May 18, 2013

Women Shot by LAPD During Dorner Manhunt Reach Million-Dollar Settlement

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*The two women shot by Los Angeles police during the Chris Dorner manhut will receive $4.2 million after settling with the LAPD. According to the Los Angeles Times, the agreement will save the city tons of money. Margie Carranza, 47, and her mother, Emma Hernandez, 71, were delivering newspapers in Torrance on Feb. 7 when LAPD officers shot [...]




A Black Response to the Dorner Situation

Nana Gyamfi

*I have to say for the record that the last thing we need to be doing in this time of golden opportunity is to do what we usually do. There is this African martial art that I am in love with called Capoeira Angola. Like all things of traditional Africa, it requires creativity. If you [...]




An Open Letter to the Los Angeles Police Department and the People they Police

lapd chief charlie beck

*Christopher Dorner is dead. Whether you agree or disagree with Dorner’s actions preceding his death or even how he died, one fact can’t be changed—he brought forth serious allegations of racism and discrimination within the Los Angeles Police Department. Dorner’s allegations have been publicly co-signed by both retired and terminated Black LAPD employees—and in private [...]




Retired LAPD Sgt. Cheryl Dorsey: The Stress on Officers isn’t the Public, it’s the Department

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*Cheryl Dorsey, 54, retired from the Los Angeles Police Department on August 26, 2000, exactly one day after her 20th anniversary with the department. When asked about Christopher Dorner, she says, “I am not surprised that it happened.  I am surprised it took this long and I’m convinced that it will happen again if the [...]




Chris Dorner, Not An Isolated Incident: Two Officers, Same Stories, Different Outcomes

randy franklin

*In recent days we have been trying to come to grips as to why Chris Dorner, a decorated military soldier and former LAPD officer chose the path of “necessary evil” to clear his name. To get a better understanding of his actions, I read his Manifesto in which he states that by crossing the Blue [...]




Ex-LA Cop Brian Bentley on Dorner Manifesto: ‘Not Only do I Believe it, but I Lived it’

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*Brian Bentley, 49, doesn’t agree with what Christopher Dorner — the ex-cop at center of a massive manhunt for the killings of three people—has done, but he certainly understands it. As a former LAPD officer, Bentley, who is now an author, says that a Dorner-like situation was just a matter of time. “It took longer [...]




KCBS Anchor Covering Dorner Story Pranked by Howard Stern Stooge (Listen)

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*One man sure had perfectly bad timing to execute a prank. Some dude  who identified himself as Mike Taughter told a Los Angeles TV station that he could confirm that a Fish and Game officer had seen Christopher Dorner, the former LAPD officer suspected of killing four people. The prankster took advantage of a live [...]




Chris Dorner’s Ex (Ariana Williams) Says She Fears for Her Life (Watch)

ariana williams

*As the LAPD still hunts for the alleged cop killer and former Navy Seal, Christopher Dorner, his ex-girlfriend came forward recently, saying he carried firearms on him throughout their relationship, reports BlueDog.com. “He would leave firearms all over my house,” Ariana Williams said. “There’d be one, he’d be in the bed and there’d be one by the bed. [...]




Video: L.A. Mayoral Candidates on Christopher Dorner’s Allegations Against LAPD

Chris Dorner

*Racism and the Los Angeles Police Department became the issue of conversation earlier Sat. Feb. 9 at a Los Angeles mayoral candidate’s forum held at Crenshaw High School. Hosted by a coalition of African-American organizations with popular television and film personality Judge Mablean Ephriam, political commentator and EURweb columnist Jasmyne Cannick asked each of the [...]