LAPD vs Boston PD: BPD did everything in their power to keep suspect alive

[apples and oranges]

and protect innocent citizens. LAPD shot at innocent citizens and firebombed a cabin they suspected Dorner was in. What a contrast!

[Cali_Democrat]

1. It the LAPD

What do you expect?

Buncha Rambos in uniform.

[still_one]

2. Bullshit. Dinner killed himself in the cabin I thought

It was also in big bear does the lapd have jurisdiction there

[Cali_Democrat]

5. Um....

Perhaps you missed the part where the cops shot up a bunch of people thinking it was Dorner.

Dorner shot himself, but they still essentially firebombed the cabin.

BTW, the cabin was done by San Bernardino Sheriff.

[still_one]

12. That is a valid point, but they did not kill dorner

[LisaL]

22. Exactly.

He killed himself.

[apples and oranges]

24. That's what they said

Unfortunately, they're not exactly known for telling the truth. I'm not shedding tears for Dorner. I just wish the LAPD and SBPD had been more transparent with the actions they took that day.

[Trajan]

9. to be fair

he didn't say 'dinner' was shot by police, he said they firebombed the cabin ... from the known discussions from police on that day, they did openly discuss using flammable tear gas ...

Firebomb? ... hmmmm there is a line in there somewhere

[still_one]

10. I screwed up on the phone input. It was big bear, and I did not think lapd had

Jurisdiction there

The last I heard he shot himself during the fire

[valerief]

3. Boston has "smaht" cops, that's why. nt

[freshwest]

19. +1

[longship]

4. The cabin wasn't in LA.

It wasn't even in the same fucking county! The LAPD did not have jurisdiction at Big Bear.

What happened at Big Bear had nothing -- Nada!! -- to do with LAPD. That would be San Bernardino County Law Enforcement.

Please get your facts right before spewing.

Thanks.

[still_one]

11. Thank you I said Yosemite, corrected now, and I did not think lapd had jurisdiction

There

[apples and oranges]

14. Oh well. In that case, both the LAPD and SBSD do sloppy police work

Bomb or shoot first, verify later. Nothing like the class displayed by the BPD. At one point, a Boston man was told to get down to the ground because they thought he was a suspect. Guess what? The BPD was wrong and the innocent person is still alive. That would not have been the case in California.

[frylock]

20. the LAPD lit up those paper delivery ladies in Torrance

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. I don't think LAPD was the one who cornered Dorner.

That happened out in the California mountains IIRC.

[kestrel91316]

15. LAPD DID, however, attempt to murder at least 3 innocent people.

[HipChick]

7. Boston PD need to train LAPD

This is how u supposed to run a manhunt!..the LAPD had something to hide, and didn't want Dorner around..

[killbotfactory]

8. LAPD also shot those innocent women driving a truck

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Torrance-Newspaper-Delivery-Women-Shot-During-Christopher-Dorner-Manhunt-Truck-LAPD-197241021.html

Thank you Boston PD for not being violent stupid shitheads.

[OneMoreDemocrat]

13. Boston did it this way BECAUSE LA did it the 'other' way...

Bad PR.

[JI7]

16. LAPD sucks but has nothing to do with how Dorner died , there WERE attempts to take him

alive and he shot at them and killed them. and in the end he killed himself.

[geek tragedy]

17. Dorner was a different human being than this punk.

Dorner had one goal: kill cops. He was also more better trained and more dangerous.

[stranger81]

18. BPD would not have tried to keep this guy alive if they didn't want him to talk first.

LAPD, by contrast, just wanted Dorner to shut up.

But I agree the contrast is striking.

[Fire Walk With Me]

21. Someone on Twitter said "If this had happened in LA, LAPD would by now

have shot 7 of the 2 suspects."

[rollin74]

25. San Bernardino County Sheriff's Dept. torched the cabin

not LAPD

[MOTRDemocrat]

26. The LAPD is a good ole boys club in costumes...

The Boston PD is a professional law enforcement agency.

[Supply Side Jesus]

27. aaaah yes

judging the actions of others in a life and death decision when you lack any experience or training to do so....
a true DU pastime....

[DevonRex]

28. LAPD had a veteran cop, military man to deal with. STOP. nt

[olddots]

29. having lived in both locations the greater Boston police are better

the LAPD & Sheriffs Dept. have one of the worst pasts in law enforcement.

what happened with Dorner in Southern Cal. and what happened in Boston , Cambridge and Watertown have little to do with each other.

if this is a thread about who has better cops I imagine most people in L.A. would chose Boston ( even the M.D.C. police )are better because they are integrated into the communities .There is no community in L.A. county -it is 7 suburbs in search of a city.

Yay BUOSTIN ! I miss it everyday

[Zoeisright]

30. Well, I recced this piece of shit post

before I read the whole thing.

You're fucking wrong.

God. Grow the fuck up.

[DevonRex]

31. And WTF? LAPD did not firebomb a cabin. And Dorner killed himself.

You are spreading bullshit.

[kenny blankenship]

32. I would like to commission Nate Silver to crunch the numbers

comparing these two police departments on the ratio of their total rounds fired vs. how many of their slugs ended up lodged in innocent bystanders' homes and cars.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

33. BPD was in the minority. Were they involved in the capture?

BPD seemed to be outnumbered by FBI, ATF, MA state police, NG, even DEA (DEA? WTF?).

Was BPD at the capture? or were they relegated to traffic control and doughnut/coffee runs?

It'll be interesting to see how this plays out, with his rights as an accused, etc.