Associated Press | Where Dorner sees himself as a
warrior, others see someone much different. The 6-foot, 270-pounder is a
physical hulk who — despite his size — seemed to battle deep-seated
insecurities, lived with his mother and cracked under the pressures of
police work.
Court and police files show that Dorner once began weeping while on
duty in a patrol car, awkwardly flashed his police badge on a first date
and told a girlfriend he kept his emotions bottled up.
Those who study the psyches of criminals said Dorner's aggressive and
self-aggrandizing rant indicates a classic case of malignant narcissist
personality disorder. Some people with the disorder are extremely
thin-skinned and vengeful, said Mary Ellen O'Toole, a retired FBI
profiler.
They may seem insecure, she said, but in reality their rages — and
even tears — are extreme reactions to real or imagined criticisms
because they have such grandiose visions of themselves.
"He's putting in his manifesto that he's going to use all the
training he received as an LAPD officer and as a military officer to
basically hold Southern California hostage, and to be there when you
least expect it," she said. "Is he deadly? Yes. Of course he has killed
people."
"But is he capable of taking on some 1,000 officers looking for him? That's someone with a personality disorder," she said.
