Reposted from Colorlines This story was produced with the support of the Investigative Fund of the Nation Institute and the Investigative Reporting Program at UC-Berkeley. March 21, 2009, was one of the bloodiest days in the history of the Oakland Police Department and California law enforcement. It began with a trifle: Two traffic officers, Sergeant Mark Dunakin and Officer John Hege, pulled over 26-year-old parolee Lovelle Mixon for running a traffic light. After Dunakin radioed in Mixon’s driver’s license and learned it was fake, both officers approached the car with the … Continue reading Deadly Secrets: How California Law Has Shielded Oakland Police Violence