A very good reason for civilians to have guns!

Trigger happy cops,what´s new.

I hope they get sued to kingdom come. And the beauty of it is that dead broke kali gets to pay for it.

Subscribing to (actually reading) the LA Times is not good for you.

Give any LA cops the least bit of justification, and they fire dozens of shots in your general direction.

I know it´s not all, but there is just incident after incident after incident. Six guys firing all around you, are you really going to hold back? I know cops are just human, but come on guys.

Gotta salute all those TV cops who (almost) never go trigger happy.

Tossing newspapers onto lawns is part of Dorner´s MO???
Now THAT´s news!

I´m in agreement with the neighborhood resident. How could they possibly mistake two Hispanic women for a black guy? The truck was the wrong make. These idiots had visions of justice due a cop killer and they were going to provide it. I hope those women own downtown Los Angeles when this is settled.

Unbelievable that the paper and the LAPD would even attempt to explain this away! What in the world were those officers thinking? You don´t just start firing shots at a truck in the dark with no idea who is inside!

The officers involved should be in jail right now. If you or I started firing a gun at a truck, with zero evidence of any crime committed by the person in the truck, we would be in jail. Why should these police officers be treated any different? Tell it to the judge...and the jury.

Yep, and don´t forget that the Department of Homeland Security has 1,600,000,000 hollow point bullets they can use to protect us - just like the polic protected these women. I´m sure the DHS workers are of similar quality of character to these LAPD officers.

Spray and pray. Wonderful.

Actions of the LAPD offer a prime example of why citizens need 2´nd Ame3ndment rights and why obama should never be allowed to have a private security force!

The police chief is already discredited.

He says there were two firings, one from a single officer and the second came from several who opened fire as the truck sped up towards them.

Look at the photo. There are a couple of dozen holes in the BACK of the truck.

So where could there he been a command to surrender? Why would a driver not heed police who threatened her? Be sure there will be a fantastic alibi constructed.

Obamas private security force sounds familiar. They used to call it the Red Guard in China.

Wasn´t there another mistaken identity shooting the other day?

Actually I think that DHS would be more poorly trained than LAPD. As for the law suit, how many tens of millions do we have as a starting place? Minority women, racist police, LaLa land, wrong color and make of truck, shots in the back. Makes me ecstatic not to be in their shoes.

50 shots down; 1 1/2 billion to go.

Perhaps they´ll think twice the next time they wander into Keystone.

It´s not Sgt. Joe Friday´s LAPD anymore.

Tragic misinterpretation resulting from an inadequate LAPD pay scale ...

Keystone cops with guns! What next?

No words. :smh:

Every cop whose weapon was discharged in this disgraceful, dangerous incident needs a felony conviction, thereby forfeiting their right to ever own a weapon. How could you be so stupid to fire on an elderly woman driving a vehicle with the wrong make, model, color and license plate? And all those shots in the back and the driver shot in the back - there are no excuses so they should shut up and get ready to do jail time. Oh wait, it´s the police so they´re held to a much lower standard than the rest of us.

The LAPD has a "Shoot-to-kill-on-sight" order out for Dorner. This is in violation of the Law. Dorner is undoubtedly a dangerous psychopath, but so are the cops shooting up innocent people. I´ll bet there´s a lot of truth to Dorner´s claims about the LAPD.

The attempt to minimize attempted homicide by emphasizing the stress the officers were under is interesting. Perhaps the next gang member shooting up a neighborhood and bystanders can use the "stress" defense.

The police in some jurisdictions seem to lose all discipline when they feel threatened. It´s a tough job and it´s tougher when this is tolerated or encouraged.

LAPD has long had a reputation of shooting first and asking questions later.

This incident won´t foster confidence or trust in them from the public, and it´s too bad, since a truly bad man´s on the loose.

I hope these women´s survivors sue and are financially compensated for this tragedy. I hope Dorner´s caught soon as well.

Some LEO´s marksmanship skills are better than others. Not a blanket criticism by any means, just an observation based on personal experience at the range.

Obama´s brownshirts will likely be worse and less disciplined, which will be helpful when/if SHTF.

So you´re driving along at 5Am and someone starts shooting at your truck. Yeah, I´m gonna stop and ask them why.

Don´t worry Folks . They are just practicing on a few that can´t defend themselves before they come after the rest of us. The coming Months are literally going to be a Nightmare in America. I hope you are all prepared.

Re: #24,

I didn´t realize until I read further that both women survived. Thank God!

I still hope they sue the pants off LAPD and the city.

Normally a huge supporter of LEOs, they have a very difficult job. But this is too much.

Clearly very poorly trained, undisciplined cowards who are tempermentally unsuited to the job.

Not only failed to attempt to arrest the "subject", they got the kind and color of truck wrong, obviously had NO view of the occupants, so no threat was present, yet they panic like a bunch of 10th grade girls and start spraying shots.

The good news is that their marksmanship matches the rest of their training - completely incompetent. Of course, they did manage to shoot holes in the entire neighborhood, but fortunately not what they were aiming at. The Chief and training officer need to be gone. Libs in charge, this is what you get.

Kind of terrifying that the trigger-happy cops poured such a fusillade at unknown subjects--and just a bit less frightening that out of all those rounds only one was reasonably on target. Then there´s the lame attempt at a coverup. All in all, just another example of why only the police and military are to be trusted with firearms, right?

Incredible.

I read this article and saw the photo of the pick up. I counted 30 bullet holes in the back of the pick up. The article says that the police opened up on the pick up when the pick up sped away from the first volly, unfortunately towards another group of police, I am assuming that as many rounds hit the front as the back. According to the residents of the area, their cars, houses, trees and even the street itself were peppered liberaly with bullets. From these accounts, my guess is around 120 rounds fired and I think this is a conservative count. All of this to stop two poor dears trying to get by delivering newspapers. I would have thought that hanging out a window throwing newspapers while driving slowly is a pretty good indication that you are not a large black man.

Now here is what I have a problem with: the chief of; police says that he will have to wait for the results of their (I´m guessing internal) investigation to determine whether the officers involved require disciplinary measures or training. Training? Training? What does the chief want? Better grouping of the shots? What kind of pathological disconnect from morality and ethical behavior do theese people suffer from?

I am saddly reminded of something Adolph Hitler said, he said that when he took over a country the only group he did not have to worry about were the police. Hitler could always rely on the police to inforce the law, no matter what Hitler said the law was.

#17, if you watch the movie directed by Clint Eastwood called The Changeling, you will see that the LAPD of Dragnet fame was a fantasy. LAPD was even more corrupt back in the 20´s & 30´s. You all realize that the Secret Service folks train with LAPD swat don´t you?

When the lawyers finish with this one, those ladies won´t be having to deliver papers anymore. And the LA taxpayers will be footing the bill, not the incompetent "hell bent on getting the guy" LA police.

I agree with the sentiments of some of the other posters. This is a preview of what´s coming our way, especially after they get our guns.

I doubt either woman will ever have to deliver newspapers again (even if they´re able). The settlement in this case is going to be huge.

Let´s trie to get serial hear,.

And I thought Fearless Fosdick was in the comics.

It´s clear that right now the LAPD is not a law enforcement agency out to serve justice. Right now the LAPD is a very large gang out for revenge.

LAPD officers should be armed like Barney Fife. One bullet in his shirt pocket.

I hate to say it but most big city police departments are full of immature, undiscplined cowards with attitude problems nowadays, esp. in California. Just like here in SJ., I trust the Sheriffs but not the police. It seems that the kind of people they hire for the job are no longer public servants...they are power-mongering bullies who think their weapon is an extension of ther manhood (and that includes a lot of the women too). They think everyone is a criminal who just hasn´t been caught yet, but they do everything they can to avoid the truly dangerous criminals. I could tell you all sorts of stories that would curl your hair! Corruption among law enforcement is rampant, to say the least!

This is why the LA police need to be disarmed, NOT citizens.
This is also why I could care less that this guy is killing cops in LA. They´re just another street gang that breaks the law and commits crimes. The reputation of the LA police is pretty poor, to put it mildly.

So it was the wrong make of truck, the wrong color, the wrong race, the wrong number of suspects, and the wrong persons, but other than that, it was a good shoot...

Thank you, LAPD. And thank you, LA Times for letting us know about the poor misunderstood officers.

Seems to me firearms should be taken away from the LAPD.

This should be OUR Reichstag moment.