[slapfrog]

Dorner himself doesn't get much sympathy (he murdered people who weren't police, despite having grievance with the police.) But the exact circumstances of his death are probably worthy of examination, since it seems the police opted to burn him out of a building instead of wait him out in a siege (he was obviously going nowhere, and had no hostages.) He probably shot himself after the building was partially demolished and lit on fire, but what justified that demolition and fire-starting in the first place? Why were they in such a big rush to drive him out of the building?

I think they wanted him dead. They knew if they lit the building on fire, they could either shoot him when he ran out, wait for the fire to kill him, or let him kill himself. I believe the police had already decided he would not be taken alive.

[adventured]

I agree on the no sympathy, even if his grievance against the LAPD (regarding retaliation against him) was legitimate. No question they wanted him dead in the case of what happened. There was probably no scenario where they didn't end up killing him. They nearly murdered several other innocent persons that had nothing to do with Dorner, in the process of the manhunt, so it's clear they were very eager to murder him on sight (officers opened fire on the ladies in the Nissan truck with zero warning, so the intent was clear; and they rammed the surfer's truck and immediately fired upon it, similarly).

[_boffin_]

I still remember listening to the livestream radio broadcast of that happening and hearing "burn this motherf**er down"

https://youtu.be/cNk-bV40XMc?t=39