http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/6666/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/striving-paint-more-positive-picture-cop-killer <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Lovelle Mixon killed four Oakland police officers - but was he also a victim of the California penal system? </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">On Wednesday, the Times <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/25/us/25parolee.html?_r=" target=_self ? 1&adxnnl='1&adxnnlx=1237990185-0HnefJ2NfkD1UhSuiI/KjA&pagewanted=all"'>did its best </a>to muddy the seemingly clear-cut case regarding the character of cop-killer Lovelle Mixon, who shot and killed two motorcycle officers at a routine traffic stop in Oakland, then shot and killed two SWAT sergeants while on the run, before being himself killed by police. </p><br /> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/striving-paint-more-positive-picture-cop-killer" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Crime JesseMcKinley LovelleMixon NewYorkTimes NYTimes Oakland RaceIssues SolomonMoore TimesWatch TimesWatch.org Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:54:00 +0000 admin 6738 at http://archive2.mrc.org