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In reply to the discussion: Here's video of police shouting "burn that motherfucker" and "burn him out" as Dorner was trapped. [View all]marions ghost
(19,841 posts)I guess it will be further debated what they might have done. He did seem determined not to surrender, if the story is correct. It seems they had him cornered and surrounded and then they just fire-bombed him. But we do that all the time in Iraq and Afghanistan, so I guess it's just another option anywhere now. It does need to be questioned. I don't understand why they couldn't use helicopters either. Was he really controlling the situation with his guns--and what kind of arsenal was it really?
I thought it went this way--they started tearing down the front wall with the armored vehicle and when he didn't run out the back right away, they torched it.
One man army -- seems like hype. But I guess that's splitting hairs when you're talking about a cold hearted killer on a rampage.