Meagan Hockaday and Alfonso Limon - both shot to death by Oxnard Police
At 1 AM this past Saturday, Meagan Hockaday, a 26-year-old African-American mother of three, was shot and killed
by an Oxnard, California, police officer
after he arrived at her home to check out a reported domestic dispute. A
knife was found near Hockaday's body, but it's unclear why lethal force
was used on a mother with her children present in her own home.
The shooting death of Hockaday must, though, be viewed in context
with the sordid history of the Oxnard, California, police department.
Less than a year ago, the city of Oxnard was forced to
pay a record $6.7 million to the family of Alfonso Limon,
an innocent man who was shot 16 to 21 times by Oxnard police as he was
walking home from a high school gym. They claimed to mistakenly believe
him to be a suspect in another crime. He wasn't. He was completely
unarmed and just a few dozen feet away from his front door.
READ MORE:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/31/1374603/-Whistleblower-cop-Oxnard-California-police-get-gun-skull-tattoos-every-time-they-shoot-someone
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