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In reply to the discussion: Protesters show support for Christopher Dorner [View all]MrScorpio
(73,778 posts)The protest is against Dorner's treatment by the LAPD prior to his actual murder of anyone and they question the police's actions which led up to Dorner killing himself while the cabin was burning around him after the police set it on fire.
None of the protestors are justifying Dorner's murder of innocent people. Quite the opposite, they've stated that there was no justification for that.
In spite of that, they say that the LAPD is obligated to adhere to the rule of law. Even a murderer like Dorner is entitled to due process.
I believe that the police wanted Dorner dead because he targeted the police and their family members in a misguided campaign of revenge. I also believe that the LAPD would rather have that Dorner not spilled the beans about their own corruption, racism and incompetence.
The protest, to me, is all about not letting the LAPD off the hook and if they have to use Dorner's own WORDS (not to his actions as a murderer) do that, so be it.
Dorner, being an ex-cop, believed that there was no chance of him making it out alive. Whether his ex-cop buddies would do the deed or he'd do it himself, as was the case. His experience as a cop most certainly helped him understand how easy it was for the cops to eliminate him, especially after the cops made damn sure to remove any pesky press witnesses right before they burned the cabin and Dorner's corpse to a crisp.
He's dead either way
So you advocating for his surrender is nothing more than pure naive speculation.
You've yourself stated that Dorner was a threat to police, he made good on that threat. So, why is it inconceivable that the police, in turn, would make damn sure that Dorner would end up a dead man in the end?
That's not the result that the protestors are advocating for, they wish that Dorner the murderer would have faced justice by way of due process and not have died by his own hand after the police set fire to the cabin that he was holed up in.
So, it seems to me that you have more in common with the protestors than you even understand.
Imagine that.