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Poll_Blind

(23,864 posts)
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 03:44 PM Feb 2013

LA killer-cop's "manifesto": A whistleblower whose life was ruined seeks revenge?

I don't know if anyone else had gotten a chance to read Chris Dorner's lengthy manifesto but it's definitely not your run of the mill "The Jews Did It!"-type crazy/conspiracy talk you'd expect from someone going on a shooting spree.

In fact, it seems to list his alleged attempts to report or otherwise stop racism, anti-Semitism and police brutality within the LAPD, including case numbers, detectives involved, and so on- even individual items of evidence. It also includes a fairly long list of alleged retributory actions, either taken by the LAPD or by individual offices, in order to punish him for crossing the "Blue Line"- the supposed gang-like code of silence police are sometimes accused of adhering to in order to cover up/hide misbehavior or criminal wrongdoing among their own ranks.

Obviously the guy is a multiple-murderer and needs to be stopped. It's also clear that his mind has snapped and whatever grievance of his cannot justify the violence. But when someone posts a message like his, it's usually to explain why they're doing it. I was more than a little surprised at what he claimed, anyway, caused it.

Very strange.

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GiaGiovanni

(1,247 posts)
2. Kicking and rec for accurate info
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 04:00 PM
Feb 2013

Unlike at least one other thread.

Maybe we can have a thread that updates with actual news.

rustydog

(9,186 posts)
3. The unibomber had a manifesto he believed in also
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 04:02 PM
Feb 2013

we need to wait and see how this turns out. But an early hunch is PTSD and the loss of his position may have pushed him over the edge. He is going to punish those he decides need to be punished.

 

GiaGiovanni

(1,247 posts)
6. PTSD combined with an unjust loss of honor could definitely push someone over the edge
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 04:05 PM
Feb 2013

LAPD is a cess pool but this guy is no hero. He's just lost it.

Junkdrawer

(27,993 posts)
4. Apparently, your take (and mine as well) is making a "folk hero" out of him....
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 04:02 PM
Feb 2013
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022329913

I keep forgetting the world is Black and White (no pun intended).

SQUEE

(1,315 posts)
7. this is the third version of this i have seen out there, I wonder if he has
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 04:33 PM
Feb 2013

Purposely released multiple versions, or if people are tacking on /removing sections to fit their agendas.

arely staircase

(12,482 posts)
8. clearly self-serving
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 04:38 PM
Feb 2013

to point out the flaws of one's mortal enemies. so his allegations should be taken with a grain of salt.

having said that, it doesn't make them not true either.

bemildred

(90,061 posts)
9. He's pissed and he wants to make a really big mess so they can't ignore it.
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 04:45 PM
Feb 2013

I don't agree with his methods at all, but with all these other people making statements with their guns, it's not hard to figure out the logic. They had better hope his mind has snapped. What I read there is not a mind that is anything like incoherent.

 

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)
10. I think there are a lot of bad things going on at LAPD, and that he witnessed them and tried to do
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 05:13 PM
Feb 2013

something about it. I also think that no one is going to give his complaints any credence now that he has murdered innocent people in cold blood.

He ain't right in the haid. And it's going to end very badly for him.

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