Mixon allegedly killed three Oakland police sergeants in a pair of related incidents that together rank among the deadliest attacks on law enforcement in California history.
The officers were identified as Sgt. Mark Dunakin , 40, and Sgts. A fourth officer, year-old John Hege , died this morning, authorities said. A fifth officer, a member of the SWAT team that killed Mixon, was treated for minor injuries and released. According to police, the first incident happened about p. Mixon's relatives said at the time he was stopped by the police motorcycles, he was apparently looking for a parking space. He had bought the car a week earlier from someone in San Francisco.
Gordon Hinkle , a spokesman for the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation , said the family's assertion that the parole agent had missed a meeting was "highly unlikely," but added that he is researching the matter.
SWAT officers soon raided the apartment, breaking down the door while throwing nonlethal shock flashbang grenades. As the SWAT team entered a bedroom in a clear and search operation, Mixon ambushed them, shooting with the SKS rifle through the wall and door of the closet where he was hiding. Mixon was felled by the barrage of gunfire, yet managed to fatally wound Sergeant Sakai before dying. Some race-related issues surfaced following the shootings.
Although many Oakland citizens had stepped forward to help at the scene of the motorcycle police shootings, about 20 bystanders had taunted police as they gathered at the scene. Citing their cause as "resistance to police brutality," Uhuru House activists, who promote "African internationalism," handed out flyers in the neighborhood where Mixon was shot, inviting people to a rally where they might "uphold the resistance" of "Brother Lovelle Mixon".
The San Francisco Bay View, which identifies itself as a "National Black Newspaper," suggested that the killing of four police officers was a victory for "the people" and referred to Lovelle Mixon's death as a "murder". Approximately 60 people attended the March 25 Uhuru House rally in support of Mixon. The demonstrators marched down MacArthur Boulevard, some carrying signs proclaiming "genocide".
On the other hand, Caroline Mixon, Lovelle Mixon's cousin, paid a public tribute to the Oakland police, thanking them for "serv[ing] and protect[ing] the city of Oakland. March 22 - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ordered flags at the state capitol flown at half-staff in honor of the slain officers. March 23 - Officer John Hege's organs were harvested. After Hege was transferred to the hospital, doctors determined that his brain lacked sufficient activity to sustain life.
He was the only one of the four fatally shot officers who was a registered organ donor, and he had to be deemed officially brain dead before his organs could legally be harvested. So he was kept on life support awaiting the official declaration of brain death and subsequent organ harvesting. Officer Hege was pronounced officially brain dead on March His organs were harvested on March 23, he was disconnected from life support that evening, and he died afterwards.
His organ and tissue donations saved four lives and enhanced 50 others. March 24 - A vigil was held by the City of Oakland at the site of the shootings. March 24 - Lovelle Mixon's sister, Enjoli Mixon, in whose apartment the shooting occurred, appeared in a Fremont court after being arrested on a bench warrant stemming from an October, misdemeanor drug charge.
March 25 - United States Congressman Jerry McNerney gave a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives honoring the four slain police officers. It was attended by Mixon's mother, his wife, some of his family members, and approximately 60 other people. March 27 - A public funeral for the four officers was held at Oakland's Oracle Arena. It was attended by at least 21, people. March 31 - Approximately people attended the funeral service for Mixon.
The service included family members, friends, singers and poets, and it was held at Fuller Funerals on International Boulevard in Oakland. A Nation of Islam minister asked everyone to remember that they were gathered to support Mixon's family, and one family member spoke of how Mixon had strayed from God. March 31 - Several hundred people gathered in the early evening at an event organized by Pastors of Oakland, which is composed mainly of black ministers.
Caroline Mixon, cousin of Lovelle Mixon, publicly praised the Oakland Police Department for serving and protecting the people of Oakland. Reverend Doug Stevens exhorted those gathered to live as if they were already in heaven, "without regard to color or class".
April 10 - The Oakland Athletics paid tribute to the four slain officers at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in a special ceremony before its home opener against the Seattle Mariners. A's players donned Oakland Police caps for the ceremony and debuted "OPD" patches on their white home uniforms, which were worn for the remainder of the season.
May 4 - A state laboratory associated with the Oakland Police Department reported that Lovelle Mixon's DNA linked him to the rape of a year-old girl on February 5, , and also proved that he robbed and raped two young women on the morning of the shootings.
Dom Arotzarena, president of the Oakland Police Officers Association, lamented that this new information "doesn't bring the guys back Congratulations for supporting a monster.
On the morning of March 27, , Oakland citizens filled the overpasses and streets near the Oracle Arena in a show of support for the Oakland Police Department and the slain officers. By the time the service started at a. PDT, the arena was filled to its capacity of 19,, including the entire strong Oakland police force; an overflow of at least 2, persons spilled over into the adjacent Oakland Coliseum. Police officers from around the state and nation, as well as a contingent from Canada, attended the event.
Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums attended; however, he was asked not to speak at the funeral by at least two of the slain officers' families, and he honored this request. Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Lt. Relatives, friends, and comrades delivered eulogies to the four slain officers, praising their heroism, humanity, and selfless service to the people of Oakland. Lovelle Mixon, 26, of Oakland was killed in a gunbattle Saturday with Oakland police. The tort claim, which could be a precursor to a lawsuit against Oakland, was ripped by an attorney whose firm represents nearly all the SWAT officers on scene when police stormed the apartment where Mixon was hiding after he fatally shot two motorcycle officers earlier the same day.
Mixon was a year-old wanted parolee March 21 when he fatally shot motorcycle Officer John Hege, of Concord, and Sgt. The girl was then taken to the hospital where police repeatedly interrupted her conversations with a doctor as she was treated, the claim alleges. Losing a son to a police officer's bullet is not new for many in Oakland. At the services there was singing and there were solemn words pleading for God's mercy.
But there was also a sense of resignation and confusion. In the days following the shooting, the public reaction was unified in its condemnation of Mixon. With just a handful of biographical details to complete their portraits, people decided who Mixon was. He was a cop killer, a monster.
Unhinged at the very least, everyone agreed. Though not to his family he wasn't. Of course there are very different racial dynamics at play; Mixon was an undereducated poor black man with a criminal record. Loughner, a year-old white man living in an Arizona desert town, may have been immersed in the politics of white nationalist groups.
We want a narrative so badly. All I've got right now is that we should watch our language closely, be mindful and respectful.
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