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JI7

(89,172 posts)
Sat Jan 25, 2014, 04:04 AM Jan 2014

Nightclub Beating Victim Wrote About Kelly Thomas in Final Blog Post

<Just 23 and a recent college graduate, Pham was hit, knocked to the ground and kicked as she waited in line with her friends to get into The Crosby, a restaurant and nightspot in downtown Santa Ana.

An autopsy concluded that she died from complications of blunt-force trauma to the head.

Pham’s blog entry on Kelly Thomas touches on the question of whether police are properly and fully trained to deal with the mentally ill.

“My first reaction to this leads me to wonder if police officers are sufficiently trained to understand conditions of a schizophrenic person and how to deal with this properly. I’m inclined to believe not, as severe aggression, threats and savagely violent battery are completely uncalled for,” she concludes.

The post ends simply: “Kelly Thomas, I hope you truly rest in peace and your family finds solace in all of this.”

In a short video of the altercation posted online, some bystanders can be seen trying to film the incident on their cellphones. Others seems to just stare at the altercation.

Friends and family members have portrayed Pham as the victim in the incident, saying that she may have drawn the anger of another group at the nightclub by inadvertently stepping in front of a camera as the group posed for a photo.>

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-in-nightclub-victim-wrote-about-kelly-thomas-20140123,0,2005970.story#ixzz2rOWg6KVx

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Nightclub Beating Victim Wrote About Kelly Thomas in Final Blog Post (Original Post) JI7 Jan 2014 OP
Never a cop around when you need one... shedevil69taz Jan 2014 #1
Cops SamKnause Jan 2014 #2
and yet when this young lady was beaten to death by civilians there wasn't a single one to be found shedevil69taz Jan 2014 #3
Some figure a cop is supposed to protect you. Wrong. Eleanors38 Jan 2014 #4
Cops almost never... sendero Jan 2014 #5
You are right. I worry when people rely on LEO for protection... Eleanors38 Jan 2014 #6

shedevil69taz

(512 posts)
1. Never a cop around when you need one...
Sat Jan 25, 2014, 04:10 AM
Jan 2014

of course I wonder how many people stood around and watched it happen?

SamKnause

(13,037 posts)
2. Cops
Sat Jan 25, 2014, 05:52 AM
Jan 2014

There were 6 cops around when Kelly Thomas was beat to death.

He was beat to death by 6 cops !!!!!

 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
4. Some figure a cop is supposed to protect you. Wrong.
Sat Jan 25, 2014, 07:31 AM
Jan 2014

If police are not around, the task of protecting yourself, yours, and fellow citizens falls to the person in the mirror.

sendero

(28,552 posts)
5. Cops almost never...
Sat Jan 25, 2014, 07:53 AM
Jan 2014

.... protect anyone from violent crime, how could they? They cannot be everywhere at once, nor anywhere instantly.

Their job is to come in afterwards and try to figure out what actually happened. Their skill at that job varies widely IMHO.

 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
6. You are right. I worry when people rely on LEO for protection...
Sat Jan 25, 2014, 08:32 AM
Jan 2014

It can lead to the kind of thing which happened to this unfortunate woman: "It's not my responsibility, it's the cop's."

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