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In reply to the discussion: So, Dorner's Only Means to Expose LAPD Corruption Was To Kill People? [View all]TheKentuckian
(25,020 posts)78. Who said it was? Dorner is dead, you'll have to call a soothsayer to have this out with him
but his horrible means doesn't diminish the issues with cops not a single bit just as crazy bastards blasting on random law abiding citizens didn't diminish the need to capture or if necessary kill Dorner.
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I doubt many people would agree that Dorner acted in an intelligent sensible way, however.
DrewFlorida
Feb 2013
#2
Major under statement: "Because Dorner did not use a good method for exposing the LAPD"
Yavin4
Feb 2013
#5
Killing people destroys your (Dorner's) credibility, not the credibility of the message.
DrewFlorida
Feb 2013
#44
Agree. And not just w/insane people. Anybody who screws up once is forever branded
gateley
Feb 2013
#76
Dorner is not different from any other disgruntled ex employ that goes in and shoots up his former
Agnosticsherbet
Feb 2013
#4
Well, the LAPD has 10,000 police officers and you don't know how many have ever shot anyone
onenote
Feb 2013
#22
if you live in LA you hear about LAPD shootings pretty regularly. It is not at all uncommon.
robinlynne
Feb 2013
#59
LAPD is only the tip of the iceberg, police nationwide are becoming more and more militarized
Fumesucker
Feb 2013
#67
No corrupt organization is going to enjoy that national spotlight being shined on it
Fumesucker
Feb 2013
#69
You're supposed to love Dorner for murdering US citizens here for no reasons and
DevonRex
Feb 2013
#17
Yeah, wonder where the right gets their propaganda spin to convince the middle that
CAG
Feb 2013
#56
No sane person would shoot someone's kid thinking it would advance a cause for justice. nt
geek tragedy
Feb 2013
#42
I wonder if I posted that Baruch Goldstein was lynched what the reaction would be. nt
geek tragedy
Feb 2013
#66
Dorner didn't expose ANYTHING that people in Southern California didn't already know.
cherokeeprogressive
Feb 2013
#20
I should have said everyone in California who's paid attention in the last 21 years knows... n/t
cherokeeprogressive
Feb 2013
#26
Do you have to be a Dorner fanboy to be allowed to criticize the LAPD? n/t
backscatter712
Feb 2013
#43
According to DU's new nannies, yes. I, OTOH, think he was a dangerous person who
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#45
who says he did it to expose the LAPD? Dorner didn't say that. He said "I didn't lie."
robinlynne
Feb 2013
#51
Who said it was? Dorner is dead, you'll have to call a soothsayer to have this out with him
TheKentuckian
Feb 2013
#78