Your appeal has been reviewed and denied.
We have determined this PK to be reasonable and/or justified.
As a staff team, we apologize for the length of time it has taken for a decision to be made on this appeal, we have been discussing the ins and outs of this appeal and have ultimately come to an agreement to deny this appeal. The use of the rule you are trying to quote, OOC means of communication will invalidate it, does not apply in this situation. The key word in the rule you are quoting is MAY, and this rule is generally used for gloating during and after a pk.
The main rule that we kept coming back to is found under the PK Reasons & Rules section and states the following:
If you are attempting to PK someone, during the hit you are also PK active. Meaning if you're attempting to kill or have just killed the victim but you were also killed you are subject to a PK, so don’t be reckless when carrying out these serious murders.
This includes being killed by a third party who is acting in defense of the victim, or a police officer trying to apprehend you, moments after the hit itself takes place. As the hitman your goal is to carry out the hit and escape the area to hide out for next 15 minutes. [You may not disconnect until this minimum timer has expired. You will be PK'ed for LTAP'ing to avoid death]
Why yes there can be a claim that Toast had initially accepted the pk but he gave the faction time to amend the orders given, this did not affect how you performed the PK, but more delayed the timing of the pk. Ultimately it was your choice to carry out the hit in a very public space, greatly increasing the chance of you being killed after.
Watching the clip, you run up to the individual and you can clearly see that Detective Martin Riggs is talking to the crowd, whether he was in uniform or not, it was clear that he was present. You also shoot in the direction he is standing, so it is a natural reaction of him to return fire, as he had assumed you were shooting at him or at the crowd of people. Valuing your life rules do play a factor in this situation as well, as this PK was done in a reckless way that left you vulnerable to return fire. The fault of this PK falls on the HC of your faction for not giving proper orders, and yourself for carrying out those orders in a public setting.
You may not re-appeal this PK.