I hadn’t planned on this being a two-entry day, but if you
watch the news at all…you understand it’s not an ordinary day.
I’m honestly conflicted as to whether I support Chris
Dorner. I am not conflicted at all as to how I feel about his stated cause, which
is police corruption. Two of my best friends in life and one of my cousins are
police officers. I’m sure they would all agree with me that police corruption
is a serious problem: maybe not in their units (maybe so), but certainly in
general.
If you read Dorner’s manifesto, you either think he’s a
raging fool or a misguided avenger. That sentiment probably depends on a few
things, and I probably don’t have to spell out what those things are.
As someone who’s been harassed by police officers continuously
for almost 20 years, it’s really easy for me to sympathize with Dorner – if for
no other reason than to say “[NWA song title]”. I hope he lives, even though I
know it’s not happening unless he remains a fugitive. I think the man has a
story to tell – and that LAPD doesn’t want him to tell it.
The manifesto gets into this, but I’m almost positive
there’s more to the story than is even in the document. If you’ve ever seen one
of those movies where corruption is revealed (that was the goal of Exit Wounds),
I see it like that. I think there’s a whole lot of police nonsense – in many
places, not just LA – that would get out if Dorner were allowed to talk to
Oprah.
That would be the police’s worst nightmare. Remember ‘A Few
Good Men’ and how Jessup didn’t want anything to get out about how he ran that
base? His main problem with Kaffee was that Danny had the unmitigated gall to
question his activities and those of his subordinates.
Same thing here: this isn’t about stopping Dorner’s blood
from running as much as it is about stopping his mouth from doing the same.
Watch how this thing gets covered up when it ends. You won’t hear too much
about Chris Dorner because the story is bigger than Chris Dorner. Dorner knows
that. He told us so. If LAPD has anything to do with it - and they will - he won't tell us anything else...and it's our responsibility to ask anyway.
I'm not conflicted.
ReplyDeleteI'm against police corruption and the focus that police in this country have on people that look like me. As if we're the reason why so much crime occurs in the first place. The police would seem to profile us for everything; however, they don't seem concerned about profiling white men when it comes to walking into movie theatres or schools or malls and shooting 15 or 20 people. Of course, its really possible to do that.....but profiling me is just as ridiculous.
Now as far as the taking of innocent lives is concerned, I'm against that. Hopefully Dorner is dead so that he can't murder anyone else....if he isn't, hopefully he will be soon.
No I don't trust the police. The police are made up of people and people lie. No, I don't trust the police, I'm sure they did everything he said they did. But that doesn't diminish what he did either.
It takes a certain kind of person to be a police officer. Whether good or bad, they place a much heavier value on their judgments than they do on the judgments of others. I wanted, very badly, to be an officer of the law. That is, until I met some of the lies that officers so commonly tell on minority youth. CHANGED MY LIFE. I studied Psychology and learned a lot about what it took to be a cop.
ReplyDeleteNo, I don't think cops are bad. I just don't think they require the amount of authority and trust that has allowed many to become so very corrupt. They need much closer oversight. You cannot have the "crooked trying to make the bent, straighter." I openly cheered for Dorner to give LAPD airtime and expose their corruption with their pursuit of him. That both happened and did not happen. The media failed us and EVERY LA area resident. The next innocent death caused by the LAPD is blood on the hands of the media as well. The system is broken. It will not be fixed.