Posted on 01/14/2014 9:14:16 AM PST by andyk
Two California police officers who were videotaped in a violent struggle with a homeless man during an arrest were acquitted Monday of killing him. It was a rare case in which police officers were charged in a death involving actions on duty. One of the officers acquitted had been charged with murder. Jurors took less than two days to reach their verdicts. ormer Cpl. Jay Cicinelli was acquitted of involuntary manslaughter and excessive use of force. Spectators let out a gasp as the verdict was read.
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At least you won’t see rioting or the city burned down as a result of the verdict.
That’s true!
And what would have happened if he was black??
Acquitted of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter and excessive use of force.
They should have charged them with littering for leaving the kids blood and guts on the sidewalk —
I hope the jury sleeps well tonight.
God have mercy.
This was one of the most heart-wrenching cases I every read about - the pictures of the poor man’s face afterward were horrific.
Some day those police officers will meet their Maker and answer for what they have done - to die unrepentant and unconfessed would be a dreadful thing.
In the meanwhile, they are out on the streets, and the lesson taught to fellow officers is not a good one.
You have to understand that America’s police officers are not like they were 50 years ago.
With as many officers as they had that night they could have easily taken down this unarmed nutbar without the need to kill him.
Quite the lively comment forum going on there under the article...
Reminds me of here...
If I were one of these officers, I’d be on the lookout for vigilante justice appearing during some routine traffic stop.
That is the problem. The older watch is being replaced with soulless goons to fill quotas and bi-lingual needs.
Was there even a reason the cops initiated the stop? From the video I’ve seen the guy was just sitting there like dozens of other homeless people.
The video began with Ramos stopping Thomas on July 5, 2011, after the officer answered a call about a disheveled man jiggling the handles of car doors in a busy transit center parking lot.
Ramos grew frustrated with Thomas, who wasn't following orders to sit on a curb with his hands on his knees.
Just before the altercation began, Ramos snapped on plastic gloves, made two fists and then held them in front of Thomas' face as he said, "Now see these fists? They're going to (expletive) you up."
This sets a legal precedent for california:
It’s perfectly legal for cops to beat you to death, or just outright shoot you, for any reason, or no reason at all, as long as they can claim that they felt “threatened”. Effing cowards hiding behind badges and union lawyers.
This is why anyone sane should avoid california like the plague.
They received a call that a man was moving through a parking lot jiggling all the door handles on the cars. They had to check it out.
The victim gave the cops attitude initially and then resisted throughout instead of going limp and allowing the cuffs to be placed on him.
So the JBTs responded in the only way their little piggy brains were trained to do.
Because more violence is always the answer.
Well at least they all went home safe.
And, yes, at least they made it home safely.
The unasked question was what the officers intended to do with Kelly had he survived the beating. Book him? How would hey have explained his appearance?
Hospitalize him, then book him? Again, how to explain.
I’ve seen abusive officers on several levels, and it’s never good. They start small and, if they get away with it at that level, work their way up the violence ladder.
See my tag line.
Stupid thugs have no imagination, no sense of consequences and the future. They get caught easily.
These stupid thugs were caught easily, but not punished because they wore uniforms. So maybe their little brains foretold the future after all.
I was born in CA and I will never ever go back.
This is a travesty. It’s now open season on civvies.
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