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Showing Original Post only (View all)Audio catches cops shouting ‘Burn this motherf*cker!’ during Dorner siege [View all]
Source: Raw Story
Scanner audio apparently broadcast by the Los Angeles CBS affiliate KCAL on Tuesday captured angry officers yelling to burn this motherfucker prior to a cabin fire that is thought to have burned the body of fugitive ex-LAPD officer Christopher Dorner.
In a video recording posted to YouTube on Tuesday, the anchor pauses to let the viewer hear the mostly-inaudible scanner traffic.
Do it right now, one voice says. Fucking burn this motherfucker!
Police officers, understandably upset, the anchor explains.
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/13/audio-catches-cops-shouting-burn-this-motherfcker-during-dorner-siege/
The Youtube video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cNk-bV40XMc
This news was also covered on The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2013/feb/13/christopher-dorner-police-burn-plan
US media seems to be uninterested, despite the fact that authorities are claiming the fire was unintentional.
This is 1) cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Constitution against everyone, including a cop killer, and 2) a cover-up the facts, which is a crime.
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Audio catches cops shouting ‘Burn this motherf*cker!’ during Dorner siege [View all]
Gentle-man
Feb 2013
OP
So you think Dorner's murders are less problematic than someone making snide
geek tragedy
Feb 2013
#47
Public employees have due process rights as well as those secured through the
geek tragedy
Feb 2013
#86
How many KKK-lynching victims were guilty of multiple homicides and were armed
geek tragedy
Feb 2013
#69
Not the first time law enforcement agencies have burned down occupied buildings.
NYC_SKP
Feb 2013
#2
yes, I remember when those cops sent a tank to bash in the wall** they knew** candles and lamps were
Sunlei
Feb 2013
#76
I can be against the death penalty but might kill if tremendous danger is imminent
BlueJazz
Feb 2013
#10
I understand your points and I agree. I'm just not sure that they did not think their..
BlueJazz
Feb 2013
#51
I don't think the scenario was that simplistic. If we judge what the policemen did at the time...
BlueJazz
Feb 2013
#52
I tend to not make fun of people who are protecting and defending the community, who at any moment
CAG
Feb 2013
#17
Ok its been 20 minutes...no more false accusation attempts. I thank you, and good night.
CAG
Feb 2013
#48
Using tear gas wasn't a bad deed. It succeeded in ending the standoff without injury
geek tragedy
Feb 2013
#35
They're idiots for purposefully starting the fire AND yelling out that they were doing it.
truthisfreedom
Feb 2013
#45
some police are like a lynch mob, no interest to bring a person to justice or protect the citizens.
Sunlei
Feb 2013
#59
I heard this on the radio. Unless Dorner was about to surrender, it's a defensible option
yurbud
Feb 2013
#90
If they are denying doing it on purpose, then they must think they did something wrong...
octothorpe
Feb 2013
#91