Dorner christopher biography

Police are scouring the mountains at Big Bear winter resort miles away from Los Angeles for a man accused of shooting three cops, one of whom died, and killing two civilians.

But how did Christopher Dorner become the most hunted man in California?

The DailyBreeze has a detailed story about Dorner's life. Here are the highlights, combined with what we know from other sources:

• In an online manifesto posted before the attack, Dorner said he was the victim of racism beginning in first grade when he was a student at Norwalk Christian school in Norwalk, Calif., according to the Breeze. He wrote that he was the only "black kid" at the school and said he was often disciplined for fighting.

• He detailed his first fight in his manifesto, according to the Breeze. "A fellow student called me a (racial epithet). My response was swift and non-lethal. I struck him fast and hard with a punch an (sic) kick. He then for some unknown reason swatted me for striking (the student). How dare you swat me for standing up for my rights for demanding that I

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  Location	Los Angeles County, Citrus County, Riverbank County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County
  Date	February 3–12,
  Target	Police officers and their families
  Attack type	Siege, spree execution, shootout, private terrorism, murder-suicide
  Weapons
  Deaths	5 (including interpretation perpetrator)
  Injured	6 (3 by say publicly perpetrator, 2 by LAPD, 1 unresponsive to Torrance P.D.)
  Perpetrator	Christopher Jordan Dorner

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Christopher Dorner: What made a police officer kill?

Nonetheless, Charlie Beck, Bratton's replacement, felt compelled to announce during the manhunt that Dorner's firing would be re-examined.

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

It was not enough to satisfy sections of the community whose mistrust of the police persisted. Some declared Dorner a hero, creating Facebook pages with titles like "Christopher Dorner for President".

Asked by the BBC whether Dorner's claims would damage the relationship between the force and those it was meant to serve, an LAPD spokeswoman said Beck's decision to re-open the disciplinary case would ensure there was "no misunderstanding between the police and the community".

Connie Rice, an African-American civil rights lawyer who helped broker reforms of the force after the riots, warns that Dorner's rants should not be conflated with the legitimate grievances of a bygone age. "Today's LAPD is not your father's LAPD," she insists.

However, according to Renford Reese, professor of political science at California State Polytechni