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Christopher Dorner, pictured above, is the suspect in the double-homicide that occurred in Irvine on Sunday, February 3, 2013. This recent image of Dorner was obtained from surveillance video of an Orange County hotel, taken Jan. 28, 2013. (Photo courtesy of the Irvine Police Department)
Ex-LAPD officer Christopher Jordan Dorner is a real-life William Foster. He grew up among us to realize his childhood dream of joining the Thin Blue Line; first as an explorer scout, then as an LAPD recruit. He was an officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve and finally a member of the post-consent decree Los Angeles Police Department, the finest (Handout) in the land. Everything about Christopher Dorner pointed to the highest principles men and women can aspire to.
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