The LAPD Got their Man How They Wanted Him: Dead Wed, 02/13/2013 - 11:10 by: Dave Lindorff
"Burn that fuckin' house down...Fucking burn this motherfucker!!"
--Voices overheard on police radio at the scene of the cabin where Chris Dorner was trapped and burned to death
It was clear from the outset when fired LAPD cop Chris Dorner began wreaking his campaign of vengeance and terror against his former employer that the California law enforcement establishment, led by the LAPD itself, had no interest in Dorner surviving to face trial, where he could continue to rat out the racist and corrupt underbelly of the one of the countrys biggest police departments.
Dorner, as I wrote earlier, claimed he had been fired for speaking up during his three years on the force, through channels and to superior officers, about incidents he had witnessed of police brutality and of the rampant racism that permeates the department -- not just white on black, but black on Asian, Asian on Latino and Latino on white. His response to being sacked -- threatening to kill senior officers he blamed for this law enforcement distopia as well as some of their family members -- was criminally insane, but his complaints, made in a 6000-word post on Facebook, had and continue to have the ring of truth.
They got their way. Trapped in a cabin in the mountain town of Big Bear northwest of Los Angeles last night, Dorner found himself surrounded by SWAT teams. If the police had wanted to capture Dorner at that point, they could have waited him out. They had him sealed off completely. Instead, they reportedly quickly brought in an armored vehicle, had it drive up and break the windows of the cabin. At that point, the official story is that they tossed in teargas grenades, but since these are known, because of their intense heat, to routinely ignite fires, this was simply murder by arson. But there is also word that police radios were confirming execution of a plan to place "burners" into the building. Either way, the sheriffs and cops, once the fire was started, simply watched as the building burned to the ground. (There are some truly sickening recordings of the police and sheriff's deputies at the scene of the standoff discussing their "burn plan" to torch the cabin, and then discussing setting it, and also telling inquiring firefighters that they don't want them to put it out, even telling an inquiring firefighter at one point, "Negative, I still don't have adequate penetration." To hear this last conversation, go here.)
The US corporate media from the New York Times to Fox TV have been claiming despite the strong evidence of deliberate arson that the fire was not intentional or that it was not meant to torch Dorner, but outside the US its a different story, with even the right-wing Bild newspaper in German saying the fire was intentionally let by the police.
Now the challenge will be to see if this episode will lead to a serious outside examination of the sick paramilitary apparatus that is the Los Angeles Police Department, a law enforcement organization that has for decades been a poster child for police abuse, excessive violence, the slaying of unarmed people, internal racism, improper political pressure on both city council and state legislature, rampant spying on law-abiding citizens, and a policy of omerta regarding internal criticism of wrongdoing.
Given the departments long history of fighting tooth-and-nail against oversight and reform, it seems unlikely Dorners explosion will have such an effect, but given the instant celebrity he achieved through his actions, even despite his cruel and inexcusable violence, perhaps it will. The public reaction in Los Angeles, as least among many of the populations--black, Latino and poor whites -- who are victimized most often by the police -- has shown that many people are angry and want things changed.
While Dorner was at large, and police were gunning for him in their heavy-handed, trigger-happy way, some dark-skinned Angelenos took to wearing shirts saying Please Dont Shoot. Im not Dorner. Owners of pick-up trucks too, after the incident involving the police shooting of two Latino women in one such vehicle, started writing Not Dorner on the backs of their trucks. There's even a I support Dorner Facebook page.
I laughed my ass off as I watched the asshole burn. LAPD did the state a big service by eliminating this sorry bastard and saved us millions in his trial.
I would have like to see him spent some time in jail as the inmates play toy but I'll be happy now that satan is butt raping him right now with some rusty barbwire.
I laughed my ass off as I watched the asshole burn. LAPD did the state a big service by eliminating this sorry bastard and saved us millions in his trial.
I would have like to see him spent some time in jail as the inmates play toy but I'll be happy now that satan is butt raping him right now with some rusty barbwire.
And that's exactly how the LAPD wants you to think.
as a cal taxpayer i'll be more then happy to, it's way cheaper then a trials and years of appeal, plus i don't have to listen to stupid libs talk about how he's made an effort to right his wrong.
i will however miss the joy of John and Ken on KFI 640 having a "dorner must die" hour on their show everyday, just like their famous and hilarious daily "tokie (williams)must die" hour.
Which jock will get to kill the first American here in the homeland? The nominee to head the CIA ain't saying.
"I have asked Mr. Brennan if he believed that the President has the power to authorize lethal force, such as a drone strike, against a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil, and my question remains unanswered. ~ Rand Paul
Some things are getting back to normal. Los Angeles residents are reportedly on edge today following reports that hundreds of armed and extremely dangerous Los Angeles Police Department officers are resuming regular patrolling duties after the conclusion of Tuesdays manhunt for rogue ex-cop Christopher Dorner. I mean, just knowing theyre out there is terrifyinghow can I feel safe when these maniacs are on the loose in my neighborhood?
In the case of the Chris Dorner affair surveillance videos have emerged verifying several instances of the alleged killers existence over a very brief period of time leading up to his demise. He was recorded buying scuba gear, disposing ammo in a dumpster, and attempting to dodge surveillance cameras at a hotel where he lodged. And as noted CBSLA journalists believe they encountered Dorners mother at a neighborhood tavern. All of this footage was unhesitatingly reported by news media outlets.
Yet in the Newtown event, aside from the lack of video surveillance footage of the shooting scene, no such video has emerged of Nancy or Adam Lanza practicing at gun ranges, purchasing or attempting to purchase weapons, or even carrying out routine errands such as buying gasoline or grocery shopping. Indeed, it is as if Adam Lanza in particular did not existan observation actually made by one CNN correspondent in early coverage of the massacres aftermath.
On February 19 the official version of the Sandy Hook tragedy will be further ensconced in the public mind through a special PBS-Hartford Courant Frontline collaborative production. In light of what essentially qualifies as state propaganda, understanding how the Newtown tragedy was so obviously misrepresented by the nations news media vis-à-vis similar events remains especially important because it provides an indication of not just the mechanics of the medias manipulation of public will and consciousness, but also how we as a society describe and recollect such dark events.
Setting aside consideration of their spontaneity or design, taken as a whole these occurrences have grave political implications because they are being used by the Obama administration as a rationale to seriously compromise the Second Amendment, much like how the events of September 11, 2001 were utilized by the Bush-Cheney regime to undermine the Fourth Amendment and usher in the costly and interminable war on terror.
If Amerikans are stupid enough to buy bottled water.......;}
What gave the LAPD authority to burn the house down.
Lets start with your mischaraterization that anyone wearing a badge in the Dorner manhunt was "LAPD"..they were not. Dorner's final confrontation was with San Bernadino County Sheriff's department, before that he had a shootout with State Fish and Game officers, before that he attacked two Riverside California policeman.
Dorner was heavily armed, extremely dangerous, had killed four people including two on-duty policeman, and vowed never to be taken alive prior to being cornered in an empty cabin south of Big Bear. Dorner did not respond to requests he surrender or to the less intense 'cold' tear-gas that had been fired into the cabin where he was holed up.
It was under these circumstances and with concern that Dorner might escape under the cover of darkness that the decision to use the 'hot' tear-gas was made.
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