Is this Murder? Kelly Thomas Killed by Fullerton, CA Police Officers

[HairOfTheDog]

That guy could be any number of people I know today that could be just etching out a life in what was thrown at them by the finger of fate. They live with a different look of life than most. Perhaps an even more true vision than anyone cares to admit. We are all just 3 steps from the same end actually. A sad story at any rate.

This is true.

The trial starts tomorrow; the jury is impaneled.

The defense is going to paint Kelly as a deranged drug addict and bring up past brushes with the law. I don't know any homeless and/or schizophrenics who don't have such a record - it goes with the tragic territory.

Autopsy/coroner report showed that Kelly had no alcohol or drugs in his system the night he was beaten to a pulp by an ex-LA cop (who'd been passed off to the Fullerton PD) and his partners (in crime, IMO).

The witness statements caught on video and audio real-time, and the tape of the beat-down, tell the whole story for me.

Kelly's non-resistance and slowness in responding was met with extreme brutality by a pack of animal cops.

I'm not objective on this one. I want these particular badge-carrying fuckers to pay for what they did. They need to be held accountable.


Hoping for a just outcome, for Kelly and his parents (and the residents of Fullerton).

Trial story:
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me...z2mFBaNmX5