UPDATE — 11:03 PM EST:
In an exclusive CBS interview, LAPD Police Chief Charlie Beck has announced that he is reopening the case that led to Dorner’s firing. Beck made it clear that he is not doing this to appease Dorner, rather to reaffirm the public’s faith in the LAPD. According to Beck, 50 members of the LAPD and their families are under protection in response to Dorner’s threats.
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As a massive manhunt for murder suspect and cop-killer Christopher Dorner continues, LAPD Police Chief Charlie Beck has denounced his riveting manifesto as false and “self-serving”:
“This is a homicide suspect who has committed atrocious crimes. If you want to give any attribution to his ramblings on the Internet, go ahead, but I do not, Beck said.”
When asked about the case that ultimately led to Dorner’s firing, the alleged kicking of a schizophrenic man by a fellow officer that he reported, Beck had this to say:
“That case was thoroughly adjudicated. It went through several levels of review up to the point where even a civilian representative listened to the entirety of the case. You will find Dorner’s statements to be self-serving and the statements of somebody who was extremely unhappy in his lot in life,” Beck said.
See news report below:
Dorner details specific instances of racism and corruption within the LAPD. To “clear his name” and seek retribution for being fired, Dorner is targeting the significant others and children of police officers whom he claims are perpetuating the system of cover-up, brutality and lies:
The LAPD’s actions have cost me my law enforcement career,” he said. “They cost my naval career. … I’ve lost my relationship with my mother and sister because of the LAPD. I’ve lost a relationship with close friends because of the LAPD. In essence, I’ve lost everything because the LAPD took my name and new (sic) I was INNOCENT!!!
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