Christopher Dorner, Domestic Terror, and a Police State

Vendetta. The Joker, and now...Christopher Dorner joins the list of terrorist out to get revenge because of a system that has let them down. Though, this time it was real life and not just a comic book made movie. After four lives tragically taken, and several others wounded, the suspect is believed to have met his fatal end in the flames of a fiery cabin whose rising smoke wasn’t the sign of victory, but of tragedy, and a new era of domestic terrorism that whispers fear into the lives of the police and public alike. Why fear? Because this event has posed the question in everyone’s mind, “Who can we trust anymore?”

Christopher Dorner, a fired LAPD officer, in his manifesto, declared himself to be a man bullied by the system to the point of taking vengeance. As a result, he justified his acts of terrorism as necessary to expose and end corruption in the police department. Last Friday, we at Truth Hacks interviewed several people, asking whether they think corruption in the government is a problem. With an astounding 100% replying “yes”, we determined that a majority of people in the United States side with Dorner, believing that corruption is a problem.

Uncle Sam Versus Mom and Dad

Wilson Reyes was treated just like any other hardened criminal when the NYPD responded to a complaint of assault and burglary. Reyes was handcuffed, taken into custody and interrogated by tough cops for hours on end as they attempted to make him crumble and confess. Despite being grilled by the NYPD’s finest, Reyes held fast to his innocence: No, he did not steal the 5 dollars dropped by another seven year old at his lunch table.
Of course the jaw dropper on this story is not that Wilson Reyes was an innocent taken into custody, but that he was a seven year old school boy interrogated by the NYPD over a little money mix-up.
A few questions come to mind regarding the basic sanity of the adults who were involved in the ‘handling’ of this issue. First and foremost- even if this kid had stolen some money, why would any school staff need the NYPD to settle the matter? Furthermore, why did the police officers responding see the situation fit for standard criminal procedure? Why did they spend a total of 10 hours interrogating him between the school campus and the police station?
According to Wilson‘s mother, Frances Mendez, she found her son traumatized, handcuffed and crying ‘Mommy, it wasn’t me! Mommy, it wasn’t me!’ After the December 4^th, 2012 incident, Wilson’s family has hired a lawyer to take legal action on his behalf. According to documents outlining the lawsuit against the city and the NYPD, “Reyes was handcuffed and verbally, physically and emotionally abused, intimidated, humiliated, embarrassed and defamed,”
Although the NYPD has since issued an apology and partial denial of the situation, the lawsuit remains in action.