BUT HE WAS A "GOOD BOY," SAYS HIS FAMILY... WHO ELSE IS SICK OF HEARING THAT EXCUSE? AND SHOULD WE BE RELEASING THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS OR ARE WE JUST ONE GIANT PENAL COLONY?

26 year old Lovelle Mixon, the shooter who killed four Oakland police officers, was described by his family as "a good boy," before the disclosures of his true character. "Oakland police spokesman Jeff Thomason said that DNA from an unsolved rape in the city in February was a probable match to that of 26-year-old Lovelle Mixon. Mixon's family members said he was upset that he was unable to find work, felt his parole officer was not helping him and feared he would be arrested for a parole violation.  Mixon was convicted of assault with a firearm in San Francisco in 2002 and was sentenced to six years in state prison. Hinkle said Mixon was paroled on Oct. 6, 2007, after serving about five years but was returned to prison on Feb. 26, 2008, for violating his parole. Mixon was paroled a second time on Nov. 1, 2008, he said. Mixon was a suspect in a murder case in Alameda County in late 2007 but police didn't have enough evidence to charge him in the case, according to Hinkle. However, in investigating the murder case authorities determined that Mixon had violated his parole by possessing drug paraphernalia and engaging in identity theft, forgery, fraud and attempted grand theft, Hinkle said." Why was this person even paroled? "The city of Oakland, population 400,000, had more than 1,900 total parolees at the time of Mixon's gunbattle with police, including nearly 300 who had been returned to custody or whose parole was about to be revoked. State prison officials said Mixon's parole officer was responsible for 70 of those parolees. A caseload of that size is nearly unmanageable, and also not unusual, said Lance Corcoran, spokesman for California's prison guard union, which includes parole officers. Too many parolees prevents officers from effectively monitoring or guiding them back into society, Corcoran said. "There is no control," he said. "It's simply supervision, and supervision at distance."" But here's an interesting part... "Mixon applied to participate in a work furlough program but the Alameda County Sheriff's Office rejected him, saying in a Jan. 29, 2001, letter in his court file that he didn't return an employment agreement and his "past case of violence could pose a threat to the program, staff and community."" So of course, he gets released. California is fast becoming one giant penal colony both in attitude and actions. And it is not getting better. Read the article HERE. MisterWriter