FBI to revisit fatal beating of California transient after police cleared

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/14/us-usa-beating-police-idUSBREA0D1FA20140114

FBI 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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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]

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]

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]

4. Training to say

These are the fists that are going to fuck you up.

[dionysus]

5. slap some federal charges on their asses, please.