R.I.P. Scout26
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.
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.
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?