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I want to remind people of Chris Dorner[1]. Chris Dorner was a black police officer that based on his manifesto, had witnessed many use of excessive force by his colleagues. When he reported them, he was fired in retaliation.

When the manhunt begun, the police started shooting at people that vaguely fit his description. The police shot 102 bullets at a mother and daughter delivering newspaper. People had to paint messages on the back of their truck so the police don't shoot at them.

Watching it at the time was unreal. The police and media portrayed him as a psycho, while the people whose car he stole had a different story.

In the last stand off, he was in a cabin and the police burned it to the ground. The police denies burning it down, but they did use tear gas and in the police recording, you can hear a man say "use the burners".

One year later, LAPD chief Charlie Beck, admitted that 8 LAPD officers had violated the use of force policy.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Dorner_shootings_a...

Edit: as the comment pointed out, Dorner killed 4 people, including 2 officers and the daughter of a police captain. I did not omit this information, it is included in the very first paragraph of the wiki.



You accidentally forgot to mention that the manhunt wasn't because of his manifesto but because of the people he killed.

Doesn't excuse the behavior of the police, but it's a weird thing to skip over.


It would be great if you could add the information that he killed people (police officers and their families) in retaliation for his firing to your post. Otherwise it makes very little sense without reading the wiki article.




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