Governor Jerry Brown’s nutty views on incarceration are getting police killed:

He started his criminal life as a juvenile, authorities said, selling marijuana before graduating to more serious offenses.

He racked up 11 arrests, two of which landed him in state prison, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell.

On one occasion, he pointed a handgun at an off-duty USC security officer near campus and robbed him of his wallet, cellphone and watch.

When LAPD officers caught up with him a week later, he was still wearing the stolen watch.

On Thursday, authorities identified Trenton Trevon Lovell, 27, as the man who shot and killed a sheriff’s sergeant responding to a burglary call in Lancaster earlier this week.

Lovell used a stolen handgun to wound Sgt. Steve Owen, then executed the lawman by standing over him and pumping four more bullets into his body, McDonnell told reporters at a news conference.

I realize that going through the absurdity that is California prison reform is fairly eye-glazing, and not something that one would expect in the News Roundup, but this is important. This is they sort of thing that has a devastating impact on a community on a daily basis, unlike a lot of the fluffy crap that your local cable channel wants to spoon feed you. Not only is this important, but it’s coming to a state near you, so strap in and bear with me.