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Clear sky aids mountain hunt for fugitive ex-cop in California

Updated Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 | 4:55 p.m.

BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. — A scaled-back search party took advantage of a break from stormy weather Saturday to hunt for a former Los Angeles police officer suspected in three killings, using heat-sensing helicopters and fanning out in fresh snow as vacationing families and weekend skiers frolicked nearby. The stark blue skies that emerged after a Friday snowstorm allowed San Bernardino County sheriff's choppers to fly low over the forest and SWAT teams to look for tracks and other clues that might lead to Christopher Dorner, 33, whose burned-out pickup truck was discovered in town Thursday. Authorities suspect Dorner in ...

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  1. Wake up America -- if there is any good which can be derived from Christopher Dorner's evil acts of violence America MUST immediately address the wide-spread criminal conduct prevalent within its law enforcement agencies -- cultured "blue line" environments in which criminal "go along to get along" corruption goes unchecked by more powerful independent bodies -- "reforming" the conduct, policies and procedures of law enforcement operations throughout America should be a "highly valued target" for a society routinely victimized by law enforcement violence, corruption, cover-ups and intolerable criminal conduct.

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  2. His manifesto definitely was an eye-opener!

    The only thing I didn't believe is that he has SA-7s

    Nevertheless, he moved over to the dark side and needs to be exterminated.

  3. I once witnessed the LAPD beat a man for 10 minutes in an alley behind my apartment, saw the whole thing close up. When I called 911 they said it was impossible as no cars were in the area, wouldn't respond at all! This was way b4 cell phone video.

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