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

This episode includes discussions of racism, police brutality, and killing.

We advise extreme caution for children under 13.

On February 3, 2013, Christopher Dorner killed a young couple in cold blood.

Four days later, he fired at multiple police officers, wounding two and leaving one dead.

Practically every law enforcement agency in Southern California was on his tail.

It's possible this was exactly what Dorner wanted.

He thought of himself as a hunter,

luring the authorities to their graves.

But he wasn't stupid. He knew he'd never win a direct confrontation against an entire police force.

To continue as one man wore in the LAPD, he had to be strategic.

So after taking Officer Michael Crane's life in Riverside, California,

Dorner fled east to the resort town of Big Bear.

There he would lead police on one final chase.

In the last episode, we followed the police as they turned Big Bear upside down,

searching for the killer.

Today, we'll rewind a bit to what Dorner did during that time.

But it will also cover some of the public's reactions during and after the hunt.

Because while Dorner evaded the police, his crusade against the LAPD was fiercely

debated in the court of public opinion, his rhetoric divided Southern California,

making one of the biggest questions at the time.

Whose side were you on?

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