Chris Dorner, in happier days, now a fugitive on the run from the LAPD "manhunters"
Dorner, a three-year police veteran and former Lieutenant in the US Navy who went rogue after being fired by the LAPD, has accused Los Angeles Police of systematically using excessive force, of corruption, of being racist, and of firing him for raising those issues through official channels.
By all media accounts, Dorner "snapped" after his firing, and has vowed to kill police in retaliation. He allegedly has already done so, with several people, including police officers and family members of police already shot dead or wounded.
Now there's a record huge "manhunt" involving police departments across California, focussing on the mountains around Big Bear, featuring cops dressed in full military gear and armed with semi-automatic weapons. (Some 40-50 senior LAPD officers specifically threatened by Dorner are also being heavily guarded by LAPD cops.) Dorner has so far skilfully eluded his pursuers, despite a $1-million bounty on his head and thousands of people in the posse hunting for him. He has meanwhile developed a large and growing following of people who are actually rooting for him, with some comparing him to the Batman of "Dark Knight," striking terror into, and wreaking vengeance on a corrupt police culture.
Comment: And so it begins. Designating Dorner a 'domestic terrorist' places the case squarely within the jurisdiction of the NDAA, specifically the part about arresting and assassinating US citizens without Due Process. If Americans don't get smart to what's going on here - en masse - it's game over.