Several dozen protestors who think that former LA cop Chris Dorner was on to something when he accused the department of corruption and racism, rallied outside of police headquarters.
They say they deplored his methods but believe he was a “hero” for exposing malfeasance by police.
Protesters told the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/11Ndm6i ) they didn’t support Dorner’s deadly methods, but objected to police corruption and brutality, and believed Dorner’s claims of racism and unfair treatment by the department. Many said they were angered by the conduct of the manhunt that led to Dorner’s death and injuries to innocent bystanders who were mistaken for him.
Michael Nam, 30, who held a sign with a flaming tombstone and the inscription “RIP Habeas Corpus,” said it was “pretty obvious” police had no intention of bringing Dorner in alive.
“They were the judge, the jury and the executioner,” Nam said. “As an American citizen, you have the right to a trial and due process by law.”
During the hunt for Dorner, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck called for Dorner’s surrender and said he didn’t want to see the suspect or anyone else injured.
Dorner was already believed to have killed three people when he was cornered Tuesday at the cabin near Big Bear Lake, and during the standoff shot and killed a San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy, authorities said.
Only after calls for surrender and use of milder tear gas did deputies launch pyrotechnic gas canisters into the cabin, and the subsequent fire was not intentional, the Sheriff’s Department said.
Dorner died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the end of the standoff, sheriff’s officials said.
The 33-year-old has already inspired a burgeoning subculture of followers. While most don’t condone killing, they see him as an outlaw hero who raged against powerful forces of authority, and some even question whether he really died.
Tributes include a ballad titled “El Matapolicias,” or “The Police Killer,” penned by a Mexican crooner with lyrics paying homage to Dorner, and a YouTube clip showing excerpts from a video game titled “Christopher Dorner’s Last Stand Survival Game” whose opening frame declares him “A True American Hero.”
“I disagree with his methods but his heart is in the right place” is an epithet that should be on many a radical lefty’s tombstone. It takes a carefully compartmentalized mind to dismiss the murder of policemen as a “method” of getting one’s message out and then turning around and supporting that message.
Of course they don’t condone murder — says they. Separating the act of killing from the justification for it is pure sophistry — especially since it is unclear whether Dorner fabricated the justification after he had already killed two people.
Their “hero” is awash in blood. That they don’t see the gore on their own hands says more about their moral compass than could be revealed otherwise.
Dorner was unrepentant scum, and I’m glad he’s dead. He was a coward who took his own life rather than face justice.
But anyone who is surprised that a major urban police department is fantastically corrupt hasn’t been paying attention to Democrat-controlled police unions, Democrat-controlled inner-city politicians, Democrat-controlled “community organizers” and Democrat-controlled city halls.
And yet it’s Democrats who voted for Democrats in Los Angeles County, Democrats getting total control of California, and Democrats in the White House. They have done the same for a generation, and they’re wondering why the LAPD is a statist, fascist, racist government institution.
Zero sympathy. Unlike Dorner, minorities in Los Angeles get to reap what they have sewn on a daily basis. You want change? Vote Republican.
I dont think that any sane person can condone what Dorner did. However, we are a civilised society and I suppose most people would think that setting fire to a house with someone inside is barbaric. What he did was terrible, but if we condone what the police did what does that say about us. They should have waited him out. He would have run out of food and water and fallen asleep. Then he could have had a trial. I think that giving the police the right to kill people without accounting for their actions is a really scary route to embark on.
I suppose most people would think that setting fire to a house with someone inside is barbaric
But it’s a Democratic Party tradition — Janet Reno, Wilson Goode etc.
I’m not sure what party controls San Bernadino County.
Dorner killed a man’s daughter just because he didn’t like the man.
Apparently Dorner tried to sue LAPD and was assigned Judge Yaffe. Yaffe is the same judge who ordered that attorney Richard Fine should be imprisoned for 18 months with no criminal charge because he complained that Yaffe and the other judges were getting pay offs from the CIty, not part of their salary, and therefore they don’t allow trials when people attempt to sue the CIty. Fine is an ex DOJ prosecutor with a great resume.
There are reasons why trials are supposed to be public.
Richard Ramirez, the serial killer known as The Night Stalker, has groupies and a fan club.
I don’t know what it is about California that so many people with an inclination to admire mass murderers choose to live there. I guess that it is no coincidence that Charles Manson and Jim Jones did not set up shop in Iowa.
Dorner isn’t worth a discussion.
The LAPD and many other big city police departments is worth discussing. I found their reaction to Dorner appalling. They literally went on a search-and-destroy mission. People in pick-up trucks (not even the same make or color) were being shot up by scared cops. It was shot first, then question any survivors. The thing ended with an execution, nothing else to call it.
What happened to the days when cops only pulled a trigger as an absolute last resort? When did cops get elevated above the law? When did police lives become far more important than civilian lives?
Why are the police in LA surprised that they are despised?
I guess Dorner was a murderer. But then, surrounding the shack and burning him to death looked like murder to me: murder by a gang and nothing but revenge on its mind.