By now, I am sure you all have heard about Christopher Dorner.  If you have not, please cut on your television set and absorb what is happening in our country!  Dorner is yet another in a long line of disgruntled ex-employees that unfortunately resorted to violence.

Thousands of police officers had been hunting Dorner after he allegedly shot and killed the daughter (and her fiance) of a former police captain.  He allegedly went on a rant on Facebook and stated he would kill officers and their families in retaliation for being wrongfully terminated from the LAPD five (5) years earlier.  He also killed an officer during a gun fight yesterday.  Today the news reports suggest that he has now died in the "violent altercation with police" manner that he himself anticipated. 

There seems to be substantially more questions than answers at this point.  What would make a man who has dedicated his life to service (police officer, Navy reservist, prior involvment in police related activities as a youth) turn violent towards those sworn to uphold the law?  Is he the victim of racial insensitivity on the job?  Did the LAPD simply grow weary of his multiple complaints filed against fellow officers during his 3-4 year tenure as an officer?  Was his termination truly retaliatory in nature because he complained about a fellow officer allegedly brutalizing a mentally ill suspect?  Why didn't he take legal action against the police force for retaliation based upon engaging in protected activity (protecting the suspect) pursuant to either the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) or Title VII (if he truly believed he was the victim of racial animus)? 

Perhaps the biggest question on my mind is what, if anything, could have been done to prevent this horrific event from happening?  Could the LAPD have handled the termination differently?  Was their any indication of mental instability regarding Dorner that could have suggested he needed a referral to EAP (Employee Assistance Program) or some other psychological counseling service?  Or is this simply a freak turn of events that noone could have predicted or prevented?  I tend to believe that more often than not, someone received a sign and chose not to act.  And this is the sad result for everyone involved...