Both Left and Right “explain” police officers’ deaths
Monday, March 30th, 2009Last week, in Oakland, California, four police officers were killed by an ex-felon undergoing a “routine” traffic stop. Over the past several days, I have read and heard commentary from the far-right lunatic fringe in the form of Michael Savage and the breast-beating excuses from liberal groups, each in their own way explaining the killings as the result of outside forces, excusing to some extent the moral, social and legal responsibility of the killer. Two motorcycle officers were assassinated by a wanted ex-convict, Lovelle Mixon (more. . .)

































































