Posted on 01/09/2014 2:14:02 PM PST by FBD
An Orange County jury has begun deliberating the fates of two former Fullerton police officers accused of killing a schizophrenic homeless man during a violent encounter at a city bus depot in 2011.
Manuel Ramos and Jay Cicinelli are charged with striking Kelly Thomas with a baton and a stun gun in a beating that left the homeless man comatose. He died five days after the altercation.
The case went to the jury following Orange County Dist. Atty. Tony Rackauckas' rebuttal after three days of closing arguments... Rackauckas told jurors that the former officers had abused their authority on the July evening when they confronted Thomas.
Ramos is facing second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter charges, while Cicinelli is charged with involuntary manslaughter and excessive use of force...
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Do you know how old Thomas was? Seems he’d have been relatively young?
He was 37
Ping, this is the case I was telling you about.
Than. Horrible. Both that he was mentally troubled and homeless, AND, apparently/allegedly, murdered by these cops.
Oh yes. Hilarious. Keel over laughing funny. And, the stupid civilian gets to have a misdemeanor arrest, fingerprints and DNA taken to the database (Oh, and be forever flagged on NICS so prole can never buy a gun without a waiting period). So funny, I can't s*** right. Oh gosh, cops can be so funny!
I am literally crapping myself in appreciation.
I forgot: The stupid civilian with the Migraine Headache gets to go to jail for a few days R & R.
(And we’re talking about a cop who loves to beat people up maybe getting a few months in the slammer.)
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This story pisses me off.
Now that's strange.
What are they going to do Friday thru Sunday -- go to Disneyland or Knotts Berry Farm???
Ping.
If it weren’t for John & Ken on KFI radio I wouldn’t know a THING about this case. Kudos to them.
Don’t trust this jury. I give it 50-50 that the two murderers walk.
50-50? Is this what John and Ken have been saying on KFI?
That’s not very reassuring.
Has anyone been watching the case? I believe that often prosecutors accidentally-on-purpose do things to blow cases against their LE buddies, then the juries take the heat. I hope that doesn’t happen here.
We’ll see today what the verdict is I believe
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