Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Mad man or upset and tired of being tired

http://www.redstate.com/4billlewis/2013/02/08/christopher-dorner-uncensored-manifesto-of-a-deranged-former-lapd-officer/




 The Chris Darner situation.

 
Mad man or upset and tired of being tired

          After doing a little research and reading about the Ex LAPD officer Chris Darner, I learned more about why he snapped.  He got terminated from the LAPD for supposedly making false statements about misconduct against one of his fellow police officers.  Chris Darner made a complaint against his field officer Sergeant Teresa Evans, accusing her of kicking suspect Christopher Gettler.  The Los Angeles Police Department Board of Rights found that he was making false statements.  According to the evidence and testimonies from bystanders there was no incident that involved kicking of a suspect that had been apprehended.  No eyewitnesses could confirm Sergeant Evans kicked suspect Gettler.  Also there were no foot prints or kick marks on suspects shoulder and face where he was supposedly kicked.  Police say the33-year-old ex-cop killed three people and injured others on a campaign of revenge against those who blamed Darner. Chris Darner made a statement on his Facebook before the killing spree stating, "I am a man who has lost complete faith in the system, when the system betrayed, slandered and libeled me."  Chris Darner wanted revenge for those who he felt betrayed him which was the LAPD. 
          Another reason why Chris Darner snapped was because of racism.  He felt that racism was big in his department and he wanted to bring it out to the public but got terminated.  He felt that racism was a big factor and needed something to be done, which he took it in his own hands.  According to the LAPD Chris Darner shot himself before being captured.  The cabin he was in set on fire due to reasons not specified and a special vehicle was rammed inside the cabin after they believed they heard a gunshot.  But there is always a second side to any story. 
There was a journalist by the name of Max Blumenthal who tweeted a different scenario.  He used an iPhone app that featured a police scanner and through the scanner he heard officers screaming, "to go with the plan, burn the guy, several burners deployed," were some of the things heard through the police scanner.  In my opinion I believe the LAPD set the cabin on fire in order to kill Darner not capture.  Police violence has been increasing and such actions wouldn't surprise me.  
(Rebound Intern)

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Neuroprediction of future rearrest

Interesting articles on future brain scans that can possibly be a tool to predict which criminals will offend and which will not. What this article is proposing can be detrimental to our criminal justice system.


http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/03/19/1219302110.full.pdf+html

http://www.labspaces.net/127523/Brain_scans_might_predict_future_criminal_behavior