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In reply to the discussion: Torching the cabin was wrong. [View all]countryjake
(8,554 posts)I'm not trying to be flip or anything, but I really can't forget the fact that this guy was ex-cop, himself.
Listening to that audio of the San Bernardino Sheriff's Dept. totally freaking, hysterically calling for burning Dorner out, and also that other one, where the scanner traffic indicates that they consciously went to Plan B, "the burn", I have a feeling that all of the law enforcement who were on the scene late yesterday afternoon (ie. Sheriff's Dept, Swat, Federal Marshals, FBI, and who knows what all else) wanted this manhunt over before nightfall. They knew that they were dealing with an expert marksman, ex-cop, former military, who had gone rogue to the extreme, and they dealt with that, accordingly.
I agree that the way they handled things was wrong, but I think that it was to be expected.
None of the things I've seen reported during this past week, not the planned and then desperate actions taken by Dorner or the manner in which various law enforcement (probably planned, but also desperate) handled the situation, were right from a humane perspective, but none of it surprises me. I don't find much cause to use the term "moral" and law enforcement or even ex-cop, within the same sentence. I am no fan of our justice system, that's all.