Due to the graphic nature of this killer's crimes, listener discretion is advised.

This episode includes discussions of racism, police brutality, killing, and uses a lot of

gunfire sound effects.

We advise extreme caution for children under 13.

Some people, maybe most people, like to think of themselves as fundamentally good, that

if push came to shove, they would stand up to unfairness and wrestle against injustice.

That was certainly true for 33-year-old Christopher Dorner, who cared about his reputation above

all else.

He saw himself as a man who fought for what was right, like the following moment, as Dorner

recalls from his childhood.

In elementary school, a classmate called Dorner a racial slur, then Dorner punched him.

But that incident didn't end well for Dorner, because according to Chris Dorner, instead

of being hailed as a hero, the teacher punished Dorner for reacting violently.

Decades later, in 2006, Dorner joined the LAPD, still committed to fairness and the law.

But there he found the third largest police department in the United States, was a lot

like his old playground.

He witnessed rampant discrimination, claiming that some of his fellow officers were disproportionately

violent with people of color.

He tried to speak up, just like he had an elementary school.

In the end, he was punished for it, and his sense of justice was shaken.

Most people would have given up and gone home, but Dorner wanted to clear his name.

He was determined to make the people who'd betray him pay.

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