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In reply to the discussion: Yes, Dorner was a murderer who killed innocent people, [View all]MadHound
(34,179 posts)63. Know any cops? Got any cops in the family?
If you do, when you stop your foolish all-caps screaming screed, go talk to them. Go ask them if those cops had a responsibility to get a clear identification before opening fire. Go try and tell them that those cops aren't responsible for the injuries they caused because Dorner was running around loose. Ask them if they would want any of those trigger happy cops on their six.
Then watch them laugh at you, long and hard.
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Excellent post and it explains exactly how I feel about this mess, here in SoCal.
BlueCaliDem
Feb 2013
#1
The work of the Abolitionists were both well-known and advertised prior to Harper's Ferry.
LanternWaste
Feb 2013
#67
It prompted to other people to come forward. Both are no longer with the department and
Luminous Animal
Feb 2013
#20
Other than the fact that he's why we're talking about the LAPD right now.
Comrade Grumpy
Feb 2013
#58
Now if Dorner had taken time to document all those abuses then he could have done some good.
dkf
Feb 2013
#5
Dorner being a mass murderer is ALL the story is. Bad cops are 100% IRRELEVANT to the story.
graham4anything
Feb 2013
#9
Well, at minimum, just the consideration that the LAPD fired upon three innocents, multiple times,
MadHound
Feb 2013
#12
I am much less likely to pay attention to anyone who holds Dorner up as some kind of hero. So at
DevonRex
Feb 2013
#19
But SoCal PD response to him has turned all eyes upon them. Then they told media to
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#30
He murdered a police officer's daughter to "break the gang's rule of silence"?
uppityperson
Feb 2013
#40
Unfortunately it's not just here that few are capable of nuance, gray area thinking or multitasking
Fumesucker
Feb 2013
#45
No other police department in the country would have refrained from shooting the wrong vehicles?
Fumesucker
Feb 2013
#46
Very well stated. Similar, in fact, to the LA Times editorial on the same subject.
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2013
#70