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Marc Lamont Hill, the far-left hip-hop professor and paid Fox News Channel analyst, has a record in support of cop-killers. And now we have learned that he went on "The O'Reilly Factor" to defend black militants who held a March vigil in honor of Lovelle Mixon, a suspected rapist with a lengthy criminal record, who murdered four Oakland police officers. Hill said on Fox News that the activists, many of them from a communist organization, were protesting "police terrorism." 

Recall that Hill claims that cop-killer Assata Shakur, who fled to Communist Cuba after escaping from prison, is innocent. Hill has also declared his support for Mumia Abu-Jamal, another convicted cop-killer, who is on death row. Hill called him a "freedom fighter" and "political prisoner" devoted to "black liberation" and announced that the convicted killer would be contributing to Hill's website as a weekly contributor. "Welcome Brother Mumia!!!!" Hill said.    

The defense of the protesters in the Mixon case adds to the growing concern about this Fox News contributor, who is paid handsomely by the channel to appear on various Fox News Channel shows and is supposed to provide the appearance of fairness and balance. 

But is cop-killing a matter that requires two sides of the issue?  

Some of the protesters after the killing of the four police officers were shown in a video carrying photos of Mixon, including one depicting him as a loving husband. Mixon "symbolized the resistance of African people who are terrorized daily," said a spokesman for the demonstrators. A sign said, "Lovell 'Stood Up' Against Police Terror." 

This was a variation of the preposterous line that was taken by Hill on "The O'Reilly Factor": "They are responding to what they see as a repressive and oppressive police state," Hill claimed. "That's what they're challenging. And we need to respect that and listen." The other guest, black conservative talk-show host James T. Harris, said this was nonsense, and that such a protest illustrated problems in the black community such as a lack of religious values.  

In the case under discussion, Mixon opened fire on Oakland police officers after being pulled over for a traffic violation, killing two officers execution-style. He fled into an apartment complex, where he opened fire on other officers, killing two more and injuring another.  

Mixon, whose criminal record included arrests on drug charges, had already served five years in prison on weapons charges, and DNA evidence linked him to one unsolved rape. 

In Oakland, citizens of all races, led by black clergy, turned out in support of the slain officers. But Marc Lamont Hill, a self-described "revolutionary," went on "The O'Reilly Factor" to support the demonstrators turning out in support of the criminal murderer. Hill said that it was a case of "white officers" and "black bodies," explaining that "a big issue in black and brown neighborhoods is the issue of police terrorism" and that the activists were opposing "police terror." 

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