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The State Strikes Back

It Could Happen Here

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Chris Doerner and the LAPD

In 2013, Christopher Doerner was fired by the LAPD. He claimed that this was because he reported on the use of excessive force within the department. On February 1st, 2013, Anderson Cooper's office received a package from Doerner. It included a DVD laying out his case against the department and a challenge coin issued by LAPD Chief William Bratton. Chris Doerner shot and killed Monica Kwan, the daughter of a former LAPD captain, and Keith Lawrence, her fiancé, and a campus police officer. In 2016, Micah Xavier Johnson followed in Chris's footsteps when he opened fire on and killed five Dallas police officers during the protest. Gavin Eugene Long ambushed and

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