On March 2, 2008, Robert Mills, a 33-year-old man, was killed in Oakland, California, in an incident that was part of the city's continuing struggles with violent crime. Mills was one of 115 homicides recorded in Oakland that year, reflecting a broader trend of elevated violence in the community. The killing occurred in a year when Oakland's homicide numbers were notably high, driven largely by escalating tensions in specific neighborhoods that were often affected by gang activities, poverty, an
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