{"id":168166,"date":"2026-02-05T16:35:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T00:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=168166"},"modified":"2026-02-05T16:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T00:42:13","slug":"the-chris-dorner-manhunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=168166","title":{"rendered":"The Chris Dorner Manhunt"},"content":{"rendered":"

ProPublica named the two Customs and Border Protection agents who shot Alex Pretti.<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is ProPublica’s justification: “The policy of shielding officers\u2019 identities, particularly after a public shooting, is a stark departure from standard law enforcement protocols, according to lawmakers, state attorneys general and former federal officials.”<\/p>\n

That’s not true. Police officers often shoot people and their names are not made public for months and years. I remember feeling irate about the LAPD shooting innocent people during the hunt for Chris Dorner and the officer names were not made public until a year afterward (not until February 4, 2014). <\/p>\n

Even after the identities were released, the legal system continued to protect the officers from personal liability. The Los Angeles County District Attorney\u2019s Office declined to file criminal charges in January 2016, nearly three years after the rounds were fired. Prosecutors stated that while the shooting was a tragic mistake, there was “insufficient evidence” to prove the officers did not believe they were acting in self-defense.<\/p>\n

The delay in releasing these names is a clear example of the administrative state managing the “flow” of a crisis. By waiting a full year\u2014long after the initial public outrage over the Dorner manhunt had cooled\u2014the alliance ensured that the eventual disclosure of the names was a “bureaucratically recognized event” rather than a spark for further unrest.<\/p>\n

ProPublica is doing what it can to get these two CBP agents lynched. <\/p>\n

Gemini says: Chris Dorner<\/a> was a former officer with the Los Angeles Police Department and a Navy reservist who went on a killing spree in February 2013 after he was fired from the department. Dorner published a manifesto online where he declared war on the LAPD and its officers. He blamed the department for his dismissal and claimed he was retaliating against a culture of corruption and racism.<\/p>\n

The incident involving the newspaper carriers occurred in Torrance while the manhunt was underway. Eight LAPD officers were guarding the home of a high ranking official named in the manifesto when Margie Carranza and her mother, Emma Hernandez, drove down the street in a Toyota Tacoma to deliver the Los Angeles Times. The officers mistook the blue pickup truck for Dorner’s dark Nissan Titan and opened fire without warning. They fired more than 100 rounds into the vehicle. Hernandez was shot twice in the back, and Carranza suffered minor injuries from broken glass. Both women survived and eventually reached a $4.2 million settlement with the city.<\/p>\n

Police later tracked Dorner to a cabin in the San Bernardino Mountains near Big Bear Lake. After a final shootout that killed a sheriff’s deputy, the cabin caught fire during a tactical standoff involving incendiary tear gas canisters. Dorner died inside the burning structure from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.<\/p>\n

The eight officers involved in the shooting of Margie Carranza and Emma Hernandez were Sergeant John Valdez and Officers Jess Faber, Marlon Franco, Sergio Gramajo, John Hart, Geoff Lear, Deshon Parker, and Jonathan Roman. These officers were assigned to the Hollywood Division but were stationed in Torrance to protect the home of Captain Justin Eisenberg, who Christopher Dorner had named as a target in his manifesto.<\/p>\n

The incident occurred early in the morning when the officers saw the blue Toyota Tacoma approach. An officer mistook the sound of a newspaper hitting the ground for a gunshot and opened fire. The other seven officers followed suit, discharging a total of 103 rounds. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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