Click HERE for a very graphic photo of the victim
On July 5, in response to a routine check on a car break-in report, [Fullerton, CA] police confronted Kelly Thomas, 37, near the bus station – a location he often resided. Shortly after, Thomas, who is a diagnosed schizophrenic, was brutally beaten. His face was repeatedly smashed into the curb, flashlights were repeatedly hammered into his skull, he was tasered at least six times as he screamed in terror: “Dad, Dad, Dad”, and then he went unconscious. Thomas died five days later after being taken off life support.
The video of Thomas’ cries for his father have been viewed more than 715,000 times on You Tube.
Earlier last week, Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas said that there is no evidence the officers intended to kill Kelly Thomas, but are still in the process of trying to determine if officers used excessive force in his death.
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Witnesses said the beating reminded them of the eerily similar brutality engaged against the protestors in Egypt and Syria.
We train other countries in torture, they teach our police their tactics. Win Win!
Here’s an article about a man with a water nozzle getting shot by police, in Ca.
http://tinyurl.com/29xlwgb
They don’t mention what race he was. But I remember something that filmmaker Roger Moore did. Where anything black, held in the hand of a black man, was considered a gun by police. So Roger had cellphones and wallets replaced by similar bright orange painted items. So the cops wouldn’t be confused. But the racial typing of the “object” they held, was a funny, if not tragic, joke.
The war of drugs. And the death toll goes on.
http://drugwarrant.com/articles/drug-war-victim/
I live in Maryland. And I swear that I never heard one damn peep about this story, back in July 2008. Talk about controlled media.
http://tinyurl.com/bvqa6g
This story probably would have embarrassed the Republicans, who were campaigning for office that year. And George Bush’s war of drugs, might have been called into question. So the local Tv news didn’t think they should mention it. It might effect the coming election.
bump – murder/manslaughter charges!
http://fullertonsfuture.org/
we’ll see how the DA figures out how to loose the case.