Ex-LA Cop on a Rampage

[SpaceProg]

I know... Just, sometimes I try to cry out to the darkness and/or talk to a brick wall.  Could be someone out there shrouded in shadow, or cracks in the brick that let light in.

[chitoryu12]

Apparently during the recent gun control debates, an LA police chief said that police officers are meant to use their weapons as OFFENSIVE weapons, rather than defensive.

I think those ladies delivering newspapers in a black pickup would be inclined to agree.

[kefkaownsall]

While I think he's a monster I can see to many people this just is a good cop gone bad from all the madness.

[Canadian Mojo]

While I think he's a monster I can see to many people this just is a good cop gone bad from all the madness.

I'm just going to suggest that if this is how reacts to things that maybe they were right to give him the boot from the force.

Of course, given the number of 'asshole with a badge' incidents we seem to get, maybe we should look at how they are getting into the force(s) to begin with.

[chitoryu12]

While I think he's a monster I can see to many people this just is a good cop gone bad from all the madness.

I'm just going to suggest that if this is how reacts to things that maybe they were right to give him the boot from the force.

Of course, given the number of 'asshole with a badge' incidents we seem to get, maybe we should look at how they are getting into the force(s) to begin with.

There's no "morality test" given to police officers. They can quote slogans and creeds all they want, but there's no way to force morality and kindness onto someone who didn't grow up learning it, or isn't able to learn it (like sociopaths). If they can pass the tests, they're in.

[Jack Mann]

To be fair, corruption in the LAPD is fairly notorious, so there's a chance that he had legitimate grievances.

None of which even remotely excuses the fact that he's killing innocent people.

[kefkaownsall]

They just proved his point about being corrupt by shooting that other car.

[Witchyjoshy]

They just proved his point about being corrupt by shooting that other car.

Yyyyyep, that they did.

I'm starting to wonder who's actually the worse danger to the public at the moment -- the crazy man who just shot and killed several people, or the police who are inclined to draw and fire at any similarly-looking vehicle without checking for sure.

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

They just proved his point about being corrupt by shooting that other car.

Yyyyyep, that they did.

I'm starting to wonder who's actually the worse danger to the public at the moment -- the crazy man who just shot and killed several people, or the police who are inclined to draw and fire at any similarly-looking vehicle without checking for sure.

I still say he was banking on this kind of a reaction from the L.A.P.D.

[Jack Mann]

They just proved his point about being corrupt by shooting that other car.

No, that's when they proved they were incompetent.  Their corruption is an entirely separate issue.

[Sleepy]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/charlie-sheen-dorner-call-170740810.html

Considering it's Charlie Sheen, I thought this headline was definitely implying something else.

[nickiknack]

I must like to torture myself, why did I read the comments on the yahoo article, which basically boiled down to "Let's bitch about illegals and it's all Obama's fault".

[syaoranvee]

Dorner has become the first human target for remotely-controlled airborne drones on US soil.

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/charlie-sheen-dorner-call-170740810.html

Considering it's Charlie Sheen, I thought this headline was definitely implying something else.

Well at least Charlie Sheen is trying to do something good for a change...

[SpaceProg]

Dorner has become the first human target for remotely-controlled airborne drones on US soil.

Woah...
This ought to be interesting.