EX LAPD COP Christopher Dorner

[Midwest Spy]

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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Fugitive ex-cop Christopher Dorner killed himself as the cabin he was barricaded inside caught fire following a shootout with officers, police revealed Friday while also confirming he spent most of his time on the run in a condominium just steps away from the command center set up to find him.
http://news.msn.com/us/sheriff-ex-cop-do...?gt1=51501


Very eerie that Dorner was literally right next door to the command center for the LEOs who were pursuing his whereabouts in Big Bear. He could have watched them from out of a window, according to the condo owners. Apparently, LE only searched homes where there appeared to be signs that someone might have broken in or someone could be inside. I don't think the condo next to the command center met the criteria.

Dorner was quiet. He told the cabin owners that he'd been watching them work outside over the previous couple of days and that they were hard workers. They hadn't gone inside to prepare it for their upcoming renters until that final day, at which time Dorner tied and bound them and then took off in their car.

People snap in different ways.

Dorner doesn't seem like a madman, but he definitely felt wronged.

Of course, killing people is never condoned, but I will say, in reading reports of people that interacted with him, he seemed respectful and made it clear his intent was not to indiscriminately kill.

From an outside perspective, we may never know exactly what he went through in his battles with the LAPD. He actually seems well principled, and didn't understand that keeping your job in a huge corporation like the LAPD, or the military, requires plenty of ass-kissing.

When you go after one of your own, you're generally going to lose. Sounds like he was rather self-righteous, but, determined to point out that someone else was guilty of a crime, and he wanted action taken.

I worked with a couple of loads in my days in the military. People that didn't deserve to be collecting paychecks, but, because of their rank and more importantly, whose butts they were kissing, they were protected.

Dorner truly went out (sort of) in a blaze of glory.