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Judi Lynn

(160,217 posts)
Tue Nov 24, 2015, 02:25 AM Nov 2015

California city to pay $4.9 mln over fatal beating of homeless man

Source: Reuters

California city to pay $4.9 mln over fatal beating of homeless man
Reuters
By Dan Whitcomb
1 hour ago

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The city of Fullerton, California, agreed on Monday to pay $4.9 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the father of a homeless man beaten to death by two then-policemen, an incident that sparked protests in the Los Angeles suburb, the plaintiff's attorney said.

The settlement was reached on the same day the trial was scheduled to begin in the wrongful death action filed by Ron Thomas against the city, police department and two ex-officers over the beating of his 37-year-old son, Kelly Thomas, in July 2011.

. . .

In January 2014, an Orange County jury acquitted the two former officers, Jay Cicinelli and Manuel Ramos, of all criminal charges in the high profile case. The FBI said following that verdict it was re-examining the case.

During the criminal trial, prosecutors accused Cicinelli and Ramos, who had approached Thomas near a bus depot to question him about reports of vandalized cars, of turning a routine law enforcement encounter into an unnecessary and savage beating that cost the unarmed homeless man his life.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/california-city-pay-4-9-mln-over-fatal-040137242.html



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"Kelly Thomas, before and after dealing with Fullerton Police." [/center]
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California city to pay $4.9 mln over fatal beating of homeless man (Original Post) Judi Lynn Nov 2015 OP
Make each officer buy malpractice insurance rpannier Nov 2015 #1
I remember this kid DocMac Nov 2015 #2
video of incident with known-schizophrenic for those that do not remember tomm2thumbs Nov 2015 #3

rpannier

(24,304 posts)
1. Make each officer buy malpractice insurance
Tue Nov 24, 2015, 02:44 AM
Nov 2015

If they can't get it, then they can't be officers
I'm tired of seeing these thugs get away with murder and the people of the community footing the bill

They also need to require every city to post exactly how much the city pays out total for these criminal acts
Maybe then people would actually pay attention

tomm2thumbs

(13,297 posts)
3. video of incident with known-schizophrenic for those that do not remember
Tue Nov 24, 2015, 03:08 AM
Nov 2015



at 0:40

"See my fists? They're getting ready to f*ck you up..."

and the jury let him walk....

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