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Light House

(413 posts)
6. Yeah, OK.
Fri Feb 15, 2013, 08:55 PM
Feb 2013

Dorner had already made it crystal clear that he wasn't going to be taken alive and he was going to take as many LEO as he could with him before he was taken out.

The country and the world is a better place without him and I won't shed any tears for him.
My tears are reserved for the victims and the families this murderous monster destroyed.
I'd have thought that would be obvious. dipsydoodle Feb 2013 #1
I would have thought so also Light House Feb 2013 #2
that single gunshot came after they set the cabin ablaze frylock Feb 2013 #3
Yeah, OK. Light House Feb 2013 #6
yeah i get it.. frylock Feb 2013 #10
We have a difference of opinion Light House Feb 2013 #14
Rather than surrendering pintobean Feb 2013 #7
Yep. emulatorloo Feb 2013 #11
Or being shot the instant he came out of the cabin to surrender kenny blankenship Feb 2013 #47
You ascribe a lot of logical thought marions ghost Feb 2013 #49
If the house I was in was set on fire thucythucy Feb 2013 #17
no way was he getting out of that house alive.. frylock Feb 2013 #25
And he knew that, which is why he chose to be in power. joshcryer Feb 2013 #27
that is indeed likely to be the case, on all counts frylock Feb 2013 #29
Only if the scene commander draws back and lays siege kenny blankenship Feb 2013 #48
we got that info about immediately with the single shot heard. i agree. nt seabeyond Feb 2013 #19
It was obvious. Just not accepted here. nt geek tragedy Feb 2013 #38
Well, that and the 1,200 degree heat, or fear of dying by fire. NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #4
Seriously? Evergreen Emerald Feb 2013 #12
Your wrong. Light House Feb 2013 #20
the slang comes from the proper name, which is PYROTECHNIC gas grenade.. frylock Feb 2013 #28
The term burner is also used because of the intense burning sensation it causes. Light House Feb 2013 #41
then you know that they have the potential to cause fires, which was the desired outcome. frylock Feb 2013 #42
Yes I do know that Light House Feb 2013 #43
Ordinary teargas had been used earlier. LA Times: DevonRex Feb 2013 #21
Autopsy revealed cause of death. His own gun. geek tragedy Feb 2013 #37
He denied himself due process. nt EastKYLiberal Feb 2013 #5
Yep. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2013 #9
You really think if he would have walked out he would of lived? n-t Logical Feb 2013 #13
Hands in the air, unarmed? Yes emulatorloo Feb 2013 #15
Well, I am sure he would have "reached for a gun" and been killed. n-t Logical Feb 2013 #16
yes but Shivering Jemmy Feb 2013 #18
LOL, yes, like the paper delivery women or the surfer. n-t Logical Feb 2013 #22
They weren't armed. He was and had an MO Shivering Jemmy Feb 2013 #34
I'll try to recover. n-t Logical Feb 2013 #35
You are aware that those who shot at the cars were not the same department as those at the cabin nt Bodhi BloodWave Feb 2013 #50
He could have surrendered any time during the week he was on the run. Light House Feb 2013 #23
Ah, so shoot yourself in the head to avoid getting shot jberryhill Feb 2013 #30
Spree killers do that quite often. UnrepentantLiberal Feb 2013 #31
Oh, I know that jberryhill Feb 2013 #32
They've probably beat you to it. UnrepentantLiberal Feb 2013 #33
Yes, control your own death instead of letting cops execute you. I agree, better plan. n-t Logical Feb 2013 #36
Of course, if he hadn't become a serial killer he'd be alive right now. nt DevonRex Feb 2013 #39
Not defending Dormer at all. But that does not means the cops are not wrong. n-t Logical Feb 2013 #40
I can believe that. Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #8
He did to himself what he did to those four Cha Feb 2013 #24
There's only one thing. If you watch the videos, you never hear that single gun shot robinlynne Feb 2013 #26
It was reported by the newsperson on scene just a few moments after the fire started. n/t cherokeeprogressive Feb 2013 #45
So, burning him to crisp was just icing on the cake? nt MrScorpio Feb 2013 #44
At least the stain is gone. sakabatou Feb 2013 #46
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