CHRISTOPHER DORNER:
JUNE 4, 1979
NO SURPISES
Of course we had to take a look. Christopher Dorner the cop who was hunted down and burned to death last week was born on June 4, 1979. Interesting that he was a Gemini, because he did leave a well written manifesto explaining his actions. I was not surprised that Dorner didn't kill the couple he ran into at the cabin he was hiding in, nor did he kill the man and his dog, when he took his truck. Dorner's Moon was in Libra, the sign of fairness and justice. He went "rogue" when the scales of justice (symbol for Libra) swung the other way when he reported his partner for abusing a man who was in their custody. Moon in Libra people have a tendency to speak up when their rights or the rights of others are ignored. Instead of punishing his partner, Police officials fired Dorner. Even though the man who was kicked by his partner, testified at the hearings, and the man's father also came forward to back up the story, and there was physical evidence of the abuse, officials decided that Dorner was the liar and fired him on the grounds that he submitted a false statement. Dorner had broken the code between policemen. He had broken the blue wall of silence and he had to be punished. This story doesn't make much sense until you add the racial component, i.e. Dorner was Black, his partner was white. We will never know if Dorner was set up after he became a whistle blower, as he didn't live long enough to prove his innocence for the alleged crimes he was accused of. All we really know is what we were told by the media..."Breaking News, rogue cop being sought for killing two civilians" etc. etc.
THE MEDIA FRENZY BEGINS
As CNN broke the story about a rogue cop that was the subject of a massive manhunt we saw file pictures of Christopher Dorner who was a huge Black man with an infectious smile. We saw Dorner at the pistol range firing his weapon, and they even brought in experts to point out how skilled he was and more importantly how dangerous he was. We learned that Dorner once served in the army where he received special training and then he joined the LAPD where he was also classified as a specialist in weapontry. What I was waiting for was any evidence that he indeed took the life of two people, one of which was related to a retired police officer. I couldn't get it out of my mind that in all the pictures Christopher Dorner was smiling, and he had kind eyes. He didn't look like a serial killer (to me) but you could see that he knew alot about guns and apparently loved using them. Interviews of the couple who came in contact with him, verified what I was thinking, i.e. "he had kind eyes, he was calm, polite and kept telling us he wouldn't hurt us." And he kept his promise. If he was indeed a crazed killer (media words), he would have killed everyone he came in contact with, like the psychotic killer in the movie theater in Colorado, and the mentally ill killer of small children in Connecticut.
WHEN YOU LAY DOWN WITH DOGS...
My grandmother used to say the above, when she was lecturing us about our choice of friends "honey when you lay down with dogs, you're going come up with fleas". Hmmm. During the manhunt what came up for me was how could this man with the infectious smile turnout to be the subject of the biggest manhunt in this country? What was it that attracted him to first the army and then the LAPD? Was it his love of guns? Back to his Solar Chart (time unknown), Christopher Dorner had a conjunction (tight connection between Venus, planet of love and Mars, which can be guns or other instruments of death. These two planets were in Taurus, a fixed earth sign that is known for unwavering opinions. A college friend told a reporter that Chris was a very honest man who lived by a high code of honor. We were told that Dorner was very skilled with guns and even received honors/awards for his abilities from both the army and then the LAPD. He sent one of his awards to the media, with three bullet holes in it and Anderson Cooper of CNN, kept showing it over and over again. We know very little about the life of Dorner, how he was raised, who raised him, and why he felt that joining the LAPD was a good career option. Did he think that joining the "brotherhood" of policemen would be a way to satisfy his obvious love of guns and his Libra Moon sense of fairness and justice? One other side effect of Libra Moon people is they want to be liked and they sometimes sacrifice their individuality to have friends. But when they experience a betrayal of friendship, the Libra scales can shift and a good friend turns out to be an enemy. Wondering how many of the cops who participated in the manhunt for Dorner were once friends who became deadly enemies?
THE MANIFESTO
Christopher Dorner was a bright and intelligent Gemini, with the gift of writing. He wrote an 11 page manifesto which he posted on line and sent to media affiliates. CNN pulled out psychologists who said they read his writings and indeed he was crazy. So, I went on line and read it myself. In the manifesto Dorner focuses in on the whole story about his firing. He also wrote about incidents where he witnessed blatant racism and police brutality towards the citizens that police officers had sworn to protect and serve. He also threatened to get even with the officers and officials who participated in his firing. There was one sentence that caught my eye where he said "you have preyed on others and now you're going to become the prey". Probably the "experts" who said Dorner's Manifesto showed signs of paranoia, were reacting to his claims of racism, the same way that white people who thought the beating of Rodney King was justified. Even though King was handcuffed and on the ground, some white people said he was resisting arrest..."why doesn't he stop moving?" They couldn't see what was right in front of them...Rodney King's body kept moving because he was not only being repeatedly hit with clubs but he was also being tased with tasers, and kicked. Incidentally, Dorner mentioned the Rodney King case in his manifesto and stated that the LAPD has not changed, but in fact has gotten worse.
LEGAL LYNCHING
While watching police saying "we want to bring him to justice", my gut and experience told me "no they don't... they want to lynch him". Everything was put in place to kill Christopher Dorner, i.e. negative media, accusations that he killed innocent people, an unprecedented million dollar reward, hundreds of cops armed with assault weapons, reminded me of a lynch mob going out for the kill. This was a perfect scenario for a legal lynching. We never believed that the fire was "accidental", and when we heard the tape of gungho cops saying "burn the (expletive), we knew that he would be burned to death. We've witnessed many legal lynchings in this country, like Amadou Diallo, who was gunned down by 4 cops because they thought the wallet he was holding was a gun. Then there was Ramarley Graham, who was gunned down by two cops in his grandmother's bathroom because they thought he had a gun,then there was Trayvon Martin who was killed by a wantabee cop as he was walking through his father's neighborhood. I was convinced that Christopher Dorner was going to be added to the list of legal lynchings in this country.
PSYCHIC HITS AND MEMES
Whenever there's a newstory that takes over the media, everyone who sees it is affected. Memes are defined as media spin that connects to the minds of people. Most times these memes are circulated on the internet and sometimes they are circulated on television as "Breaking News". The meme is believed because it verifies an already long held belief. A meme could be true or false. When the story of Christopher Dorner was breaking news, a meme or long held belief that he was being set up, came to mind. That was based on experience in other police brutality cases that surfaced while I was in the civil rights movement. I can remember working to clear the name of a young man who was an accused cop killer, who was gunned down by police during a manhunt. When the truth came out, we discovered that the policemen and the civilian who had been killed, were all shot by police weapons. Also working on the Edmond Perry case, a young man who was killed by an undercover cop. The media painted him as a drug dealer and blamed his brother for the shooting. Our investigation proved that Edmond Perry was a squeaky clean, high school graduate, who had been accepted to 3 different ivy league colleges. His brother was a law student and both young men were known to be complete teetotalers, not even drinking a beer at parties. The cops shook down the neighborhood, arresting people who knew these young men with the intent to get someone to say they did drugs. Alton Maddox represented Edmond's brother and got an acquittal. I don't think the cop who killed Edmond was ever charged with his death. The Dorner story set off a meme that was in my consciousness for many years. The coverage of the Dorner manhunt also was a psychic hit that will become a meme for most informed Black people. The message was "see what happens when you become a whistleblower?" or" see what happens when you kill a cop?" The other meme that surfaced during this whole event was the memory of seeing a picture in an African History book of a slave being burned alive. The picture is still in my memory ( a meme) and I can still "see" the faces of white people smiling and slaves watching in horror. The intent of the slavemaster was to put fear into the hearts of slaves "see what happens when you dont obey master?" A meme was created for all who witnessed the burning and in the minds of people who saw the picture of the event. The Black people I talked to during the manhunt for Christopher Dorner knew it was going to end with his death. Plus they felt we weren't getting the whole story on tv. The white people I talked to were terrorized, and I heard one man say "they need to catch him before he kills someone else." This whole event tied into belief systems, memes, psychic hits, that were deeply embedded into everyone's consciousness. For good or for bad.
WE'LL NEVER KNOW
We'll never know the whole truth about what happened to Christopher Dorner, or if the cops he killed was the result of him returning fire or perpetrating fire on them. Was he the aggressor or was there a hit out for him. My heart and prayers go out to the families of the dead, as certainly burying a loved one is no easy task. My gut, intuition and experience tells me there's more to this story then what we've been told. One thing we know is that Christopher Dorner created massive fear among his prior co-workers because he was a skilled marksman and because he said he wasn't afraid to die. Surely he knew that he was a marked man and his experience and training told him he wasn't going to come out of this alive.Yet the media reported (with contempt) that Dorner had many fans on the internet and social media. Apparently his manifesto incited many arguments among people who were in two camps. There were articles and messages from Black men (some reporters) that told of being harrassed by cops, and there were white people who just couldn't understand why Dorner was on a rampage. The latter apparently did not have bad experiences with cops and believed that cops were here to "protect and serve". No matter which side you're on you have to admit that the Christopher Dorner story is a tragic one. So many deaths, so many unanswered questions. This Gemini, with the Moon in Libra kicked off a firestorm of mind chatter that could go on for years. And as police, aided by the media continue to put their spin on the story, we'll never really know the truth. People who are concerned about truth, whether they be Black or white, should meditate and listen to their inner voice of wisdom. As Raymond Charles Barker would say "the truth is that which is really so". Was Christopher Dorner an Avenging Angel or a heartless devil?
Only God knows!
p.s. "Breaking News" Dorner's death caused by a gunshot to the head (wink, wink)
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