A video shows Officer Manuel Ramos and another officer swing at a shirtless Kelly Thomas with their batons and pin him to the ground as he pleads with them to stop.
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NO WAYYYYYY, the cops here in the good ol USA never mistreat those they provide "safety" to.
Only two are charged? There was like 8 cops there. They were beating the crap out of this guy as he laid on the ground, HANDCUFFED.
He was hollering for his dad while being pummeled by these thugs.
But they will close ranks and lie to protect a 'brother in blue'.
STILL can't find a cop who will answer the question --- What did YOU do (sworn to uphold the law and all that stuff) when you saw another COP break the law? Did you watch the TV story? Did the homeless guy weigh more than 140 pounds? TWO against one and they tasered him 4 times and STILL couldn't subdue him? The other six cops apparently didn't think he was such a threat as to need their assistance in the arrest. The guy pissed them off. Not thinking or realizing they were on film (cops HATE that, lol!) they proceeded to handcuff him (first things first), then beat him to death. REAL tough guys. Me and my sister could have subdued THAT guy with our bare hands. Murderers. Thats what they are. They just got caught on film. OTHERWISE, he would have died "resisting arrest", the police report would have made the officers "heroes", and described their "restraint" from force until the victim MADE them use deadly force, using his Kung-fu skills while IN HANDCUFFS (!!) to make the cops fear for their lives. Remember--- these are just the cops CAUGHT ON FILM. How many times across the nation does this happen (every day) and it gets buried since the only living (key word) witnesses are cops. How long will people continue to fall for the "bad apples" BS? It sure seems like there's a LOT of bad apples.....
Yeah, the guy was innocent besides being a little loony. He was not even aggressive and they taunted and antagonized him, abused him, beat him, electrocuted him and eventually killed him.
The Fraternal order of police and other corrupt paramilitary groups supported these officers in their courtroom defense. "Within protocol".
Are you not proud of Law Enforcement officers? They willingly pay dues to organizations that condone murder and advocate for more authority to do this without impunity.
It was more than two against one. Try 6 against one. With tasers, batons and a flashlight.
Do a search and you can find the video of the beating/murder.
This case is a year old and just getting to trial. Kelly had no alcohol or drugs in his system. Before the beating began one cop showed Kelly his latex gloved hands. "These are getting ready to fuck you up", the cop said to Kelly.
And he did, with some help from other officers.
These two cops should go to prison and the other cops should be fired, at a minimum.
Just think, if this wasn't recorded by witnesses and security camera's, we would never have heard about this guy being beat to death by cops. Makes me wonder how many other times this happens when no camera is around.
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