So, now we have another reason for opening fire on citizens: the police were “on edge.”
Newspaper hitting pavement = gunshot.
"The fear of Dorner was understandable and justified," the document said. "There is no evidence to suggest that the officers did not honestly believe that Dorner was in the vehicle, nor is there evidence to suggest that the officers did not honestly believe they were being fired upon."
By this reasoning, any citizen who HONESTLY believes he is being threatened or attacked by any plainsclothes officer, any no-knock warrant, any officer in dim light should be able to shoot first and walk free.
The ladies won't have to work again if they are sensible, thanks to the taxpayers, but maybe the officers should be sentenced to mow their grass, clean their pool, and pick up after their dogs, on a weekly basis for the next thirty years, as a kind of reminder. Along with a weekly "I am so glad I am a lousy shot and did not kill you" note.