And if the state kills somebody without the cover of a legal pretext, it's called an "extrajudicial killing" rather than a murder.
replyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrajudicial_killing#United_S...
More to the point, if the police or whoever shoot someone in self defence, that someone is "killed". If I, or the police shoot someone for fun, it's "murder". In both cases the victim is "killed"
replyTrue, self defense isn't called murder. But if the government drone strikes an American citizen without a trial or anything, that's "extrajudicial killing", not murder.
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