The most hunted man in
In a rambling manifesto, Christopher Dorner claims LAPD Capt. Rolando Solano was caught on video beating Rodney King with a baton in March 1991 but has since been promoted and is now a captain in the department, HuffPost
The Rodney King beating was a huge stain on the department's reputation. LAPD officers were caught on video beating the black man and were later acquitted of any charges.
Those acquittals spurred citywide race riots that nearly crippled Los Angeles.
"Captain Rolando Solano is now the commanding officer of a LAPD
However, Dorner's manifesto has it all wrong.
Solano was on the scene of King's beating but didn't participate and was never criminally charged in the incident, The Los Angeles Times reported in May 1991.
Police have been hunting for Dorner since late last week. He is accused of
Dorner blames the LAPD for unjustly firing him after he complained about his training officer and vowed to wage war against the department.