Feb 14, 2013 - Issue 504  The Christopher Dorner Episode May Be
Over- But the Questions He Raised Remain  Bookmark and Share
One of the most tragic and horrifying episodes in the recent
history of our city, state and nation has come to an end…or has
it? The national manhunt for ex-LAPD officer, Christopher
Dorner, came to an end in a fiery shootout on Big Bear Mountain.
There was nothing pretty about this at all. It started ugly and
ended uglier. Obviously, it started long before the first shot
was fired or the “manifesto” was published. It will not end with
the last shot and Dorner’s death.  Dorner reopened a whole can
of worms. The wounds are deep and scars are fresh. What would
make a man go off like this? It’s too simple to suggest this was
just about a lost job. This was a man stripped of his dignity.
It wasn’t just that he lost his job, or even as much about why
he lost his job. It was about how he lost his job, which caused
him to lose his mind.   And he went out backwards, sho’ ‘nuff.
He obviously wa