the week-long manhunt for revenge seeking ex-police officer christopher dorner seemingly came to a fiery and violent end yesterday in big bear lake, california. many questions remain tonight about the former lapd officer and what sent him on a killing spree claiming four lives including the daughter of his former boss. his manifesto, he was trying to clear his name after being fired by the lapd back in 2009 which was four years ago. he claims specific people he wanted to go after saying quote, they have awoken a sleeping giant. one person who may have some insight into that what bratton was the l.a. police chief at the time of dorner s firing. he is also a much respected police commissioner the city of new york. he was much affected by dorner s chilly manifesto, as was i. do you have a sense of how this is going to go down in history, this case? i think it is historic in the sense there are many unique aspects to it, the scale, the magnitude, and some aspects of
to the protest. what more can you tell us about that? well, shep, it involved a 37-year-old father of three named man well guatemalan immigrant. we know that around noon that afternoon the police got a call they were on bicycle patrol that a man was actually holding a knife and threatening people as they walked by. well, police say when they arrived, they told the man to drop the knife. now witnesses say police told the man in english to drop the knife and that he only spoke spanish. but today the l.a.p.d. said no, the warning was both in english and in spanish and even after that warning, the man continued to threaten police and another woman. listen. he had already been threatening people with the knife, including a pregnant woman. and he was there with and was there with a 4-year-old child. one witness who saw that leaf her alone the suspect tried to turn around slash that person. l.a. police chief came out today defending his police