From my knowledge, this is how it goes...
An Officer patrols and suddenly his cars blows up. Another Sultan comes out with one citizen coming out. He takes out a shotgun and aims on the Officer. He asks him to put his hands up and sit in the back of his car. He is being kidnapped. Now here, there is another citizen who got to know the Officer is being kidnapped. The suspect is busy aiming at him and getting him in and the Officer has no choice but to put his hands up. And there is no Officer near or 76 to there. The citizen has all rights to save the Officer but how will he?
If he has a vehicle then he should go near him and ask the officer to get in his car NOW and tell him that he is being rescued. You have rescued an Officer and you are not guilty. If you get out and take out your gun and shoot him out as rescuing the Officer. That is not the appropriate way to rescue him. You had other ways therefore you are guilty.
Yeah and the kidnapper will watch and say - Damn, I didn't managed to kidnap him. :gd:
The funny thing is, IRL, in France, you being jailed if you saw a situation and could have done something to prevent it. Yes, it's true.
All I want to say, Civilans isn't guilty if they helped out ARPD/SAPD if it's REALLY necessary, as it was in this case. I understand if it's ten units on scene and a civilan killing suspects, then should understand, but in this situation, it was over five suspects and two police officers. And yes, the suspects was armed with Combat Shotguns, all of them.