The Dorner File

The man hunt for Christopher Dorner has ended. Although there are many out there who are relieved, a lot of questions still remain for those of us who want the truth and not just "answers." You can count me as one among them. For those of you who feel like I do and want the truth, I am writing this blog for the purpose of what I hope at the very least will open the eyes of the masses and encourage them to dig deeper in order to get the facts instead of taking whatever the media or the LAPD feeds you on the matter. Before I get started, I want to make it clear that I DO NOT SUPPORT THE ACTIONS OF KILLING ANYONE IN THE MANNER THAT DORNER DID. That is not what this blog is about. Also, I did not right this for the purpose of bad mouthing police officers across this country either. This blog is intended to address one thing and one thing only: "The corruption of the LAPD and any Police departments that fall into that category as well as to inspire the masses to look deeper into the case of Christopher Dorner in order to uncover the truth." That being said, now we can move forward.

When this story first broke, I was immediately reminded of the movie "The Negotiator" starring Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey. This case had all of the developments of a police officer turned (fugitive) taking desperate measures to clear his name against a corrupt police department that wanted to use Jackson's character as a "scapegoat" for their interdepartmental crimes and corruption. In that movie Jackson was the victim trying to clear his name of the false accusations against him brought on by his peers. The story has a happy ending as Jackson not only does that, but also exposes his accusers for the murderers that they were. Not so the case for Dorner. When I read the lengthy manifesto we are told that he wrote, I didn't jump to conclusions like it seems many others have when both the LAPD and the media began their campaigns of demonizing him.

Although this story has shocked a lot of people, it's not the 1st time we have seen something of this magnitude rock the nation before. While most of the (news watchers) in this country look at men like Dorner as a "deranged killer" I, as well as those of us with conscious minds see him as a man who had been pushed beyond his limits, and had lost all faith in our so called "justice system." How so you ask? Simple. As I mentioned above, we have seen acts like this before. The case of Colin Ferguson is just one of many examples. Ferguson was convicted in 1993 for killing 6 people on a NYC commuter train and wounding 19 others. When his case went to trial, his lawyers tried to show that he was temporarily insane while being driven to kill after dealing with racial abuse he suffered at his job and from the insurance company that was assigned to a worker's compensation claim he had pending against his former employer. The story of Nat Turner is another incident among many in which African Americans have acted out of rage in retaliation to racial oppression.

In Dorner's case, the former LAPD officer tried to expose the racial injustice orchestrated by members of his department, but instead of seeing justice served, was punished for it. After exhausting his attempts at trying to go through the proper channels in pursuit of justice, Dorner set out for revenge towards those who he says ruined his life and destroyed his career. We are told before he commenced war against the LAPD, Dorner mailed a CD to Anderson Cooper of CNN. He was also quoted as saying "I never lied" in reference to his accusations regarding the racial injustice and police brutality within the LAPD. He is accused of killing 4 people. One of the victims was Michelle Quan, the daughter of former police chief Randall Quan. After these murders a series of events happened leading up to the final showdown in an abandoned cabin that was burned down with Dorner inside..Or so we're told. When looking for the official report on this event, quite frankly we are led on a wild goose chase with conflicting stories coming from both the media and the LAPD. For starters, Dorner's wallet was reported "found twice" in two different places. It was reported 1st by Fox News that it was found near the Mexican border: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/02/12/fugitive-ex-cop-christopher-dorner-reportedly-may-have-had-help-fleeing-to/ It was reported found again according to USA Today in which it somehow mysteriously survives the burning cabin next to Dorner's "charred remains": http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/02/12/christopher-dorner-ex-cop-los-angeles-mexico/1912553/ Is it just me, or do any of you smell a rat? I know it is a hard concept to swallow for many Americans in this country to believe their Government or the media would mislead them in any way, shape or form. The validity of that topic is an entirely different matter for another time.

When it comes to the subject of racism, it seems that most of (Not all) White America still has the perception that it doesn't exist anymore because according to them: "Things are not the way they were in the 40s and 50s." To the contrary, racism is just as alive and kicking today as it was 60 years ago. People of color might not be getting "burned to the stake" or "hanging from trees," but it is still here nonetheless. To see it at it's ugliest you need look no further than through corrupt institutions like the LAPD. You can see it in the so called "Justice system" as far as how it works for George Zimmerman, but not for Marissa Alexander and Trayvon Martin. You can see it in how it worked for every last one of the white officers who beat the snot out of Rodney King, but not for former LAPD and deceased officer Kevin Gaines from the Rampart scandal. You can see how it worked for the Muni officers who murdered Kenneth Harding over a two dollar bus fair, but not for the family members of Harding himself. And you can see how it worked for BART police officer Johannes Mehserle, but not for Oscar Grant, the unarmed, handcuffed African American young man he shot and killed on NYE. These are the stories that the majority of white Americans don't identify with when it comes to the pain, and frustration associated with racial persecution that many African Americans in this country still face "daily." Frustration from crimes committed against people of color by members of the same "justice system" that Dorner was trying to expose. Contrary to popular belief, racism didn't "die the moment Obama took the oval office." More importantly, Christopher Dorner was not some "deranged black man" who just "woke up one morning and decided to kill a bunch of cops" either. In Dorner's case, what we see are the results of a man who's faith in the justice system completely broke down after he tried to do the right thing and contrary to seeing justice served, instead was punished for it.

I know that there are a lot of people out there who will read this and say: "How can you defend a man like Dorner? "What about the families that have been affected by this!" Let me answer first by saying I am sensitive to the suffering, and loss of life that has taken place from this latest tragedy. Again, as I said at the beginning of this blog that I don't support the actions Dorner carried out in any way. You will never get me to say that I agree with killing anyone in this manner. However, I do understand why he did what he did. Furthermore, I don't believe in responding to acts of violence like this by exercising blind rage at the people who commit the crimes. I pride myself on analyzing what drives a person to do something like this in the 1st place. I believe that by identifying the problem in any situation puts you over 50% of the way to finding a solution to that particular problem. In truth, Christopher Dorner is not the problem here. The problem is the "system" that failed him. That same system failed the family members of the victims. It has also failed you.

Although this case is considered "closed" from the moment the cabin supposedly containing Dorner's "charred remains" were "discovered," too many questions are still left unanswered surrounding this case. Like what was the real reason a bounty of 1 million dollars (With a  loop hole in it) placed on Dorner's head? I say "real reason" because when was the last time you have ever seen a bounty of this amount placed on anyone's head in this country? Ask yourself why was this man not even given the option of a fair trial when we have seen others like Timothy McVeigh and James Holmes commit crimes that were far worse given as much? Furthermore, why was the DVD that Dorner mailed to Anderson Cooper of CNN not covered or it's contents revealed to the public? I have my own theories to all of these questions. For starters, I don't think we will ever get the real details of that DVD, especially if it does exonerate Dorner and implicates the LAPD in any way. If the contents of it are ever released, we will get nothing but the "edited" version of it. Those of you who say: "If Dorner had surrendered he would've had his day in court" are looking at this case through rose-colored glasses. Dorner was a dead man the moment he declared war on the LAPD. Organizations like the FBI, CIA, and LAPD don't offer "1 million dollar bounties" for criminals they want to "capture" for "future trial dates." They only offer rewards like that for fugitives they want silenced. That is what leads me to believe that Christopher Dorner had some serious, incriminating information against his former employers. Information that every US citizen who wants to see police corruption and racism come to an end should demand to be made public and justice served to the people who were victims to it.