Los Angeles Man-hunt

California is another world.  I haven't seen much on the LA cops shooting the wrong people in the news.

The motivation seems to be that Dorner failed as a police recruit, may have tried to preemptively railroad his training officer, and plotted revenge for five years. 

A lot of his "manifesto" sounds reasonable enough.  The Los Angeles police department has a long and storied history of corruption and could probably give Chicago's finest a run for their money in that regard.

Denninger has some interesting thoughts on the matter.

There is no excuse for shooting up civilians.  I understand the cops are edgy because Dorner appears to know his business.  The intention seems to be to take as many cops as he can with him when he goes down.  He has been methodical to this point.  Still, the officers' job is to protect the citizens' lives and property first.  This is a failure.

It is hard to sort the spin on this one.  The female training officer presents the story as it being a matter of Dorner not measuring up to the standards and perhaps not being able to handle the pressure.  Dorner's version -- which, given what I know personally about the fraternal nature of law enforcement, does not seem too farfetched -- is that he was targeted and discharged because he reported excessive force on the part of the training officer.  The Board of Review found against Dorner, and, right or wrong, the decision ended Dorner's career plans.  He thus feels justified in striking out at a "corrupt" organization.

His manifesto does exhibit some bizarre thinking and not just in his tirade against the NRA and LaPierre.  He addresses Tim Tebow, Charlie Sheen, and a host of other celebrities and political figures.  It reminds me of some of O.J.'s pronouncements.

I'm glad, once again, I don't live in LA. 

One addendum:  Guy Benson at Townhall recounts the shooter's affection for Obama, but points out that the actions of a madman are hardly an indictment of an ideology.  Proof once again that not only are those on the right correct more of the time, we are also more fair and reasonable with regard to those who oppose us.