Compared to what he could have done it was a massive fail. Idiotically posted a manifesto
and revealed his plans.
Imagine what kind of damage a "sane" soldier/cop could have done. Not that a sane person would
have done any of this in the first place, though.
No real plan, just a deranged psychotic idiot who could only fail. Probably true what the ex-girlfriend said, a paranoiac who hated being black.
That's not his personality.....this guy wanted the LAPD to know who he was and wanted to fight them straight up....not sneak around like the Unibomber. He knew he was going to die and he didn't care about dying. He wanted to simply get payback and he got as much as he was going to get and then some.
The numbers simply were too much but it was clear that he was the Alpha Male in this fight....LAPD shooting up innocent citizens in fear, drones flying around looking for him, hundreds of officers looking for just one man. He not only proved his point regarding the incompetence of the LAPD but their complete disregard for citizens.
Remember, he was fired for reporting another cop beating and brutalizing a mentally disabled individuals and it was the reason for his payback. Many people in life simply don't have the balls to die for what you believe in and stand for....he wasn't one of them