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The L.A. Police Dept. (LAPD) to Revisit and Review the Firing of an Ex-Cop Christopher Dorner



LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles police will re-examine the 2008 firing of an officer wanted in three slayings, the police chief said on Saturday as a massive manhunt for the fugitive stretched from a southern California mountaintop to the Mexican border.

Police Chief Charlie Beck called on the former officer Christopher Dorner, 33, to turn himself in and tell his side of the story. Dorner was dismissed after officials found he had made false statements accusing another officer of using excessive force.

One of the three people Dorner is accused of killing this week is the 28-year-old daughter of a retired police captain who represented him in a disciplinary action that led to his firing. He is also wanted for the killing of the young woman's fiance and an officer from the town of Riverside.

Dorner posted an online manifesto this week that declared war on law enforcement and complained of his 2008 firing. Some online commentators have expressed support for Dorner and aired grievances against police.

Beck said in a statement he was not re-opening the probe into Dorner's firing "to appease a murderer."

"I do it to reassure the public that their police department is transparent and fair in all the things we do," he said.

Beck's decision was first reported by local television station KCBS, which carried a lengthy interview with him.

Officials have called on Dorner to surrender.

"He can turn himself in anywhere and he'll be taken into custody and he'll be able to get his side of the story out," LAPD spokesman Commander Andrew Smith told reporters.

Police details in southern California are protecting more than 50 officers and their families who have been threatened by Dorner, after he named specific enemies in the department in his rambling manifesto, Smith said.

Police also plan to bolster their force of officers standing guard at the Grammy Awards in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, he said.

Police have said they believe Dorner has multiple weapons, including an assault-style rifle. He claimed in his manifesto to possess Russian-made shoulder-launched missile systems, but that could not be confirmed.

The hunt for Dorner has centered on the area of Big Bear Lake, a popular ski resort in the San Bernardino Mountains about 80 miles northeast of Los Angeles, where his burning pickup truck was discovered on Thursday. Authorities have acknowledged he may have slipped away undetected.

Officers have used dogs, helicopters and armored personnel carriers equipped with snow chains to maneuver through the mountains. Over 100 officers have been deployed to the area.

Dorner joined the Navy in 2002 and the LAPD in 2005, and he has received marksmanship training in both jobs.

BORDER STAND

Federal agents at the border with Mexico were screening vehicles to prevent Dorner from fleeing the country, said U.S. Border Patrol spokesman Steven Pitts. Southbound traffic into the border town of Tijuana was clogged, with the backup extending over 3 miles on Saturday.

Police served a search warrant on Saturday at a Buena Park, California, storage locker believed to be tied to Dorner, a Los Angeles police spokeswoman said. The contents of the locker were not disclosed.

Authorities said they have established a task force to find Dorner that includes the U.S. Marshals, the FBI and several local police agencies.

Los Angeles police officers are no longer patrolling solo or on motorbikes, Smith said.

In a Hollywood-style twist, controversial actor Charlie Sheen of television show "Anger Management" addressed Dorner in a video posted to celebrity website TMZ on Saturday. Dorner had praised Sheen and other celebrities in his manifesto.

"I am urging you to call me," Sheen said in addressing Dorner. "Let's figure out together how to end this thing."

(Additional reporting by Marty Graham in San Diego and Brandon Lowrey in Los Angeles, Editing by Kevin Gray and Sandra Maler)

Today Sunday, February 10, 2013, a week after the first killings the LAPD is offering a

$1 million ransom for Christopher Dorner's capture.

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Comment by Antwon Lee on February 11, 2013 at 1:38pm

Phoebe thanks for sharing your story.

Yeah the police will always point the finger at someone else. Most departments are corrupt from the top down. They have been getting away with this kind of mess for far too long. But there also are a few good cops out there who are doing the right things but the bad cops overwhelm the really good cops.

The majority of the people on facebook including myself believe that the LAPD and all police departments have always been corrupt and will always be corrupt. They will lie to your face in a minute without blinking or without taking a second thought. Most of them are devils when they put those uniforms on. They thrive off of having power over you. They are sick. For this madness to stop we need someone from the president's cabinet to intervene and come to L.A. asap. We cannot depend on the police to police themselves and we all deserve to know the truth.

We citizens better always watch our backs with these trigger happy police around here shooting at people, homes, vehicles and anything else that they can. And if you are a 6 ft. black man and if you drive any color truck then be very careful. Yes, its a damn shame. Shame on you LAPD.

Comment by Phoebe Macon on February 11, 2013 at 12:34pm

Quote
You either have to take a stand for something or you will fall for anything.
-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.


I also had a chance to read Christopher Dorner's 11 page manifesto. This is a very tragic situation that should have never happened at all and I do not condone the killings of anyone. But Christopher Dorner has decided to take a stand and it obviously seems as though or as if the Police are trying to silence Christopher Dorner because of what he knows about the LAPD.


A year ago I for one personally experienced many Police that were at my door one evening wanting to look over and look through my house to see if a bullet had hit my home after they were chasing a hispanic young man who had stolen something or had hurt someone. The L.A. Sheriff were annoyingly searching through every inch of my home for over 6-8 hours that Friday night (what a nightmare) and when all was said and done, sure enough (bingo) unbeknownst to me there was a hole in my closet rear wall & their was a hole behind my bookshelf in my Den. Praise God that the 2 bullets that came through my house did not hit me or my son that night (because we had no idea that our house had even been hit). When I asked the L.A. County Sheriff who shot through my home (they told me that it was the suspect that they were chasing who shot at my home). But come to find out that they were protecting themselves because they the Police were the ones who shot into my home not once but twice trying to shoot the guy/suspect that they were running after. Before they left my home they told me to get 3 estimates of the damages for my home to be repaired (so the L.A. Sheriff Police Dept. paid for my home to be repaired). Question; Why would they repair a home that they say that someone else damaged? That night they also caught the suspect that they were after and had him in the Police car taking him to jail. What I found very disconcerting and a damn shame was when these Police shot first into my home and then asked questions later.

 

When I heard about the two elderly women and the man who had their trucks shot up last week due to the LAPD not following the proper protocol and procedures it did not sit well with me nor should it with any citizen. (I said to myself, "here we go again"; it is just another Police Dept. doing the same thing. Shoot first and ask questions later) . Thank God that the people are all alive to tell their stories of what happened to them.

 

No one should have to suffer the injustices of any Police Dept. when their first oath is suppose to be "TO PROTECT AND SERVE".

 

Stay Safe Apaches & God Bless You All Always!!

 

Love and Blessings, Phoebe

 

 

Comment by Roland Moore on February 11, 2013 at 3:46am

I was able to read Christopher Dorner's manifesto and the things in it must be true because it looks as if this ONE MAN now has the entire LAPD in a state of confusion and panic where they are shooting at innocent people. WOW what a shame because this will not end well!

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