The Other Side: Oakland PD Officer Executions

I was originally going to write in depth, today, about the economy.

But first, I'd like to briefly cover a local situation in Fornicalia wherein a 26-year-old rapist/parolee named Lovelle Mixon shot and killed two Oakland Police Department officers last week during a vehicle stop, then shot and killed two more officers who attempted to arrest him in an apartment a short distance away from the original scene. Mixon himself was shot and killed at that apartment. He first opened fire on and killed two more officers with an AK-47 there.

It turns out that:

The wanted parolee initially shot the two motor officers who pulled him over. ABC7 also confirmed late Monday night that Mixon then stood over the patrol cops and shot them again, execution style in the head. He then fled to his sister's apartment and fired a semiautomatic weapon as he hid in closet. The bullets blasted through walls.

You may want to read what the general Oakland public thinks of this incident but, beware, take a deep breath first: go here to see.

You also may wish to read how Oakland bloggers view Lovelle Mixon.

In this blog: race relations make it acceptable to fight The Man.

Feministing.com believes that Mr Hixon needs understanding.

The black community says some people cheered upon news of the officers' deaths.

I shake my head. But you need to read how others view this horrific event.

This is 2009, not 1970.

BZ