Fugitive alleged LAPD-killer is first drone target on U.S. soil

[geronimotwo]

more fuel for the conspiracy fire: part of the $1m reward for dorner was privately funded. also the the word "conviction" was a part of the stipulation, so now that he is dead they don't need to pay.

http://news.yahoo.com/legal-loophole-could-hold-1m-dorner-reward-230004148--abc-news-topstories.html

if not the city/state, who would fund a reward and why?

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

6 private folks plus the la dodgers amongst others   there was an earlier story

[Jamisjockey]

What is bothering me right now is the refusal by the police administration that the fire was a deliberate act.  The radio traffic that has come to light has all been very, very clear that the boots on the ground intended to light that place up like a pyrotechnic Christmas tree.
The guy was actively seeking out and engaging in gunbattles with police.  As you pointed out, he was very intent on not being taken alive.  He wanted to kill cops and then be killed, and he got his wish (although, he never managed to kill anyone from LAPD).  If at any time the police were exchanging gunfire with him and killed him, I wouldn't care one little bit.  He was begging for that bullet, and I wouldn't deny him that.  The fact that the cops greased him doesn't bother me, and it would have taken a monumental effort to bring him in without killing him - one that would not have been exercised for anyone short of some extremely powerful political figure. 

Seriously, given his mindset if they had spent the time, money and lives to doggedly try to bring him in alive I'd probably be critical of their decision to do so.  He wasn't worth that.

The police crossed the line in two places:
1. Shooting at random trucks.
2. Intentionally burning the cabin down.

Well put!

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

damned with faint praise  krauthammer on drones  he does side step killing the 16 year old
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-in-defense-of-obamas-drone-war/2013/02/14/3a69d76c-76e5-11e2-aa12-e6cf1d31106b_story.html

[KD5NRH]

If he's so *expletive deleted* dangerous how the hell did they lob gas in there and set the place on fire? That's a hell of a lot closer than a reasonable perimeter.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dorner-20130216,0,3243239.story
"Herbert said that a tractor was deployed to tear down walls of the cabin to expose Dorner's whereabouts inside,"

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2013/02/dorner-manhunt-fire-at-cabin-justified-some-experts-say.html
"Wanting to end the standoff before nightfall, members of the sheriff's SWAT unit carried out a plan they had devised for a final assault on the cabin, according to law enforcement sources. An officer drove a demolition vehicle up to the building and methodically tore down most of its walls, the sources said."

It's a magic tractor, based on the Halo Warthog.  It simply can't be harmed, even by the evil .50BMG.  It allows officers to just cruise in to a situation, methodically demolish a building, and then do nothing else except deploy incendiaries.

[Blakenzy]

Well, seems like 'pyrotechnic' gas devices should be prohibited from being deployed inside structures. They knew damn well that a fire was going to start. How many of them did they throw in anyway?

[cordex]

Well, seems like 'pyrotechnic' gas devices should be prohibited from being deployed inside structures. They knew damn well that a fire was going to start. How many of them did they throw in anyway?

Radio traffic said they deployed "seven burners."