Lovelle Mixon: Rebellion without a cause (Opinion)
Blog entry by New America Media.
Last updated at Sat, 26 Mar at 5:59pm.

By Kevin Weston, New America Media

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Notes Before the Verdict
Blog entry by Roger Porter.
Last updated at Tue, 6 Jul at 8:43am.

As I lay suffering in the intense discomfort created by the countdown to the verdict that will inevitably change my city - maybe even the whole country - forever, I have come to realize what most saddens me about the murder of Oscar Grant and subsequent trial of Johannes Mehserle.

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Remembering Lovelle Mixon (Community Voices)
Blog entry by Reginald James.
Last updated at Thu, 1 Apr at 5:02pm.

One year ago, there was a glitch in the Matrix. Oakland is notorious for police terror. From Bobby Hutton to Oscar Grant, police have killed Black men with impunity. But this time was different.

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Hard Lessons for Oakland Police: Inside the Board of Inquiry report on the Lovelle Mixon shooting
Article by The City Translator.
Last updated at Tue, 23 Mar at 3:44pm.

Note:  Sunday, March 21st is the one-year anniversary of this tragic event--OL is making this article more accessible for those still wondering what went down.-SM

What went wrong in the March 21, 2009 Lovell Mixon shooting that left four Oakland police officers, and Mixon, dead? In our second City Translator article, Oakland Local summarizes the just-published independent report on this tragic controversy.

The Oakland Police Department commissioned this report, which is highly critical of police actions -- and responded publicly to the report on Jan. 6.

Some of what we discuss below has been reported in other media. Some of it is new. This report is definitely hard reading. But we think this document is important and deserves wide access -- which is why we've embedded it in this article.

We realize that this report -- and our interpretation of it -- may upset and anger some people in Oakland and beyond. We welcome your views in the comments. For now, here's Oakland Local's take on the report:

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