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4 Cops Shot, Suspect Dead After Calif. Traffic Stop
MSNBC.com ^ | March 21, 2009

Posted on 03/21/2009 7:32:26 PM PDT by Steelfish

4 cops shot, suspect dead after Calif. traffic stop

Police say suspect behind two separate shootings involving officers

OAKLAND, Calif. - Four officers were in critical condition and a suspect dead on Saturday after gunfire at a traffic stop led to a massive manhunt that ended in a shootout, police said.

Two officers were shot in the first incident just after 1 p.m. after they stopped the suspect's vehicle in east Oakland, said Oakland police spokesman Jeff Thomason.

The suspect fled the scene on foot into a nearby neighborhood, police said, leading to an intense manhunt by dozens of Oakland police, California Highway Patrol officers and Alameda County sheriff deputies.

Streets were roped off and an entire area of east Oakland shut to traffic.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; US: California
KEYWORDS: banglist; california; leo; lovellemixon; mixon; oakland; officerdown; officersdown; shooting
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To: kcvl

Thanks, was wondering.


261 posted on 03/21/2009 10:17:36 PM PDT by kanawa
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To: G-Bob

They are down the food chain in Oakland after blacks, whites and Asians.


262 posted on 03/21/2009 10:17:38 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: He who knoweth not his name

Yep, they may as well rename Winston Little Tijuana. From Asheboro north to Winston they’re taking over the Piedmont.


263 posted on 03/21/2009 10:18:01 PM PDT by amishman (0bama=the reincarnation of Jim Jones)
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To: Starman417

Photos at link...

http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/0,4644,6837,00.html#2_0

Mo Wiley, 32, of Oakland, said emotions still are raw from the Grant shooting.

“Oakland is a beautiful place,” Wiley said. “But I just hate when it gets ugly like this.”

Tension between police and the community has risen steadily since the fatal shooting of unarmed 22-year-old Oscar Grant by a transit police officer at an Oakland train station on Jan. 1.

That former Bay Area Rapid Transit officer, Johannes Mehserle, has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Monday. Violent protests erupted on the streets of Oakland in the weeks after Grant’s death, further inflaming tensions.

On Saturday afternoon, about 20 people taunted police near the scene of the first shooting.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,510037,00.html


264 posted on 03/21/2009 10:18:07 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: He who knoweth not his name

I am done with your nonsense sir! Post all you like, let it be read, your apathy will show.


265 posted on 03/21/2009 10:18:11 PM PDT by He who knoweth not his name
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To: Arizona Carolyn
I said I don’t know about the current mayor,

And yet you're lecturing others on their lack of knowledge regarding Oakland. Okay.

266 posted on 03/21/2009 10:18:12 PM PDT by G-Bob
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To: Starman417

I just flagged it. There was a form to fill out.


267 posted on 03/21/2009 10:19:01 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: El Gato
Another guy who should have been in prison, serving his full sentence, not out on parole. (But since he also had a warrant out, I suspect he also vioalted that parole).

Some thugs see prison as graduate school.

268 posted on 03/21/2009 10:19:04 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: He who knoweth not his name

The only thing people called you out on was making an assumption this was a crime from an illegal alien before you knew any facts in the case an based on absolutely no knowledge of Oakland, CA... people asked you nicely to wait until we knew facts before spewing and you got all pissy instead.


269 posted on 03/21/2009 10:19:36 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: DieHard the Hunter

I am done with your nonsense sir! Post all you like, let it be read, your apathy will show.


270 posted on 03/21/2009 10:21:06 PM PDT by He who knoweth not his name
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To: Arizona Carolyn
13 terms in congress!!!!!!!

Ron "Commie Red" Dellums was a thorn in the side of military appropriations as a Congressman in the 70s and 80s.

271 posted on 03/21/2009 10:21:57 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Arizona Carolyn

Only ONE!


272 posted on 03/21/2009 10:22:01 PM PDT by He who knoweth not his name
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To: kcvl

I don’t think this had anything to do with the BART shooting, it’s irresponsible journalism to try and link the two incidents to make excuses for this scumbag.


273 posted on 03/21/2009 10:22:02 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: Starman417; StarCMC

I have flagged this YouTube video — it’s disgusting. Hopefully YouTube will pull it — if not, we might want to see if StarCMC is interested in running a Special Op — just this once — and get the rest of her team involved.


274 posted on 03/21/2009 10:22:09 PM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: Candor7
Yes it is possible , if the perp was a trained shooter. He also likely had a scoped rifle that was properly sighted in from the sound of things. But I am guessing at this point like everyone else.

Inside a building? More likely he had iron sights or some sort of red dot type. Head shots at close range with a rifle is no big deal. The two motor officers were also shot at pretty close range. And those were also head & neck hits according to the guy who gave one of the officers CPR. (Not everyone, or even the majority, even in the most scummy neighborhoods, is a Bad Guy, of course it could have been the pharmacist from the nearby pharmacy, and not a local resident).

275 posted on 03/21/2009 10:22:16 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: All

UPDATE:

http://www.fox40.com/pages/landing_local_headlines/?Three-Officers-Dead-Suspect-Killed-In-Oa=1&blockID=246091&feedID=190

“Three Officers Dead, Suspect Killed In Oakland”

The Associated Press
March 22, 2009
OAKLAND -

SNIPPET: “As of Saturday night 40-year-old Officer John Hege was in critical condition. Hege is a 10-year veteran.

A fifth officer was grazed by a bullet and released from the hospital.

The suspect, who was killed in the exchange, has been identified as Lovelle Mixon. According to authorities the 27-year-old has an extensive criminal history. In fact, he was out on parole on an assault with a deadly weapons charge.”


276 posted on 03/21/2009 10:22:49 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: He who knoweth not his name

You too, madame. Arizona


277 posted on 03/21/2009 10:22:57 PM PDT by He who knoweth not his name
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To: Starman417

Askari X is a rather famous rapper from the Oakland, CA. Bay Area. He made a big bang with his controversial song released while locked up in prison, “Ward of the State.” He leans toward hard, “violent if necessary” black-power messages with Islamic tendencies. He has worked with artists such as Dead Prez and Tajai from the Hieroglyphics.

http://a740.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/124/l_524d0ecfdb88821b88cc54919d228f63.jpg


278 posted on 03/21/2009 10:24:16 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: quantim
The fact the ‘suspect’ is now a corpse without a trial among peers does not bother me.

Shouldn't you be concerned about the economy?

I mean, think about all the legal briefs unfiled, the hearings unheard, the trials unheld, and the lawyers in a recession having to seek more productive employment (admittedly an elusive concept, when it comes to the law business).

279 posted on 03/21/2009 10:24:50 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: He who knoweth not his name

You are going to have one heck of a hangover, on top of your ZOT.


280 posted on 03/21/2009 10:25:43 PM PDT by AH_LiveRight
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