12-02-2013, 08:52 AM
The police officers were armed with guns, but no guns were used in the killing of Kelly Thomas, CN.
Kelly Thomas was tased multiple times, hit in the face with the taser gun 8 times, pinned down, kicked and punched - long after resisting and all the while bleeding profusely and screaming "sorry" and "I can't breathe" and "daddy". He was a shirtless homeless man being 'detained' by six police officers.
According to the coroner and prosecutors, the cause of death was "asphyxia caused by mechanical chest compression with blunt cranial-facial injuries sustained during physical altercation with law enforcement." The force of the officers on his chest made it impossible for him to breathe. This caused Thomas to become unconscious. He then slipped into a coma and died when taken off life support five days later.
Kelly Thomas was tased multiple times, hit in the face with the taser gun 8 times, pinned down, kicked and punched - long after resisting and all the while bleeding profusely and screaming "sorry" and "I can't breathe" and "daddy". He was a shirtless homeless man being 'detained' by six police officers.
According to the coroner and prosecutors, the cause of death was "asphyxia caused by mechanical chest compression with blunt cranial-facial injuries sustained during physical altercation with law enforcement." The force of the officers on his chest made it impossible for him to breathe. This caused Thomas to become unconscious. He then slipped into a coma and died when taken off life support five days later.