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Authorities Announce $1 Million Reward for Former L.A. Cop: ‘We Will Not Tolerate This Reign of Terror’

Feb. 10, 2013 6:40pm
Authorities Announce $1 Million Reward for California Cop Killer Christopher Dorner

This undated photo released by the Los Angeles Police Department shows suspect Christopher Dorner, a former Los Angeles officer. (Photo: AP/Los Angeles Police Department)

(TheBlaze/AP) — Seeking leads in a massive manhunt, Los Angeles authorities on Sunday offered a $1 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Christopher Dorner, the former police officer suspected in three killings.

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced the reward, raised through several private and public donors, at a news conference at LAPD headquarters.

“Our dedication to catch this killer remains steadfast,” Villaraigosa said. “We will not tolerate this reign of terror.”

Meanwhile, authorities said camping gear was found along with weapons inside Dorner’s burned-out pickup truck. The vehicle found Thursday in the ski resort town of Big Bear Lake was so charred that investigators couldn’t be more specific about the nature of its contents, Sgt. Rudy Lopez said.

Also Sunday, police investigated a taunting phone call that may have been made by Dorner to the father of the woman they believe he killed last week. Two law enforcement officers who requested anonymity because of the ongoing investigation told The Associated Press they are trying to determine if the call days after the killing was made by the 33-year-old fugitive or a man posing as him.

Authorities Announce $1 Million Reward for California Cop Killer Christopher Dorner

A burned-out pickup truck belonging to ex-Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner is towed after it was discovered in Big Bear, Calif, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. (Photo: AP)

SWAT teams with air support and bloodhounds fanned out for the fourth day to search for Dorner, who has vowed revenge against several former LAPD colleagues whom he blames for ending his career.

The effort was significantly scaled back as the weekend went on, with 25 officers and a single helicopter looking for clues in the forest and going door-to-door at some 600 cabins in the San Bernardino mountains, about 80 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles.

On Saturday, Chief Charlie Beck said officials would re-examine the allegations by Dorner that his law enforcement career was undone by racist colleagues. While he promised to hear out Dorner if he surrenders, Beck stressed that he was ordering a review of his 2007 case because he takes the allegation of racism in his department seriously.

“I do this not to appease a murderer. I do it to reassure the public that their police department is transparent and fair in all the things we do,” the chief said in a statement.

Dorner’s alleged manifesto, in addition to a litany of grievances against the LAPD, includes praise for President Obama, Hillary Clinton, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and various broadcasters on CNN and MSNBC.

Authorities Announce $1 Million Reward for California Cop Killer Christopher Dorner

A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department helicopter becomes airborne to resume the search for fugitive Christopher Dorner Saturday Feb. 9, 2013 near Big Bear, Calif. (Photo: AP)

Authorities suspect Dorner in a series of attacks in Southern California over the past week that have left three people dead. The killings and threats that Dorner allegedly made in an online rant have led police to provide protection to 50 families, Beck said.

A captain who was named a target in the manifesto posted on Facebook told the Orange County Register he has not stepped outside his house since he learned of the threat.

“From what I’ve seen of (Dorner’s) actions, he feels he can make allegations for injustice and justify killing people and that’s not reasonable,” Capt. Phil Tingirides, who chaired a board that stripped Dorner of his badge, said. “The end never justifies the means.”

In his online manifesto, Dorner vowed to use “every bit of small arms training, demolition, ordnance and survival training I’ve been given” to bring “warfare” to the LAPD and its families.

Authorities Announce $1 Million Reward for California Cop Killer Christopher Dorner

An FBI agent and other law enforcement officials are seen at a police commander center in Big Bear, California during the manhunt for alleged triple murder Dorner, February 7, 2013. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

Dorner served in the Navy, earning a rifle marksman ribbon and a pistol expert medal. He was assigned to a naval undersea warfare unit and various aviation training units, according to military records. He took leave from the LAPD for a six-month deployment to Bahrain in 2006 and 2007.

The flight training that he received in the Navy prompted the Transportation Security Administration to issue an alert, warning the general aviation community to be on the lookout for Dorner. The extent of his potential flying skills wasn’t known, the bulletin said.

Feb. 1 was his last day with the Navy, and also the day CNN’s Anderson Cooper received a package that contained a note on it that read, in part, “I never lied.” A coin riddled with bullet holes that former Chief William Bratton gave out as a souvenir was also in the package.

Police said it was a sign of planning by Dorner before the killing began.

On Feb. 3, police say Dorner shot and killed a couple in a parking garage at their condominium in Irvine. The woman was the daughter of a retired police captain who had represented Dorner in the disciplinary proceedings that led to his firing.

Dorner wrote in his manifesto that he believed the retired captain had represented the interests of the department over his.

Hours after authorities identified Dorner as a suspect in the double murder, police believe Dorner shot and grazed an LAPD officer in Corona and then used a rifle to ambush two Riverside police officers early Thursday, killing one and wounding the other. A funeral for Officer Michael Crain, an 11 year veteran, was scheduled for Wednesday.

The crime spree spanned across a wide swath of Southern California, prompting several police agencies, including the FBI and US Marshall Service, to form a joint investigative task force.

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Comments (142)

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  • LOTO
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 8:27pm

    That was in the budget?
    I think this is a bad idea.

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    LOTO  
    • Whitrb23
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 9:12pm

      It says:

      “Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced the reward, raised through several private and public donors, at a news conference at LAPD headquarters.”

      What budget are you referring to?

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    • Sleazy Hippo
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 9:22pm

      ZERO reward for AVENGERK.

      ZERO reward for WALKABOUT.

      lol

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    • HappyConservative
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 9:31pm

      How about another 1 mil on the head of that other reign of terror Obama?

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    • LOTO
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 10:11pm

      I missed that but I still think a reward of that size is a bad idea.

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      LOTO  
    • TH30PH1LUS
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:15pm

      I have some QUESTIONS for Governor Brown:

      1. Is the 1 mil reward tax-free?
      2. Is this a dead-or-alive warrant?
      3. If I neutralize Christopher Dorner with a semi-automatic rifle & and high cap mag, will you then repeal the plethora of STUPID gun laws that plague the State of California?

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    • DarkJello
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:17pm

      If this dude is worth 1 million, how much does one get for stopping the real reign of terror perpetrated on the American people by all the Dbag politicians from both sides of ye olde aisle??

      Answer: real life, real liberty, and the real pursuit of happiness.

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    • valiant1776
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:28pm

      Here’s a real extremist and domestic terrorist on the loose causing mayhem and all the leftist MSM can do is remain silent. Freaking pathetic.

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    • SLEAZYHIPPOs ILLEGITIMATE OFFSPRING
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 9:03am

      Hey Momma !!!!

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      SLEAZYHIPPOs ILLEGITIMATE OFFSPRING  
    • JRook
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 10:58am

      How is it the cities like LA are broke, states like CA are broke but they have $1million to invest in law enforcements inability to do their job.

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    • SocialistSlayer
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 1:16pm

      This guy has the Corrupt Law Enforcement peeing in their pants !

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    • Obama_In_PeePee_Is_Becks_Art
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 4:56pm

      “Authorities Announce … ‘We Will Not Tolerate This Reign of Terror’ ”

      Is The Police State about to announce that they are DISBANDING their “standing armies”? (Don’t bet on it):
      “LAPD Police-thugs Bravely Subdue Dangerous TV News Camera”
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkvNrtk6GJ0

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    • SREGN
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 5:07pm

      They don’t want him alive.

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      SREGN  
  • reportanddeport
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 8:24pm

    All the police gotta do is keep shooting at ANY truck that LOOKS like Dorner’s or ANYONE who looks like Dorner, and eventually they’ll kill the right person.

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    • DarkJello
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:19pm

      That was their strat the first day or 2. I wonder how much those victims will receive from the bankrupt republic of California… Out of the frying pan and into the fire.

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  • justangry
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 8:16pm

    Well I guess it’s encouraging (if looking for a silver lining) that they can’t catch one fat ass commie pig. It certainly seems that disarming 100 million Patriots would be impossible.

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    • Jarhead 88
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 2:46am

      I agree but they may not really want to catch him and the million dollars for his reward is just out there to make it look like they want to capture him. They probably want him to continue is his little commie killing spree, the more better for them to take more rights from the good guys.

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    • Walter2012
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 7:15am

      *This is what happens to kids that are given trophies and ribbons for participating and told they can do anything and become anyone. The bubble eventually bursts!! He should never of passed the Pysch screening to become a Police Officer. Shame on the lowering of LAPD standards and Police standards throughout America. This is the truth that is not spoken, politically incorrect!

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    • katzkiner
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 6:37pm

      If you go looking for a man with a rifle who knows how to use it the $ 1 million is not much good when your dead. Nobody runs toward a good sniper. Handguns kill about 50/50, rifles about 95%. Nobody wants to find Dorner. If they locate him some SEAL snipers would be the RX.

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  • EQUALIZER
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 8:16pm

    He just don’t know who is Daddy is.Its all good.

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    EQUALIZER  
  • ZAP
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 8:14pm

    Law enforcement spent four hours searching his mom’s Orange County home. They took out 10 grocery bags .Why did they take all her food????

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  • normbal
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 8:08pm

    ‘WE WILL NOT TOLERATE THIS REIGN OF TERROR’

    Seriously? Sounds to ME like the only people raining terror on the populace are the freaking POLICE!

    How many pickups and innocent citizens did you shoot up today?

    And your legislature wants to disarm CITIZENS?

    I am SO glad I left California when I did.

    But socialist occupied Maryland isn’t much better.

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    • ReallySeriouslyNoWay
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 8:13pm

      Wanted Dead or Alive!! The LAPD obviously doesn’t care about the citizens, they’re out to protect themselves and their badges and power.

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    • GoodStuff
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 9:28pm

      Is this a Retarded Paulbot Reunion?

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      GoodStuff  
    • Just_Us2
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:20pm

      This is not an either or, conservative vs liberal problem. We are all responsible for our own actions. The cops who shot people are responsible, however, the LAPD as well as other law enforcement organizations are notorious for covering for their own and not holding them responsible. I lived in New Orleans for seven years and two FBI stings where massive corruption was uncovered. Dorner will never be taken to trial, he will be executed as demonstrated by the actions…not words…of the LAPD. It is shoot to kill and if you do not get that, you are dull. One cop emptying his gun in a pickup is an outlier, five is a clear directive. Dorner will be held responsible for his actions. Don’t be a willful idiot. This is much more than one rouge cop. If you do not see widespread corruption in the LAPD then you are naive or a part of the problem. Law enforcement, as a profession, has decayed over my lifetime. Police used to be your friend, there for public safety. I have never been arrested and I rarely get stopped because I don’t break traffic laws. But I see how others are treated. My own son, who was a squeeky clean HS honor roll student, and is on the deans list was harassed in front of my house for eating a burger in his car because it was midnight. Put in cuffs, in patrol car because he refused a search. Was let go because they had nothing. Just trying to lie, bully and scare someone in to an arrest. He stood up to abuse, why can’t some of you even see it happeni

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  • soybomb315_II
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 8:00pm

    it seems to me the government/police are looking for more justification to militarize

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    • civilwarcometh
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 8:12pm

      SOY stop watching the other hand that will not be tolerated young man….

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    • GoodStuff
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 9:29pm

      Is soybomb Dorner?

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      GoodStuff  
    • MetalPatriot
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 10:41pm

      So true.

      Nothing is ever done to stop or significantly reduce gangs & their criminal activity here in CA. Not to support this guy’s activity, but it’s extremely hypocritical to put so many resources towards one man when we have 950+ gangs having a true “reign of terror” in our communities.

      Villaragosa is punk and needs his corrupt, cartel catering, communism loving skull bashed in.

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  • tyuchic
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 7:56pm

    instead of allowing the lapd to summarily execute the man (which is going to happen) wouldn’t it be more beneficial “for the common good” to start a movement to harness dorners’ skills for a wider benefit to the people, and draft him as congressional sergeant at arms? CAN I HEAR AN AMEN?

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  • TheVolleyballGod
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 7:46pm

    Maybe he is the one that gone dun kilt Ron Brown and Nicole Simpson

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    • tyuchic
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 10:28pm

      there are only a few “volleyballgods”, so let’s hope i’m not being offensive, but your title is sacrosanct, unless you are specifically mentioned by mike sager, in the july, 1985 playboy (an exception is allowed if you were stationed at anytime, at camp pendleton. if it is, then never-mind. i am not worthy. i am not worthy!

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  • ICSPADES
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 7:41pm

    Let me give the all knowing FBI and LEO’s a tip . He is not in Bear Mountain. He is playing you like a piano. Look for the strike from a high rise in LA.

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  • PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 7:39pm

    A flaming Progressive-democrap Mayor pleading……”The end never justifies the MEANS”. GET A CLUE Commies and Progressives! Look what kind of a arch-villain your mentality spawns. He more than angry at losing his job…he’s all sc re wed up.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq28qCklEHc

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    • Fla.Patriot
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:06am

      I just think it’s freakin histarical anytime I hear a liberal say “the ends never justify the means” REALLY!? So far as I have seen, that is the Liberal Progressives stock and trade. I fact, I’m fairly sure that the Obama administrations handbook, more commonly known as Rules for Radicals, states quite clearly that in fact the Ends most certainly DO justify the means. Guess that only applies when it’s getting them what they want huh? This guy is unbalanced and mentally disturbed. He is however a product of THIER indoctrination. I honestly hope he doesn’t kill anyone else and can be brought in to get the help he clearly needs, however, should he kill again I hope Gods hand finds him and he removes someone truly corrupt. Lets face it, when it comes to corruption, California is a “target rich environment”

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  • Stewie
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 7:32pm

    They will not tolerate this reign of terror…? THIS reign of terror??? But they’ll aid and abet alien invaders and their political action groups (gangs)? Tolerate the arming of narcoterrorists by our own government and then confiscate firearms from the law-abiding citizens to fight crime?

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    • demsrtraitors
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 7:48pm

      Progressives, democrats and liberals have caused more damage to this country than any foreign military or terrorist. Hitler, Mao and Stalin to name a few , would be proud of their party .

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  • FAL Guy
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 7:31pm

    Thing is that as much as I’d like to think that this is a man wrongly accused and lashing out, where are his friends? If I were to go psycho nut job my friends would be out there saying this is why. So for those who question his manifesto, where are the people refuting it?

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  • The_Almighty_Creestof
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 7:27pm

    It sounds like the “authorities” are afraid…I wonder how they would deal with that fear if it was on them 24/7 and having a gun was illegal?

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  • P4cooler
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 7:26pm

    This guy is professional plus battle experience. Those who chase this reward may be a victim themselves.

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    • maccow
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:23am

      @P4
      Professional maybe, battle experienced I doubt it. Time spent in Bahrain may be time spent in a combat zone, but it isn’t time in combat. (Unless combating boredom in a luxury hotel counts)
      Everyone graduating basic training receives a rifle marksmanship badge, either a marksman, sharpshooter, or expert badge, which one depends on how many targets out of 40 you knock down. (I note that they didn’t say he had an expert rifleman’s badge)
      Officers qualify regularly with the M9 pistol and qualifying expert isn’t all that hard especially if he had police training. (I hit 30 pop-up targets with 30 rounds and then ten more with my ten leftover rounds the first time I ever touched an M9; no previous training and I don’t consider myself all that good)
      It could be that his having been in an aviation unit means he went to Survival, Escape, Evasion, Reconnaissance training, SEER school, which would be the most beneficial military training for his current hobby. But this is not mentioned in the article.
      So this guy probably isn’t Jonny Rambo though a few days hiking in the mountains may burn off a few un-needed pounds.
      Being a lefty means he is probably a coward at heart and will rely on the bleeding heart media to make his story about every thing except his own deluded actions.

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  • Clownzilla
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 7:25pm

    So you will get about 250K after California taxes.

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  • ABRAXUS
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 7:18pm

    if he dumped truck and gear, then he had another ready to go. he will wait a month, go to ground, till they lower their guard and then come back. you can’t cover 50 families indefinatly.

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    • GoodStuff
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 9:32pm

      You almost sound giddy.

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    • ADNIL
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 6:28am

      I suggest they arm themselves. OH – that’s right. They can’t! Oh well. Then I suggest hiding under the bed.

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  • VoteRightDammit
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 7:16pm

    The PD here in San Diego are quietly saying Dormer is pissed because his Training Officer kicked a homeless man &* Dormer reported him …. and after that Dormer’s life was made a living hell until he resigned.

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    • chips1
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 8:48pm

      That’s high on the probability list. Obama gets rid of our best and brightest millitary leaders in order to increase his nutcase buddies.

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  • VoteRightDammit
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 7:14pm

    False reward.
    The chance of them taking Dormer alive is zero or less.

    WAY too much dirty laundry inside the LAPD that would come out if Dormer was arrested and stood trial. They will not permit that to happen.

    Dormer sighted; kill on sight. No arrest & conviction = no reward paid.

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    • RLTW
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 7:22pm

      I’d say he’s dead already, went up in the snow and ended it know he’ll live rent free in the minds of the LAPD.

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  • DagneyT
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 7:01pm

    There is just something about these reports, the alleged “manifesto” and the choice of victims that do not ring true to me. Why, I cannot say, other than “gut”, and having been raised in SoCal. I know nothing about this man, but there’s WAY more than what we’re hearing/reading on line. Something in me says, “I’m not buying it!”

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  • TSUNAMI_22
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 7:01pm

    Authorities Announce $1 Million Reward for Dorner: ‘We Will Not Tolerate This Reign of Terror’
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Translation = The “authorities” really don’t have a clue as to where he is or what his immediate intentions are so they are setting the precedent to employ the general public to snitch on him for a price. If it works, public policy will be changed to use the same technique against ALL law-abiding gun owners by having their neighbors become paid spies.

    Yeah, it sounds fantastically paranoid until it becomes common and accepted public practice. Neighbor against neighbor….more division of the country en-masse. WTG Obama!!!!

    In the mean time, every stupid left-wing r’tard is jumping on the band wagon claiming they ‘understand’ his plight against what made him snap. Awesome! Eventually they will have to eat their words for condoning the actions of a madman which revered them in a grand public forum…..the mainstream media.

    Pass the popcorn, please.

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  • Compound
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 7:00pm

    There is no way he could have been framed by some higher positioned department heads. The utopia we live in would not allow it. They would not put his career on the line for their own gain?

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    • GoodStuff
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 9:33pm

      You’re defending a murderer? You’re sick.

      Shoot this bastard and be done with it.

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    • Compound
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:18pm

      Jury is in, you are always guilty till proven innocent.

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      Compound  
    • Just_Us2
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:43pm

      GOODSTUFF – Are you defending widespread police corruption? Sure sounds like it.

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  • Un-Reconstructed
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 6:56pm

    Wonder if he has a million dollar secret?

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  • denkat56
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 6:52pm

    Let’s send in Holder, and Obama to get dornor. How about MSNBC, hey Chris wanna come out and play, I got your back Chris how about Bill Mahre. Target rich environment I’d say.

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  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 6:52pm

    The affirmative action hire is turning all Rambo and going to take em all out huh? He’ll be killed or take himself out because he knows he’ll take numerous @ss poundings in the joint.

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