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Investigation Underway After Homeless Man Is Beaten And Tased To Death By 6 Police Officers (VIDEOS)
FULLERTON – An Orange County supervisor has asked the Department of Justice to investigate the death of a homeless man who died after a fight with Fullerton police.
In a letter sent to the Department of Justice's civil-rights division Thursday, Orange County Supervisor Shawn Nelson made a "formal request to commence an investigation of the facts and circumstances surrounding the death of Kelly Thomas at the hands of the Fullerton Police Department."
Officers confronted Thomas, 37, a transient known to frequent downtown Fullerton, while investigating reports of a man burglarizing cars in the parking lot adjacent to a bus depot on July 5.
Kelly Thomas
Police say Thomas became violent as two officers tried to search him, kicking off a fight in which six officers were needed to subdue him. Thomas suffered severe head and neck injuries, while two officers suffered moderate injuries.
He died five days later at the UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange.
Thomas' family has accused officers of using excessive force during what they described as a "brutal beating." Witnesses claimed Thomas was shot with a Taser and struck with a flashlight.
Eye witnesses at the scene claim the six officers tasered him five times and beat him beyond recognition, which the disturbing photo of him in hospital shows.
Thomas in hospital
Mark Turgeon, who was there, said: ‘They kept beating him and tasering him. I could hear zapping, and he wasn’t even moving.
‘He had one arm in front of him like this, he wasn’t resisting. And they kept telling him, “He’s resisting, quit resisting”, and he wasn’t resisting.’
Many members of the Fullerton community described Thomas as a passive, peaceful person.
Thomas’ father, a retired Orange County sheriff’s deputy, has asserted that officers used excessive force to subdue his son, who was unarmed, slight and of medium height.
After seeing his son's injuries and talking with witnesses, Thomas told the Register his son "was brutally beaten to death."
"When I first walked into the hospital, I looked at what his mother described as my son ... I didn't recognize him," Thomas said. "This is cold-blooded, aggravated murder."
Thomas, citing witnesses, said officers hit his son with the butts of flashlights even after he stopped moving.
He said his son was probably off his medication and didn't understand officers' commands.
A spokesman for the Orange County Coroner's office declined to discuss the case but said an autopsy of Thomas had been completed and the results forwarded to investigators.
Orange County Supervisor Shawn Nelson, who represents the supervisorial district that includes Fullerton, says officials told him that the FBI has begun an investigation into Thomas' death and indicated that the Department of Justice's civil-rights division may launch its own inquiry.
The reported federal inquiry comes days after Fullerton Councilman Bruce Whitaker urged city officials to release any evidence, including video, of the fight between Thomas and police. Graphic photos of Thomas' injuries taken by family members and first posted online at the Friends for Fullerton's future blog have increased public pressure.
"Rumors aren't answers, and there is a danger in too much speculation. But it is sometimes all too convenient for government to stand by this 'We have to wait for the investigation' bit," Nelson said. "I've got people in Fullerton who are scared now, and the silence sometimes is what is causing fear."
Nelson said he turned to the Department of Justice as a "neutral referee" to carry out an investigation.
"I feel horrible for a lot of people here," Nelson said. "The citizens of Fullerton deserve answers. The family of Kelly Thomas deserves answers."
Fullerton Police Sgt. Andrew Goodrich noted that the investigation into Thomas' death has been turned over to the Orange County District Attorney's Office.
"We believe there should be a transparent, neutral party investigation, and that is being conducted right now," Goodrich said. "We realize the images are troubling. But you have to have a thorough and complete investigation that looks at the facts as facts. We have to separate the emotions that everybody has." Source
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Comment by Fiji Thugz on August 8, 2011 at 4:58pm -
These pigs are f****** CRIMINALS they all need to stay in jail go to f***** death row instead. But you know what's going to happen with these pigs they will be suspended with pay f*** holes.
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Comment by dboyfresh23 on July 31, 2011 at 3:47pm -
they need to be charged with murder..sheet like this just makes me mad...it was obviously excessive force..they beat and tased this man to deATH..CAMERAMAN SHOULDA GOT CLOSER..i WOULD HAVE SPOKE UP IF I WAS THER..no one deserves to die like that..I think the family will get justice in part because his dad is a retired police officer..u can hear him calling for his dad also..bet they wouldn't have beat him to death if they knew his dad was a retired sheriff..
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Comment by Slimturk on July 31, 2011 at 10:55am -
i hate police!!!
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Comment by EArin on July 31, 2011 at 3:43am -
They deserve to go to jail for murder. Then they deserve to get raped up the a** and beaten everyday.
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Comment by paul on July 31, 2011 at 12:18am -
F*** THE PIGS. RIP to that poor unfortunate man.
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Comment by Chi-Town_Bound on July 30, 2011 at 10:01pm -
This so f****** foul yo...think about how this happens to a lot more people...
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Comment by GunitRIDERZ on July 30, 2011 at 8:43pm -
I wish they would stomp Degrassi's a** out like that
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Comment by RebelSnatcher on July 30, 2011 at 8:18pm
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@ flip if people would stop being so f****** p**** when it can to doing what is right, a black muthafucka like me wouldn't have to create my own justice. Not to mention there ain't no justice for a m*********** getting beat and tased to death. When the situation is already violent the only thing to do is see who's willing to take it to the next level,..not you obviously
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Comment by adam dzierwa on July 30, 2011 at 7:39pm
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damn
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Comment by flip on July 30, 2011 at 7:34pm -
o now cuz it happens to a white man its a problem but thats the diff between black and white ppl whites fight for jutice blacks try a create there own justice in which most times creates more violence and well hear more about this but if it was a blck man it would b a wam bam thanku man then on to the next case
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