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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]OwnedByCats
(805 posts)I don't know if anyone has said what I'm about to say because I haven't read all the way through so I apologize if so.
First of all, I worry about cops playing judge, jury and executioner and someone being denied their due process of law.
However having said that - Dorner did say he would not be taken alive and predicted he would not be alive much longer. I assumed that meant he would either commit suicide or be shot by cops. If he had wanted to surrender to spare his life he could have. However I think most likely if he had walked out of that cabin, armed or not, they would have shot him.
Perhaps the cops didn't feel like they had any other alternative. They had lost one of their own and another was wounded and knowing that Dorner was an ex cop and was also in the military before that, he had tremendous knowledge on tactics and survival which made him much more dangerous. Knowing that he had this huge advantage that most people in this situation do not have, they didn't want to take a chance on anyone else getting hurt or killed.
But on the other hand, I wasn't there and have no first hand knowledge of what occured and I probably shouldn't speculate further until more info comes out.