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Owner Of Cabin At Center Of Dorner Standoff Watched It Burn On TV
CBSLA.com) ^ | February 13, 2013 11:59 PM

Posted on 02/14/2013 9:00:38 AM PST by BenLurkin

PALMDALE (CBSLA.com) — The owner of the Big Bear-area vacation rental cabin that went up in flames in the Christopher Dorner standoff watched it happen live on television Tuesday afternoon.

Candy Martin of Palmdale didn’t want to speak on-camera, but her two children, Eric and Leah Funnel, told “Inside Edition” they couldn’t believe their eyes when they saw that their family’s cabin was the final act of the Dorner manhunt.

“We turned the TV on and saw the news…the Dorner guy had been caught. I heard he was still in the Big Bear area, (but) I thought he was long gone. And then they said ‘Seven Oaks Mountain Cabins’ and we were like…wow,” said Leah.

Eric said, “I got a text from my mom saying, ‘Dorner’s at the cabin. Firefight.’ Lo and behold… there’s our cabin. There’s no mistaking our cabin up there.”

The siblings said their mother, who owns seven cabins near the Seven Oaks community, called police to let them know there was no cable, Internet or phone service in the vacant rental for Dorner to use.

The Funnel’s said despite the ruins of the cabin, their hearts are with the families who lost loved ones.

“Whatever happened to our cabin is inconsequential compared to what they lost. So I’m grateful law enforcement did what they needed to do to get this guy so he’s not on the loose anymore,” said Eric


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: django; dorner; mumia; rambro
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1 posted on 02/14/2013 9:00:43 AM PST by BenLurkin
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2 posted on 02/14/2013 9:03:26 AM PST by jimbo123
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I heard a tape on radio yesterday, purported from the scene, that has a cop cursing, “BURN that MotherF****** DOWN”. Then a dispatcher stating in a calm, female voice, “We have fired seven burners, repeat, seven burners.”


3 posted on 02/14/2013 9:05:31 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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Somewhere in the "Activist Annex" of Hades, Saint Crispy Dorner has taken his place beside the revered Saint Pancake.
4 posted on 02/14/2013 9:07:09 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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Sheriff’s Acknowledge Using Fire-Starting Pyrotechnic Tear Gas Against Dorner

February 13, 2013 10:36 PM

SAN BERNARDINO (CBSLA.com) — San Bernardino authorities Wednesday acknowledged they set off fire-causing pyrotechnic tear gas in a battle with murder suspect Christopher Dorner — but insisted they didn’t burn down the cabin where they believed he was holed up on purpose.

“We did not intentionally burn down that cabin to get Mr. Dorner out,” said San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon.

He said sheriff’s first used conventional tear gas but it didn’t have the desired effect.

The pyrotechnic tear gas (also called incendiary gas) is known to start fires.

Dave Bryan, CBS2 and KCAL9 political reporter, says the pyrotechnic tear gas is not used at demonstrations or to disperse crowds for that reason.

The fire effectively ended the blazing gun battle and violent standoff between sheriffs and Dorner.

Bryan spoke to retired FBI agent Steve Moore who said the fire-causing nature of pyrotechnic tear gas is why it is often not used.

He says it causes fires “routinely.” And he added, “I have never been on an operation where it was deployed. And I worked [alongside] SWAT full-time for five years.”

Moore believes it would have been “suicidal” to send a strike team into the cabin to try to get Dorner out. “Sending an assault team into that house would have been horrendously dangerous. From my understanding, he may have had an AR-15 an M4. You can engage people very effectively to 400 yards with that. And it is withering [gun]fire.”

In the end, Moore believes San Bernardino sheriffs didn’t have much choice but to use the less conventional tear gas. “They were in a life and death struggle. And you do what you have to to protect your men. And not just your men — the people who will die if you let that man getaway.”


5 posted on 02/14/2013 9:09:33 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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think it was insured?


6 posted on 02/14/2013 9:09:53 AM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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LOL!!!! Do you mean Rachel Corrie??


7 posted on 02/14/2013 9:10:33 AM PST by Ann Archy (ABORTION........the HUMAN sacrifice to the god of CONVENIENCE.)
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Rambro was the typical demented liberal. He said was going to clear his name by murdering 4 people!
8 posted on 02/14/2013 9:10:37 AM PST by jimbo123
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9 posted on 02/14/2013 9:12:03 AM PST by jimbo123
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HELP!

I am so totally confused. In listening to the news this morning and hearing a man and woman talking they made it sound like they were in the cabin and tied up, but Dormer said he wouldn't hurt them. They almost made it sound like they owned the cabin. I kept thinking how did they get away. Can someone clear this up for me?

10 posted on 02/14/2013 9:14:17 AM PST by Spunky
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“Rambro was the typical demented liberal.”

Well,,,, That’s why a “Show Trial” might have been fun to watch.


11 posted on 02/14/2013 9:15:11 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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That was the first cabin Doner entered.
The second cabin is the one that was burnt down.


12 posted on 02/14/2013 9:17:43 AM PST by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Rambro would have been acquitted by his fellow aggrieved liberal fruitcakes and cop-haters in a “show trial”.


13 posted on 02/14/2013 9:20:15 AM PST by jimbo123
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“Whatever happened to our cabin is inconsequential compared to what they lost. So I’m grateful law enforcement did what they needed to do to get this guy so he’s not on the loose anymore,”

But ... but ... he needed more time and more opportunities to kill some more people ... so he could then clear his name. And America is the land of opportunity and it was denied him. It was an injustice ... a denial of due process.

[Did I get it right???]

14 posted on 02/14/2013 9:20:30 AM PST by Uncle Chip
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Just think how clear Rambro’s name would be if he had murdered 100 people!


15 posted on 02/14/2013 9:23:53 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: Spunky
He hid in one cabin for several days. Tried to make a break for it by hijacking a pickup truck.

He was spotted driving and after a brief encounter fled on foot to the second cabin.

16 posted on 02/14/2013 9:24:57 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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“Moore believes it would have been “suicidal” to send a strike team into the cabin to try to get Dorner out. “Sending an assault team into that house would have been horrendously dangerous. From my understanding, he may have had an AR-15 an M4”

Not really suicidal, its done all the time all over the world and the USA. LAPD swat teams are great at it and the reason they use such force is because behind the door are bad people with AR-15’s and more.

More lies. I refuse to believe anything they say


17 posted on 02/14/2013 9:25:53 AM PST by winodog (Thank you Jesus for the calm in my life)
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San Bernardino authorities Wednesday acknowledged they set off fire-causing pyrotechnic tear gas in a battle with murder suspect Christopher Dorner — but insisted they didn’t burn down the cabin where they believed he was holed up on purpose. “We did not intentionally burn down that cabin to get Mr. Dorner out,” said San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon.

Who knew something called "pyrotechnic tear gas" could actually cause a fire.

18 posted on 02/14/2013 9:28:58 AM PST by Flick Lives (We're going to be just like the old Soviet Union, but with free cell phones!)
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I hope that family wasn’t hoping to use that rental cabin as a source of income anytime soon...


19 posted on 02/14/2013 9:31:19 AM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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I hope that family wasn’t hoping to use that rental cabin as a source of income anytime soon...

They can sell tickets to lookie loos.

20 posted on 02/14/2013 9:35:42 AM PST by Uncle Chip
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