This situation is a little bit different, where maybe they know someone is hostile; they've got someone shooting at them or doing something else that's clearly hostile, throwing rocks, whatever. But if they respond, there's a range of other people around who are innocent people, who might also get hurt. It'd be collateral damage that the military often doesn't want to talk about.
La situación es un poco diferente si saben que alguien es peligroso, si alguien les está disparando o tiene una actitud hostil como arrojar piedras, etc. Pero si uno responde hay gente alrededor, personas inocentes, que pueden salir heridas; esos daños colaterales de los que el ejército casi nunca habla.