So we have a situation where the police should want to apprehend Dorner to protect from further loss of life. Not a situation where the police would be controlled by a desire to kill Dorner. That's the way it is supposed to work, and that's what a person should rightly expect.
Looking at the evidence, however, it would appear that a desire to kill Dorner overcame all else--most importantly, the preservation of innocent life--and it appears there is no way around facing it. Can anyone explain why this would happen?
So while it may be understandable, it is not acceptable.
Please recognize the irony, in Dorner being fired for allegedly making a false accusation against a supervisor, while the other such behavior has so far been passed upon. This is the message LAPD has chosen to send to the public. This is why people are angry.
Jack, I hear ya, but while you say "it would appear that a desire to kill Dorner overcame all else" I would say a desire to survive what they expected to be a violent confrontation with a killer, was the catalyst.
There are many videos of perfectly innocent people getting shot at by soldiers at blockades because they had to make a quick decision when a vehicle wouldn't stop when approaching them. Because vehicles have been loaded in the past with explosives, and a normal person would stop when they are being confronted by armed personnel, the reasonable conclusion is there is something wrong and if they wait until that vehicle is upon them, they, and those around them could be dead. So they open up after warnings are given. For whatever reason, sometimes it turns out to be a family on the way to market. Sometimes though, it turns out to be a explosive laden vehicle driven by a lunatic. Sometimes they wait too long to decide and then we read about it in the papers.
While I don't condone that, I can certainly understand how it can happen.
As far as Dormer proving his case, we are aren't seeing eye to eye on that. I've had a hand in firing an employee who was a liar and dangerous. He will tell you to this day it was a conspiracy and he was a good cop just trying to do the right thing. He's wrong, he was and is a psycho and a danger to himself and others, not to mention a prolific liar. If every employee who was thought he or she was wrongfully terminated went on a killing spree, and people cheered them on.. it's be pretty fucked up..
