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.
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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.
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"Kelly Thomas, before and after dealing with Fullerton Police." [/center]
rpannier
(24,304 posts)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
DocMac
(1,628 posts)getting beat to death, crying out for his father.
tomm2thumbs
(13,297 posts)at 0:40
"See my fists? They're getting ready to f*ck you up..."
and the jury let him walk....