LAPD Responds to Christopher Dorner

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Los Angeles Police Department's Chief Charlie Beck spoke in front of a crowded press room Tuesday morning about former LAPD officer Christopher Dorner, who was killed last week in a shootout with police.

Chief Beck spoke about Dorner and the effect his manifesto, in which he targeted LAPD officers and their familes, has had on the police department and the city of Los Angeles.

"I think it's really important that we put this in perspective," Beck said. "Even though much of the disscusion is about Christopher Dorner, we have to remember the victims."

LAPD Captain Phil Tingirides also spoke at the news conference. Tingirides, whose wife Emada also works for the department, was targeted in Dorner's manifesto. Tingirides was a chair member of the LAPD Board of Rights when it fired Dorner in 2008.

"When you get a phone call and they tell you that somebody's after your family, it made me sick to my stomach," Tingirides said.

The news conference came three days after protesters gathered outside LAPD headquarters to criticize the police department. Protesters said they weren't condoning murder, but were speaking out against police corruption.

"They're not happy that he's killed innocent people," said civil rights attorney Connie Rice, "but they are happy that he's refusing to take the abuse of the department."

Beck said the LAPD will continue to investigate Dorner's firing and try to restore the public's confidence in the police department. He said the LAPD will make the findings of Dorner's firing investigation public when it is completed.