This Dorner fellow is all these local cops have heard about for the last 4 days.
They have been whipped into a frenzy by their bosses and the media. Most are smart and level-headed, but a few of the stupid ones can, I imagine, be easily swept up in the hysteria and do stuff like this (assuming this story is true as reported).
Its another reason the USA has a simple, clear, concise Constitution on such basic matters.
“Most are smart and level-headed, but a few of the stupid ones can, I imagine, be easily swept up in the hysteria and do stuff like this (assuming this story is true as reported).
The dept agrees with the cops involved and has said so. That their action was relative to the “time available”. Once this would have been some kind of screwball non sequiter, but it makes as much sense as the action itself. That’s how level headed the dept is.
Another way the dept may have put it would be: “we did what we did and will do it again. there is nothing you can do about it...DROP DEAD....WE’RE THE COPS.