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I'm not saying that confrontation is the right option (as my above posts indicate), but its likely your CCW class was required to teach it that way regardless of what the instructor believed.
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I've since renewed my Texas CHL and this wasn't part of the presentation, so I kinda doubt that it was a requirement back in 2008. The instructor was a retired SEAL and a bit of a hard core. He was citing cases from other states where a civilian intervened and either took a shot at an officer or was shot by officers assuming the good samaritan was another bad guy. Misidentifying the participants goes both ways in a 3rd party scenario.
I agree with the instructor. Unless I know for dead certain, I'll stay out of it. I'll try to be a good witness who can give a decent description of what I saw unfolding.