firearm against an unarmed attacker.
It has to be an attacker if one is to use deadly force. Either that or one about to attack.