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This point it sounds like. this is altogether a terrible situation. >> james, i got to ask you, what was the starting minute to this? he was fired from the la police department four years ago. do you know of any event that might have expedited this behavior? do you know of anything that might have triggered this at all? is this the man that you knew back four or five years ago? >> i am completely in the dark as to what the catalyst is for this behavior. i am aware of his terminated with the lapd. he went through an grievance and appeals process that my understanding lasted until 2011. discharg...

Conversation by asking mr. usera what his message would be to his old friend christopher dorner. listen. >> my message to him simply would be turn yourself in and get this situation resolved. you know, enough damage is done. obviously, you know, my thoughts and prayers go out to the people who have been affected by this most intimately and the families who have been devastated by. this you know, my message to mr. dorner would simply be turn yourself in and put an end to this. >> now, talking of how this might end, christopher dorner wrote in that so-called manifesto of his friend, james usera,...

First found out, he was just stunned. >> i'm just befuddled. absolutely befuddled. you know, no one expects to come to work and have an email from a reporter from the "l.a. times" telling me that i'm mentioned in a manifesto and that someone who i consider a friend is, you know, has gone on a killing spree or allegedly gone on a killing spree. so, yeah, i was absolutely befuddled and shocked. >> james usera attended university of southern utah and played football there with christopher dorner. they both had pretty stringent political views, he said. they used to argue a lot about those politic...