Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Vault
Time Travel Schematics
T.E.C. Time Archive
The Why Files
Have You Seen...?
Chronovisor
TimeTravelForum.tk
TimeTravelForum.net
ParanormalNetwork.net
Paranormalis.com
ConspiracyCafe.net
Streams
Live streams
Featured streams
Multi-Viewer
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Navigation
Install the app
Install
More options
Contact us
Close Menu
Forums
Time Travel Forum
John Titor's Legacy
Civil war getting hotter
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Samstwitch" data-source="post: 65343" data-attributes="member: 2770"><p><span style="font-size: 15px">[ATTACH=full]604[/ATTACH] </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">This wasn't a very big protest, but it's worth mentioning. The shooting of innocent women by LAPD, and the way Dorner was hunted down and burned out has awakened some of the people. It's a beginning.</span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 22px"><a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2013/02/protesters-show-support-for-christopher-dorner.html" target="_blank">Protesters show support for Christopher Dorner</a></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">Dozens of protesters gathered outside the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters downtown Saturday afternoon, holding signs of support for Christopher Dorner, the fired police officer suspected of killing four people.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">Those gathered said they were protesting police corruption and the way the massive manhunt for Dorner was conducted. Authorities said Dorner appears to have died from a self-inflected gunshot wound after a shootout with police in Big Bear on Tuesday, ending a deadly rampage that stretched across Southern California.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">Protesters said they believed Dorner’s claims that he was unfairly fired from the department in 2009 – grievances described in a lengthy online manifesto that has been attributed to him. Dorner also claimed that he was the victim of racism.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">Protesters also said they were appalled by police mistakenly shooting at passengers in two separate trucks in Torrance, wrongly believing Dorner might be in the vehicles. One woman was shot in the back and is still recovering.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">The protesters emphasized that they did not condone the killings of which Dorner is accused.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">Michael Nam, 30, stood at the corner of 1st and Main Streets with a sign, painted by his girlfriend, showing a tombstone and the words “RIP Habeas Corpus.” The tombstone was engulfed in flames.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">Nam, of Lomita, said he was disturbed by the burning of a mountain cabin near Big Bear where Dorner barricaded himself with a high-powered sniper rifle, smoke bombs and a cache of ammo. The blaze started shortly after police fired "pyrotechnic" tear gas into the cabin; the canisters are known as "burners" because the intense heat they emit often causes a fire.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">But authorities have maintained that the fire was not intentionally set. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">Dorner, whose charred body was found in the cabin, appears to have died of a single gunshot wound to the head, authorities said.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">“How the police handled this -– they were the judge, the jury and the executioner,” Nam said. “As an American citizen, you have the right to a trial and due process by law.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">Nam, a former Marine and a current member of the Army National Guard, said he has combat experience from deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">He said he has been in situations in which a combatant has been barricaded and successfully waited until the person surrendered, eventually getting “tired and coming out on their own.” </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">Nam said it was “pretty obvious” police wanted Dorner dead. “What I saw was a complete disregard for the Bill of Rights,” Nam said.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon, during a news conference Friday, defended the tactics used by his agency in the shootout at the mountain cabin, which left one of his deputies dead and another seriously wounded. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">“The bottom line is the deputy sheriffs of this department, and the law enforcement officers from the surrounding area, did an outstanding job,” he said. “They ran into the line of fire.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">Protesters on Saturday said they organized the event through a Facebook page called “I support Christopher Jordan Dorner.” The Facebook post announcing the protest tells attendees to “keep it PEACEFUL” and to bring recording equipment.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">The Facebook page states: “This is not a page about supporting the killing of innocent people. It’s supporting fighting back against corrupt cops and bringing to light what they do.” </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">As the protesters stood Saturday, drivers passing by honked, waved and gave thumbs up. A handful of officers watched from police headquarters across the street. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">Nam said he spoke to the officers before the protest began about what the protesters should do to keep the event peaceful. He said the officers were respectful.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">The protesters marched around the block, circling an intersection near the department headquarters. They chanted, “LAPD, you are guilty.” </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">Signs expressed anger at police and support for Dorner.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">“If you’re not enraged, you’re not paying attention,” one sign read.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">“Why couldn’t we hear his side?”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">“Clear his name! Christopher Dorner” </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">Liliana Alaniz, 40, came with her family -– her mother, sister, nieces and daughters -– from Long Beach to join the protest, which she said was her first.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">“I really, really believe he was innocent in the firing case,” Alaniz said of Dorner. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">Alaniz held a sign that read, “Trying to clear your name.” </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">Her daughter, Andrea Tovar, said Dorner “has his supporters.” </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">“Murder is never right, but neither is the law when it’s unjust,” said Tovar, 18. She said police need to know they “can’t get away with everything.”</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Samstwitch, post: 65343, member: 2770"] [SIZE=4][ATTACH=full]604[/ATTACH] [/SIZE] [SIZE=4]This wasn't a very big protest, but it's worth mentioning. The shooting of innocent women by LAPD, and the way Dorner was hunted down and burned out has awakened some of the people. It's a beginning.[/SIZE] [B][SIZE=6][URL='http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2013/02/protesters-show-support-for-christopher-dorner.html']Protesters show support for Christopher Dorner[/URL][/SIZE][/B] [COLOR=#ccffcc]Dozens of protesters gathered outside the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters downtown Saturday afternoon, holding signs of support for Christopher Dorner, the fired police officer suspected of killing four people.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]Those gathered said they were protesting police corruption and the way the massive manhunt for Dorner was conducted. Authorities said Dorner appears to have died from a self-inflected gunshot wound after a shootout with police in Big Bear on Tuesday, ending a deadly rampage that stretched across Southern California.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]Protesters said they believed Dorner’s claims that he was unfairly fired from the department in 2009 – grievances described in a lengthy online manifesto that has been attributed to him. Dorner also claimed that he was the victim of racism.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]Protesters also said they were appalled by police mistakenly shooting at passengers in two separate trucks in Torrance, wrongly believing Dorner might be in the vehicles. One woman was shot in the back and is still recovering.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]The protesters emphasized that they did not condone the killings of which Dorner is accused.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]Michael Nam, 30, stood at the corner of 1st and Main Streets with a sign, painted by his girlfriend, showing a tombstone and the words “RIP Habeas Corpus.” The tombstone was engulfed in flames.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]Nam, of Lomita, said he was disturbed by the burning of a mountain cabin near Big Bear where Dorner barricaded himself with a high-powered sniper rifle, smoke bombs and a cache of ammo. The blaze started shortly after police fired "pyrotechnic" tear gas into the cabin; the canisters are known as "burners" because the intense heat they emit often causes a fire.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]But authorities have maintained that the fire was not intentionally set. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]Dorner, whose charred body was found in the cabin, appears to have died of a single gunshot wound to the head, authorities said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]“How the police handled this -– they were the judge, the jury and the executioner,” Nam said. “As an American citizen, you have the right to a trial and due process by law.”[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]Nam, a former Marine and a current member of the Army National Guard, said he has combat experience from deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]He said he has been in situations in which a combatant has been barricaded and successfully waited until the person surrendered, eventually getting “tired and coming out on their own.” [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]Nam said it was “pretty obvious” police wanted Dorner dead. “What I saw was a complete disregard for the Bill of Rights,” Nam said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon, during a news conference Friday, defended the tactics used by his agency in the shootout at the mountain cabin, which left one of his deputies dead and another seriously wounded. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]“The bottom line is the deputy sheriffs of this department, and the law enforcement officers from the surrounding area, did an outstanding job,” he said. “They ran into the line of fire.”[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]Protesters on Saturday said they organized the event through a Facebook page called “I support Christopher Jordan Dorner.” The Facebook post announcing the protest tells attendees to “keep it PEACEFUL” and to bring recording equipment.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]The Facebook page states: “This is not a page about supporting the killing of innocent people. It’s supporting fighting back against corrupt cops and bringing to light what they do.” [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]As the protesters stood Saturday, drivers passing by honked, waved and gave thumbs up. A handful of officers watched from police headquarters across the street. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]Nam said he spoke to the officers before the protest began about what the protesters should do to keep the event peaceful. He said the officers were respectful.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]The protesters marched around the block, circling an intersection near the department headquarters. They chanted, “LAPD, you are guilty.” [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]Signs expressed anger at police and support for Dorner.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]“If you’re not enraged, you’re not paying attention,” one sign read.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]“Why couldn’t we hear his side?”[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]“Clear his name! Christopher Dorner” [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]Liliana Alaniz, 40, came with her family -– her mother, sister, nieces and daughters -– from Long Beach to join the protest, which she said was her first.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]“I really, really believe he was innocent in the firing case,” Alaniz said of Dorner. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]Alaniz held a sign that read, “Trying to clear your name.” [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]Her daughter, Andrea Tovar, said Dorner “has his supporters.” [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]“Murder is never right, but neither is the law when it’s unjust,” said Tovar, 18. She said police need to know they “can’t get away with everything.”[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Time Travel Forum
John Titor's Legacy
Civil war getting hotter
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…
Top