I agree on the no sympathy, even if his grievance against the LAPD (regarding retaliation against him) was legitimate. No question they wanted him dead in the case of what happened. There was probably no scenario where they didn't end up killing him. They nearly murdered several other innocent persons that had nothing to do with Dorner, in the process of the manhunt, so it's clear they were very eager to murder him on sight (officers opened fire on the ladies in the Nissan truck with zero warning, so the intent was clear; and they rammed the surfer's truck and immediately fired upon it, similarly).