[dirtboy]

I think the cops are not owning up to deliberately burning the building to avoid PR problems, not legal ones.

One deputy had already been killed. So the perp was already a known killer.

He refused to surrender. He could have picked off another officer in the siege.

Best to end it, since he had said in his manifesto that he would not be taken alive anyway. No point in giving him the chance to take another cop with him.

[Cboldt]

-- I think the cops are not owning up to deliberately burning the building to avoid PR problems, not legal ones. --

Those two categories are not mutually exclusive. I don't think there is any risk of legal action against the police, even if what they did was unconstitutional, imooral, etc. (not saying it was, just saying), because that too carries PR issues.

-- One deputy had already been killed. So the perp was already a known killer. --

Very few known killers are subjected to arson by cop.

[Ken H]

I think the cops are not owning up to deliberately burning the building to avoid PR problems, not legal ones.

IOW, they're lying. Right?