Shift yourself!

Difficult to understand the verdict in the PC Harwood case.  It seems to be accepted that PC Harwood intended to do what he did, and that what he did resulted in the death of Ian Tomlinson.  So how can that not be manslaughter?  His defence was "reasonable force", which clearly the jury accepted.  So that seems to mean that a policeman, simply because he is a policemen, is entitled to shove you out of the way if he considers that you are obstructing him.  If you or I did it, it would be assault.  So if you see a policeman coming down the road, I'd cross over if I were you!