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In reply to the discussion: If the cops performed vigilante justice on Dorner, so what? He had it coming. [View all]kooljerk666
(776 posts)187. Me too,.............
1/2 thru the "headline" my blood pressure doubled & I started to sweat.
Then I saw the author & knew it would be a good one.
And it is!
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If the cops performed vigilante justice on Dorner, so what? He had it coming. [View all]
MannyGoldstein
Feb 2013
OP
He could have full access to the courts and full protection of the laws. He chose otherwise.
BlueStreak
Feb 2013
#12
That is speculation. You are just making things up, and then criticizing others
BlueStreak
Feb 2013
#35
Because that is obvious to just about everybody. Obviously lethal force was necessary
BlueStreak
Feb 2013
#180
Yes, because they wouldn't let him have a clear shot. There is no obligation
geek tragedy
Feb 2013
#21
I don't know enough to judge whether the cops did the right thing - that's not my point.
MannyGoldstein
Feb 2013
#28
Because he was obviously there and the LAPD has filled him in on the case completely
davidpdx
Feb 2013
#91
Actually I think it's a shame he wasn't captured alive. We need to learn how folks such as
snappyturtle
Feb 2013
#83
He killed one that day, and wounded another, and was firing at the police right up until the end.
MADem
Feb 2013
#79
I've participated on DU for many years. I'm sorry to say that it appears to me that the posts on
ladjf
Feb 2013
#13
This is real life, not Dirty Harry, vigilantism by cops is criminal and a cancer to the rule of law.
DrewFlorida
Feb 2013
#14
Amazing that people think that Dorner had a due process right to kill cops
geek tragedy
Feb 2013
#17
Well, he shot at them who they tried to arrest him, and when they used similar levels
geek tragedy
Feb 2013
#74
So you make shit up, then bellow about a constitution you know nothing about
DisgustipatedinCA
Feb 2013
#136
Show me one where someone alleges with specificity what due process right
geek tragedy
Feb 2013
#183
We are nation of 2 laws: one for the upper class and one for the rest of us.
neverforget
Feb 2013
#18
He had it coming, fuck due process!!! Jury of peers is so vastly overated!!! Who needs "ejudication"
marble falls
Feb 2013
#23
It isn't the same as saying, 'whenever however you feel like it - kill someone." Argue 2nd Amendment
marble falls
Feb 2013
#166
Well said Manny. I think the DEmocratic Party has been tainted by all the Republicans
rhett o rick
Feb 2013
#52
I agree with Mr. ODonnell that it was a brilliant strategy by the Pres to win in 2012.
rhett o rick
Feb 2013
#200
No, but we do have Dorner supporters. I can name at least two active ones.
geek tragedy
Feb 2013
#60
They had him cornered... they were not about to wait for nightfall, and him to escape. that was
secondwind
Feb 2013
#56
Nauseating, isn't it? I'm going back and forth with one claiming "burners" is slang for teargas.
DRoseDARs
Feb 2013
#61
the Vigilante was Dorner, who killed in cold blood, just like Zimmerman killed in cold blood
graham4anything
Feb 2013
#80
Is anybody going to investigate if Dorner's beef with the cops had any merit?
tclambert
Feb 2013
#88
maybe he spent two weeks talking with his superior (not partner) about what happened and why.
robinlynne
Feb 2013
#165
It really didn't seem to me that he gave them a lot of choice in the matter.
Ganja Ninja
Feb 2013
#97
There hasn't even been a utopian period when the police didn't kill *unarmed and non dangerous folks
Fumesucker
Feb 2013
#126
I am disgusted at the lack of concern for the 3 innocent people shot with hails of cop gunfire
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2013
#130
We all reminisce about how cops "used to be" but we're stuck in that tv sitcom world.
mountain grammy
Feb 2013
#207
We know how MannyGoldstein feels, but the real questions how does 3rd way Manny feel?
white_wolf
Feb 2013
#229