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| Kelly Thomas |
(Warning:
stomach-churningly graphic, all of it. Beware)
Astonishingly, infuriatingly, two former Fullerton Ca. cops
have been acquitted on all charges after savagely beating to death Kelly
Thomas, 37, a mentally ill homeless man, who died five days after being set
upon by Manuel Ramos, Jay Cicinelli and four other officers.
The attack, caught
on surveillance video, led to days of protests, the recall of three City
Council members and the resignation of a police chief whose department has a
long history of violent abuse.
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| Kelly Thomas after beating |
Thomas' father Ron, a former deputy sheriff,
said the defense "lied continuously" during the trial and the family
will likely pursue civil charges in the death of his son, who a year after his
death was cleared of the stupid bogus charges - trying to get into locked cars
in a bus parking lot - police came up with in a pathetic attempt to justify
their cold-blooded, fist-punching murder.
The FBI also says it will review the
evidence for federal civil rights violations. There is both raw and edited
video: It captures Ramos snapping on rubber gloves, smacking his fists together
and sneering to Thomas, "These are gonna fuck you up," and Thomas on
the ground repeatedly screaming for help and his father. Warning:
stomach-churningly graphic, all of it. Beware.
Thanks: Common Dreams
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