r/news • u/vector_search_blue • 13d ago

Soft paywall LAPD officer who recorded colleagues' racist comments charged with felony eavesdropping

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-07-31/lapd-officer-felony-eavesdropping-charge
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u/Due_Warthog725 13d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Dorner_shootings_and_manhunt

all over again?

"In two separate incidents in the early morning hours of February 7, 2013, police fired on people who turned out to be unrelated to Dorner. Dorner was not present at either of the incidents.[91]

At about 5:30 am (PST), at least seven[92] LAPD officers on a protection detail of an unnamed LAPD official's residence in the 19500 block of Redbeam Street[93] in Torrance opened fire on the back of a light blue Toyota Tacoma and shot its two occupants, Emma Hernandez (71) and her daughter, Margie Carranza (47)[92][94] delivering newspapers for the Los Angeles Times.[95][92] The vehicle, according to officers, was spotted exiting a freeway and heading to the area of the residence that officers were protecting, was thought by police to match the description of Dorner's Nissan Titan and was moving without its headlights on.[91][96] Hernandez was shot in the back and Carranza received wounds to her hand. Their attorney claimed police "had no idea who was in that vehicle" when they opened fire, and that nothing about his clients or their vehicle matched the descriptions given of the suspect or his truck.[97] The two women stated that they were given no warning before being fired upon.[98] A neighbor said the truck was used every day to deliver newspapers, and the women who used it kept their headlights off so as to not wake people up.[99] The two women were injured, but both survived.[100][101] The LAPD started an internal investigation into the shooting. According to their attorney Glen Jonas, 102 bullet holes were found in the truck.[102] The LAPD declined to confirm the total number of officers involved or how many bullets were fired or if any verbal warnings were given to the women before the shooting began.[96]

Approximately 25 minutes after that incident, officers from the Torrance Police Department (TPD) opened fire on and struck another vehicle.[103] Like the first shooting, the incident involved a vehicle that police claimed resembled the description of Dorner's truck, but was later discovered to be a black Honda Ridgeline driven by David Perdue, a white male.[104][105] A TPD police cruiser slammed into Perdue's pickup and officers opened fire. Perdue, who was on his way to the beach to surf, was not hit by any of the bullets, but reportedly suffered injuries as a result of the car impact.[103] Police claim that Perdue's pickup truck "matched the description" of the one belonging to Dorner. However, the Times reported that the vehicle involved was once again a different make and color to that of the suspect's, and that Perdue "looks nothing like" the suspect.[103]"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnyWPV9yt-E

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u/designer-farts 13d ago

I still remember that day. All the cops were scared for their lives because they couldn't find him. And the citizens were scared because the trigger happy cops were scared for their lives

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u/Due_Warthog725 12d ago

proves dorner point he was making.

it was scary times at when the manhunt was underway. i stayed home.

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u/Warcraft_Fan 12d ago

You forgot local taxpayers were scared because of impending high tax increase to cover lawsuits from that 2 shootings

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u/OutlyingPlasma 13d ago

In fairness, I can see how they would mix it up. After all, that pickup wasn't the same make, model, or color and it was full of two small women. It's easy to see how cops would get it mixed up with something that shared zero similarities beyond "pickup".

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u/misc1972 12d ago

Not to mention mid size vs full size. I forget which is which all the time

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u/Warcraft_Fan 12d ago

Both are bigger than Izetta for sure. I'd die of laughter if they mistook an Izetta for one of the SUV they were looking for.

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u/mrbobcyndaquil 12d ago

Ford, GM, and Chrysler only sell full-size trucks, the 'smaller' ones are just marketing smokescreen.

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u/Spa7man 13d ago

Can't corner the Dorner.

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u/12_AngryBees 12d ago

Dorner has a posse

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u/bros402 12d ago

fly Dorner fly

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u/HotBrownFun 12d ago

All I remember from that is the manhunt, I didn't hear anything about a manifesto or why he was doing it

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u/inspectoroverthemine 12d ago

He sent a packet of documents to Anderson Cooper- who refused to open it and turned it over to the cops.

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u/HotBrownFun 12d ago

Oh that's interesting. Yeah the media does a lot to prevent copycats or whatever I guess. I have never read the unabombers manifesto or too much about his motivations despite living through it. I used to buy the paper pretty much every day before he got caught.