Carter Glass
American History
22 February 2013
Christopher Dorner's Manifesto
Bibliography:"Dorner Manifesto FULL TEXT." Scribd. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2013. <http://www.scribd.com/doc/124401603/Dorner-Manifesto-FULL-TEXT>.
Summary:
Christopher Dorner has killed a total of four people, two of which were police officers, and wounded three officers. Dorner then explains many examples of racism in the LAPD. He talks a lot about ethics and explains how the system is corrupt and that it has betrayed him. He points out that the officer who was on the Rodney King video tape is now a Captain for the LAPD. He talks about the people who are "destroying the foundation of courage" by being a bystander. He says they are just as guilty to let it happen. "The only thing that changes policy and garners attention is death".
Analysis:
What he explains in his manifesto in the big picture makes sense. People can't just say he killed a bunch of people, therefore he is crazy, or psycho. There is logic behind what he has done. The question is, was it morally right to do what he did, to go to that extreme. According to him that is the only thing he could do to get our attention about our system. Which it most certainly did; it got our entire nations attention. In the beginning when the news was first released everyone just thought he was a psycho killer after the cops in LA, because that is what the system wanted us to believe. But when his manifesto was released and people could see the real reasons why he killed so many people realized that he wasn't crazy he had logical explanations for what he was doing. Does that make it morally right though? To kill four people just to get the message across is extreme, but possibly necessary. The issue that he was trying to take care of is still a problem. There is racism in our system and something needs to happen about that. What Christopher Dorner did was not morally right in my opinion but whats done is done and he has brought up an important issue that needs to be taken care of. The system is far from perfect, but this is a huge issue that should not be happening in our system.
Vocab:
Ethics- a set of moral principles, esp. ones relating to or affirming a specified group, field, or form of conduct
Morals- concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human character
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