The official line of the LAPD today is “We did not mean to burn down the house, we were just trying to smoke him out.”
That is a 100% lie. Recorded on the police radio was “Burn that MotherF_cker to the ground” followed by “10-4, Seven burners deployed and the house is on fire”.
It is fairly evident what happened. It was a summary execution.
A “burner” is a tear gas canister.
Besides, he had 10+ days to surrender and have a trial.
He chose not to.