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Mar 2009

Oakland Officer Removed from Life Support

Oakland Police Officer John HegeEOW: March 24, 2009 Oakland police Officer John Hege has been removed from life support, three days after a parolee unleashed a barrage of gunfire that killed three other officers, authorities said...

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Mar 2009

Oakland - It's Time to Back the Badge

The deaths of four Oakland police officers gunned down in the line of duty Saturday afternoon are undisputable, immutable, irrevocable proof of the chaotic level of predatory violence on the streets of this city. Even as crime dipped in...

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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...