Headlines of the day: A matter of distance


Trigger-happy Los Angeles cops shot a 71-year-old woman and her daughter as they were delivering newspapers Thursday morning, all because they thought their pickup was beuing drive by a 270-pound six-foot-tall murderous ex LAPD officer suspected of a murderous cop-killing rampage.

We counted at least 29 bullet holes in a Los Angeles Times photo of their truck — which match neither the model or the color of the vehicle driven by suspected triple-murderer Michael Dorner, who is the subject of a massive manhunt.

“The problem with the situation is it looked like the police had the goal of administering street justice and in so doing, didn’t take the time to notice that these two older, small Latina women don’t look like a large black man,” family attorney Glen T. Jonas told Ari Bloomekatz of the Los Angeles Times.

But what really strikes us as curious is the spin on the headlines about the shooting, with their accuracy seeming to increase with the distance of the headline writes from the City of Angels.

First, from the Los Angeles Times:

Women delivering newspapers in Torrance shot in manhunt for ex-cop

Note that the headline gives no idea who fired.

And CBS News LA offers this:

2 Innocent Women Hurt In Officer-Involved Shooting During Dorner Manhunt

Well, at least officers are “involved.”

But you have to go to Vegas to get a better idea of what happened, as in this headline from the Sun:

LA police shoot innocent people in ex-cop manhunt

Finally, from the Big Apple, the essence, from NBC News:

Women shot by cops were just delivering papers

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8 Responses to Headlines of the day: A matter of distance

  1. Normally the LAPD and other police agencies in California can get away with murder, or do their best to dirty up those who would want to blow the whistle on excessive force and police corruption.

    Christ Dorner’s online Manifesto says that what he was doing is a necessary evil that he does not enjoy but must partake.

    I know that it is not nice to be victimized by unfair hearings, and face judicial corruption in California. While I do not agree with Chris Dorner’s methods, I am not sure how police corruption In the LAPD and other police agencies along with the judicial corruption can be exposed to the Media in any other way.

    You see because Chris Dorner’s retaliation was so cruel and evil to which he admits– it does showcase his rage, his justification to murder innocents which is the corruption and injustice he was subjected to from the LAPD, which is a form of torture and is evil too! A lesser evil, which was covered up.

    You see those abused by the system usually do not go out and murder in retaliation – but they still do share the same pain of torture and injustice as Chris Dorner,

    Those abused by the corrupt system do NOT get to air their message World wide about the LAPD corrupt system as Christ Dorner has through his “necessary evil”. Through Chris Dorner, the police and judicial evil is being highlighted, just as Chris’s evil is highlighted.

    We must NOT forget the evil that the police and judicial system perpetrate on defenseless individuals. It is a form of bullying!!!!!

    Many cops are frightened to report superior abuse for fear they will be fired.

    See podcast with Robin Sachs and Bill Carroll

    http://www.kfiam640.com/cc-common/podcast/single_page.html?more_page=1&podcast=BillCarroll&selected_podcast=carroll1302082P_1360364808_15565.mp3

    I know I will be vilified by the LAPD and the media. Unfortunately, this is a necessary evil that I do not enjoy but must partake and complete for substantial change to occur within the LAPD and reclaim my name. The department has not changed since the Rampart and Rodney King days. It has gotten worse. The consent decree should never have been lifted. The only thing that has evolved from the consent decree is those officers involved in the Rampart scandal and Rodney King incidents have since promoted to supervisor, commanders, and command staff, and executive positions.

    “We can only hope Dorner’s goal was simply to get a sharp focus on the LAPD’s treatment of him. If that was the case he succeeded. Frankly they LAPD’s internal due process and fairness as applied to Dorner has a familiar odor and it does not smell right. Did LAPD protect its reputation over the rights and reputation of Chris Dorner?”

  2. Normally the LAPD and other police agencies in California can get away with murder, or do their best to dirty up those who would want to blow the whistle on excessive force and police corruption.

    Christ Dorner’s online Manifesto says that what he was doing is a necessary evil that he does not enjoy but must partake.

    I agree and empathize and know that it is not nice to be victimized by unfair hearings, and face judicial corruption in California, having been through it myself. While I do not agree with Chris Dorner’s methods, I am not sure how police corruption In the LAPD and other police agencies along with the judicial corruption can be exposed to the Media in any other way.

    You see because Chris Dorner’s retaliation was so cruel and evil to which he admits– it does showcase his rage, his justification to murder innocents which is the corruption and injustice he was subjected to from the LAPD, which is a form of torture and is evil too! A lesser evil, which was covered up.

    You see those abused by the system usually do not go out and murder in retaliation – but they still do share the same pain of torture and injustice as Chris Dorner,

    Those abused by the corrupt system do NOT get to air their message World wide about the LAPD corrupt system as Christ Dorner has through his “necessary evil”. Through Chris Dorner, the police and judicial evil is being highlighted, just as Chris’s evil is highlighted.

    We must NOT forget the evil that the police and judicial system perpetrate on defenseless individuals. It is a form of bullying!!!!!

    Many cops are frightened to report superior abuse for fear they will be fired.

    See podcast with Robin Sachs and Bill Carroll
    http://www.kfiam640.com/cc-common/podcast/single_page.html?more_page=1&podcast=BillCarroll&selected_podcast=carroll1302082P_1360364808_15565.mp3

    Dorner said, “I know I will be vilified by the LAPD and the media. Unfortunately, this is a necessary evil that I do not enjoy but must partake and complete for substantial change to occur within the LAPD and reclaim my name. The department has not changed since the Rampart and Rodney King days. It has gotten worse. The consent decree should never have been lifted. The only thing that has evolved from the consent decree is those officers involved in the Rampart scandal and Rodney King incidents have since promoted to supervisor, commanders, and command staff, and executive positions.”

  3. George Orwell said “Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations”

    In keeping with that sentiment – I would not necessarily believe that Chris Dorner took his own life.

    I would not believe anything the police have to say. I would need real proof.

    And proof is not just because the police say it is so.

    Look at what the police did to two innocent Asian women. That is how fair the police are – in these situations. Shoot first – make up stories later!

    As Chris Dorner was American Police Enemy No 1 maybe the police took him out much in the same way as the French police took out the French public enemy number 1 in the 1970′s in Paris France – Jacques Mesrine –

    The link to the movie (in two parts) is below
    http://keepvid.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D5Q3UJuOk0z0

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411272/

    Please also note: I am very sad and say a prayer for all the victims of Dorner’s outrage.

  4. Better link to Mesrine

  5. LAPD denies reports that body of fugitive ex-cop Dorner found

    It seems that Chris Dorner’s death is not confirmed by LAPD as of 8.31pm Feb 12th 2013

    http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/report-ex-cop-fugitive-shoot-police-213309749.html

    Cynical but I will say it anyway – maybe the LAPD are saving the announcement for Valentines Day.

  6. Are the LAPD saving the announcement that it is sure that Christopher Jordan Dorner perished –

    for Valentine’s Day?

    If this does occur – it would be symbolic of the LAPD announcement being a retaliation, reminiscent of the mob.

    It is sad about all the suffering that is going on for the people, the police and their families that have fallen because of Chris Jordan Dorner’s rampage. Chris Jordan Dorner had a control issue and could not let go.

    It is also sad for some of us, myself included, who know that there would NOT have been any justice for Christopher Jordan Dorner from the LAPD – even if he had NOT gone on a rampage.

    Dorner’s hatred of police officers got the better of him. In the beginning there was a redeeming quality in Chris Dorner that is – if he was telling the truth regarding the excessive force when he was an LAPD officer.

    What happened to Chris Jordan Dorner at the LAPD was not necessarily racism, although he perceived it to be so – instead there is a division between those who love truth and justice and those that don’t love it at all. There are plenty working in the justice system of America who don’t love truth and justice – but instead who love power, corruption, excessive force, cover-up and the code of silence.

  7. ‘Killer’ ex-cop’s charitable side: Christopher Jordan Dorner once found $8,000 of church money in the middle of the road and handed it in to police

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2276375/Christopher-Dorner-Ex-cop-8-000-church-money-middle-road-handed-police.html#axzz2KlLB7cYb

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