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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFBI to revisit fatal beating of California transient after police cleared
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/14/us-usa-beating-police-idUSBREA0D1FA20140114FBI to revisit fatal beating of California transient after police cleared
By Dan Whitcomb and Dana Feldman
LOS ANGELES Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:29pm EST
(Reuters) - The FBI said on Tuesday it will re-examine the beating death of a mentally ill homeless man in the California city of Fullerton, following the acquittal of two former police officers on state charges in the case.
An Orange County Superior Court jury found ex-Fullerton officers Manuel Ramos and Jay Cicinelli not guilty on Monday on all charges in the death of 37-year-old Kelly Thomas, after a monthlong trial.
Prosecutors had accused Ramos and Cicinelli, who approached Thomas near a bus depot in July 2011 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.
Defense lawyers argued that Thomas was dangerous and that the officers responded according to their training.
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FBI to revisit fatal beating of California transient after police cleared (Original Post)
jsr
Jan 2014
OP
"Defense lawyers argued that the officers responded according to their training..."
Blue_Tires
Jan 2014
#2
Yeah, their training alright. Training you yell "stop resisting!" while beating the fuck out of ...
Hassin Bin Sober
Jan 2014
#3
Rex
(65,616 posts)1. Gosh, I hope the videotape of him being beaten and tortured to death
is enough evidence for them! I really don't know what else is needed...is video NOT admissible as evidence? It is pretty clear they are trying to kill him after about 10 minutes.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)2. "Defense lawyers argued that the officers responded according to their training..."
Yep...The good old LAPD/Rodney King defense is still a winner after all these years...
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,331 posts)3. Yeah, their training alright. Training you yell "stop resisting!" while beating the fuck out of ...
... a person. Training to cover their ass.
Someone forgot to train them to be humane.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)4. Training to say
These are the fists that are going to fuck you up.
dionysus
(26,467 posts)5. slap some federal charges on their asses, please.