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Mar 2009

Oakland Police Shootings Stoke Criticism of Parole Oversight

Lovelle Mixon spent much of the last decade cycling in and out of state prison. His last stint ended in November, when he was released on parole. By the time Oakland motorcycle officers pulled over the 26-year-old former janitor Saturday...

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Mar 2009

Olson Husband: No Comments for Family's Safety

Former 1970s radical Sara Jane Olson planned to avoid speaking out after being freed from prison because of concern for her family's safety, her husband said Thursday. Olson, who returned to her adopted state on Wednesday after being freed...

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Mar 2009

Three Policemen Killed, One Gravely Wounded in California Shootout

In one of the deadliest police shootings in California history, three Oakland officers were killed and a fourth gravely wounded in two incidents Saturday that began with a routine traffic stop, police officials said. Law enforcement...

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Mar 2009

State Mourns Three Slain Oakland Police Officers

Oakland police announced today that a fourth officer, gravely injured in a shootout this weekend with a parolee, had died. The father of Officer John Hege, however, said that his son was brain-dead and on life support. Family members, he...