# LAPD as judge, jury, and executioner **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 9, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapd-as-judge-jury-and-executioner/649787 "2013-02-09T15:07:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 22
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapd-as-judge-jury-and-executioner/649787/421 "2013-02-16T13:34:53Z")
> [@Pedro](#): > > And most of all I do regret losing my cool somewhere in there with **Marley23**. That didn’t reflect well on me and I deserved my flaming. Didn’t mean to make the thread about me either. I know we’ve entered a new age of minimal attention spans, but are we really at the point of reminiscing about threads we’re still posting in? ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapd-as-judge-jury-and-executioner/649787/422 "2013-02-16T14:11:38Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > You didn’t try. I _wanted_ to want to try. ---
**Author:** ![Pedro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/919ad9/32.png) [@Pedro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pedro)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapd-as-judge-jury-and-executioner/649787/423 "2013-02-16T20:20:22Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I know we’ve entered a new age of minimal attention spans, but are we really at the point of reminiscing about threads we’re still posting in? Seriously? You have the gall to say that when I politely thanked you for not being mean?! You truly have no integrity!!! Good times. How about that LAPD? I hear they’re dirty and racist. And have bad color perception. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapd-as-judge-jury-and-executioner/649787/424 "2013-02-16T20:51:32Z")
Remember when you said; > [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I know we’ve entered a new age of minimal attention spans, but are we really at the point of reminiscing about threads we’re still posting in? That was pretty awesome. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapd-as-judge-jury-and-executioner/649787/425 "2013-02-17T02:10:47Z")
I do, and I remember how upset it made **Pedro**. Time heals all sounds, they say, so I hope we’re now able to look back and laugh at our headstrong ideals and silly haircuts. ---
**Author:** ![Tollhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e99b99/32.png) [@Tollhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tollhouse)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapd-as-judge-jury-and-executioner/649787/426 "2013-02-17T07:23:59Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > I’m not a fan of the LAPD…but murderers DO NOT get the benefit of the doubt. His every word is suspect. Once you have murdered, especially civilians, nothing you say can be taken at face value. Ditto, for the police… ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapd-as-judge-jury-and-executioner/649787/427 "2013-02-17T08:46:22Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I know we’ve entered a new age of minimal attention spans, but are we really at the point of reminiscing about threads we’re still posting in? i knew there had to be a reason why people indulge in trainwrecks. to get to little gems like this. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapd-as-judge-jury-and-executioner/649787/428 "2016-02-22T05:28:36Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Not that I doubt you’ll find any amount of repugnant shit going on in the LAPD, but going by his posted “manifesto” this guy is a nut. Being a victim doesn’t make you a saint. Huh, I had just the opposite reaction, but yours seems to be the consensus here. Sorry for chiming in so late, but I somehow managed to never hear about this guy until just now from watching Margaret Cho’s latest standup special, in which she jokes about being referenced in his “manifesto” (actually true). After Googling the manifesto, I found [this](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/07/christopher-dorner-celebrity_n_2642111.html) and [this](http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/lapd-spree-killers-full-manifesto-showing-support-for-gun-co#.soW0KLzE8). My reaction was that it was hard for me to wrap my mind around the fact that someone who sounds so engaging, thoughtful, and just an all around cool guy, was also a cold-blooded killer of innocents (being related to someone who screwed you over does not make them less innocent). So I’m seeing “crazy” much more from the actions than from the manifesto. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapd-as-judge-jury-and-executioner/649787.md?page=21)