The family of Kelly Thomas says he was schizophrenic and homeless, one of the people our society leaves behind.
Police say he was a drug addict with a history of violence who’d destroyed his own mental health by abusing methamphetamine, LSD and other drugs since he was in the 10th grade.
Either way, the 37-year-old Thomas, known around the Orange County, Calif., college town of Fullerton as “Crazy Kelly,” screamed repeatedly for help from his dad, panicked that he couldn’t breathe, as cops beat him into unconsciousness on June 5, 2011.
His father was miles away as Thomas absorbed the blows from police, suffering injuries that proved fatal five days later when he was taken off a life-support machine. Coroners determined that he died from a crushed thorax, which made it impossible for Thomas to breathe, causing a cutoff of oxygen to his brain.
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot."
Mentally ill, homeless, drug addicted people- I hate to tell Box and J.O. Box- they are still people.
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
ST. GEORGE — A Staten Island woman has sued the city claiming police entered her St. George home without a warrant, beat her family and killed her beloved pet parakeet, according to court documents.
Last year, Evelyn Lugo's bird, Tito, was thrown from his cage after it was knocked off a dresser as cops came into her Corson Avenue home, the Daily News first reported.
The officers then stepped on the bird intentionally, killing it, court documents say.
Officers also beat two of Lugo's sons, her daughter and a family friend, the lawsuit claims.
According to court documents, police entered Lugo's home on Sept. 2, 2012, as her family was celebrating Labor Day.
Police stopped and questioned her son Edwin Avellanet as he was outside throwing out garbage and asked for identification, the lawsuit says. When he refused to show any, officers allegedly grabbed his right arm and Avellanet broke free and ran into the building.
Officers broke windows of the home, and when Lugo opened the front door she was thrown outside by police, court papers say.
When inside, police allegedly struck Avellanet two or three times with a hard object, struck their friend in the face and threw a woman into the dresser with the bird cage on it, court documents say.
Police then allegedly pepper sprayed Lugo's daughter and son, according to the documents.
Lugo's son, daughter and family friend were arrested and all three were taken to Staten Island University Hospital in custody.
They were treated for multiple facial lacerations and lacerations to the head. Lugo's daughter was also treated for an asthma attack, the court papers say.
All charges were eventually dropped and sealed by Richmond County Supreme Court, the lawsuit says.
Lugo could not be reached for comment on the story.
The city's Law Department did not say why police entered the home last year, or what charges were lodged against the family, but said they're reviewing the case.
"We will review the allegations in the complaint, which at this point are merely allegations," a spokeswoman for the department said.
"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot."
Mentally ill, homeless, drug addicted people- I hate to tell Box and J.O. Box- they are still people.
Remeber the police showed up because of a call from a business owner- who said there was somone in the parking lot breaking into cars. We know that was a lie. But the business owner, someone like yourself, was just sick and tired of this homless guy hanging around his business.
Ocala, Florida — Charles Craig Broaderick, 41, is charged with battery, he is accused of slamming the head of DUI suspect James Duckworth, 33, into a concrete wall while he (Duckworth) was handcuffed. Broaderick said he did it because Duckworth spit at officers. However, after carefully reviewing the video, it appears Duckworth had fuzz/hair or something in his mouth he was trying to clear and did not actually spit at officers.
The incident happened in October and on November 25, 2013 the State Attorney’s office announced they were pressing charges. Broaderick turned himself into the jail on Tuesday, he was booked into the jail at 4:30 p.m. and released approximately 12 minutes later on a $2,000 bond.
"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot."
Dont confuse this video with the beating that Kelly Thomas was givien by the Fullerton cops. Who are on trial for murder. The guy was driving a car sh1tfaced. In this case the idiot needed few more wacks.
Dont confuse this video with the beating that Kelly Thomas was givien by the Fullerton cops. Who are on trial for murder. The guy was driving a car sh1tfaced. In this case the idiot needed few more wacks.
Police are not the judge, jury, and executioner, if he was guilty we have a process to punish him and it doesn't allow smashing a mans skull into a concrete wall.
"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot."
Police are not the judge, jury, and executioner, if he was guilty we have a process to punish him and it doesn't allow smashing a mans skull into a concrete wall.
Doest matter - IF I WAS A COP HE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN A FEW MORE WACKS OFF CAMERA.
Doest matter - IF I WAS A COP HE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN A FEW MORE WACKS OFF CAMERA.
And those actions cost us taxpayers millions of dollars a year in settlements not to mention a further distrust of police in this country. Then you have to worry about this guy killing the next cop who even tries to talk to him because he fears what the police might do to him. So for your few wacks you now cost the taxpayers money and you put other officers lives on the line, good call
"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot."
And this is coming from an assistant corporation counsel in the cvity. No wonder they teeter on the brink of bankruptcy, with people like that is charge,
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
People are all in favor of throwing out the Constitution, until something happens to one of their loved ones. Be aware, even if you "know people", your own kids don't always stay within your sphere of influence.
Two former police officers in Orange County, CA were acquitted of murder Monday for beating a schizophrenic homeless man, Kelly Thomas, to death. After watching a harrowing video showing Manuel Ramos and Jay Cicinelli, along with other officers, brutalizing Thomas, the jury spent less than a day deliberating to find the two men not guilty. In July 2011, the Fullerton cops came upon the 37-year-old schizophrenic taking some letters out of a trashcan and started beating him with a taser and a baton. The entire encounter was caught on a nearby security camera. The recording shows Ramos putting on a pair of latex gloves and telling Thomas, “See these fists? They’re getting ready to f*** you up.” As the officers hit him, Thomas begged for help and called out for his father. Cicinelli arrived later, tasing Thomas with a stun gun and then struck him across the face with it hard enough to break several bones. “I just probably smashed his face to hell,” he says on the video. Thomas went unconscious and died five days later. Ramos and Cicinelli were fired about a year after the assault. The defense attorneys argued Thomas had fought back, forcing the officers’ to subdue him, and that he died not of his injuries but of a heart condition exacerbated by long-term drug use. As a result of the not guilty verdict, the Orange County District Attorney has also decided not to pursue charges against a third officer, telling reporters, “I don’t intend to proceed with another trial when the two officers here were acquitted.” Protesters took to the streets Monday night after the verdict came out, chanting “Justice for Kelly Thomas” and “We saw the video” outside the Fullerton Police Department. The verdict has already sparked national outrage, but Ramos’ and Cicinelli’s fates are hardly unusual. While stories of police brutality are all too common, accused officers rarely face a courtroom, let alone prison time. Even video footage isn’t a guarantee the offender will face consequences; in one case from November, a Chicago cop was caught on tape
"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot."
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