I am
assuming that most of you have seen or heard the news in the last couple of
weeks pertaining to the manhunt for Chris Dorner. Just in case though I will
fill you in about what had actually happened. Chris Dorner was fired by the LAPD
for accusing a partner on the force of misconduct. The
Manifesto of Chris Dorner gives an inside look to what is wrong with our
justice system and the corruption that is occurring. Dorner has had an inside look at the corruption and exposes it rightly so as it should not be allowed to be swept under the rugh anymore. The Manifesto also gives
us a great look into the mind of a killer and the hive mind that is our
society.
There
is so many different thing that are incredibly messed up throughout this whole
thing. The fact that the LAPD is accused of misconduct and squashes all
evidence of the event. An honest officer who was in the right getting fired for
crossing the “blue line” a certain we look out for our own attitude on the
force. Then the Manhunt was another whole story, shooting at innocent people
because they assumed that they were Chris Dorner solely because they may have
been black and driving a silver ford ranger. But what is worse the LAPD and its
conduct or the fact that as a society there are people that can now feel
sympathy for a murderer some even calling him a hero for showing what is wrong
with the system. Sure he did not go about it in a great way eventually ending
up supposedly killing himself but he definitely did get the attention drawn to
the LAPD.
Once
again the conversation on gun control will be in the news again and everyone
will get blamed but those whom are actually responsible. What do you think
about this does it scare you we have people not necessarily rooting for a cop
killer but rooting for the underdog trying to expose the system or maybe even
the fact that our system can be so broken that this kind of action seems necessary
to some people. I personally think that the blatant racism in the force is the worst part about this whole case. The LAPD has confused multiple people with Chris Dorner simply based on skin color. The justice system has been put to the wayside for this whole case. The LAPD and its officers decided that they were rightfully the judge, jury and executioner. They did so by firing upon people who were not correctly identified as Chris Dorner as well as burning down the house that Dorner was holed up in during his final hours. They sufficiently sentenced him to death without any plans of bringing him in.
This brings up a great point! About the racial aspect as well as the obvious problems we have with our government. On the topic of gun control; what really bothers me so much is that our government and mainly our president is pushing so hard to not allow regular people in our society to be gun owners when they (more than anyone) use guns on a daily basis. Why? To protect themselves. So how is it that they have the right to protect themselves yet we do not? Just a thought...
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading this blog, good work!
The fact that the LAPD shot at people who had the same skin color as Dorner blows me away! Innocent people were put in harms way and the police couldn't help them, because they were the ones doing the harming! The gun control topic will be talked about for a long time, and I think any step that gets less guns in the hands of the wrong people is a good step. Hopefully, we can reduce the number of stories like these from happening. Good topic!
ReplyDeleteWe definitely need confidence in order to trust the police with the power we give them. Police brutality is certainly a recurring issue, it seems like their lesson was not well learned from the aftermath of their beating of Rodney King.
ReplyDeleteThere is so many layers to this story. My dad is a cop, and although I don't know much about the politics he is involved with, I'm sure he is often pressured to not cross the "blue-line." However, I hope that he has the integrity to do whats right when a cop does something wrong. He has brought me up to hold myself accountable for my own actions, and to call people out (when appropriate) on their harmful actions. However, he also advises me to mind my own business and let people take care of themselves. I think cops should be able to report each other of wrong doings- we cannot tolerate corrupt cops and we cannot allow them to terrorize the communities that they serve. We can also not tolerate racial profiling. I like that you address this topic but would encourage you to do a call to action and focus on each layer of this problem in a seres of detailed blogs.
ReplyDeleteI'm from a place where you grow up learning not to trust cops. As a kid and young adult, I saw some pretty intense abuses of power because of the "blue line." Who can you complain to when the cops are breaking the law? No one. And they knew it.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate that you made the distinction that what happened to Dorner was wrong, but what he did was wrong too.
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ReplyDeleteI love your very last sentence for so many reasons. I would have never even made that connection, that the LAPD successfully "sentenced him to death" without even a hearing. It's another hunk of crap on the steaming pile that is evidence that the LAPD is infested with racist shitheads who saw a golden opportunity to shoot every black guy they saw. I still haven't caught wind of EXACTLY what Dorner did, but I can't imagine it would be bad enough for a shoot on sight command... This entire force needs a crackdown on their hiring process.
ReplyDeleteSUCH a relevant topic right now, what with gun control and all. I had not heard this story and I am in shock about the injustice Chris has faced. Even more so, I am upset at our justice system and the way they are going about convicting people, especially those who are innocent. I am so upset and sickened by the fact that race is always an issue: when are we going to move past it as a society? I'm glad you wrote about this, especially because I was so unaware of this issue, but feel much more informed now. What's the next step? Are there petitions we can sign to bring justice? Do we continue to educate others?
ReplyDeleteI dont want to blame any side of this story, i think Chris did very bad things to many people who were innocent, however the LAPD did not handle the situation correct either. Too bad people had to die for this issue, however, maybe it was the only way people would notice the corruption?
ReplyDeleteThis is a great example of another way for the media to have a frenzy about the topic of gun control. The LAPD obviously did not handle this situation in the right way, and the act of convicting an innocent person is sickening. Like I said in my group comments, I wonder what you think should be done about this issue. How can we rectify it?
ReplyDeleteVery interesting blog, I have read several studies dealing with race and police and all of them, even black police, stereotyped black men as more dangerous in the same photos doing the same thing as a white person. I wish you had more of a call to action but all in all very informative.
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