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In reply to the discussion: Audio catches cops shouting ‘Burn this motherf*cker!’ during Dorner siege [View all]geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)27. He wasn't lynched. He committed suicide during an armed confrontation.
What the cops did was perfectly legal.
No one has a due process right to shoot at and kill cops and not have them kill him.
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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