The video was shot by a student in Fullerton, California. Kelly Thomas was beaten so badly he died in hospital several days later.
According to Gawker, Thomas - who suffered from schizophrenia - caught the attention of the police after someone reported that a burglar was breaking into cars parked near a Fullerton bus station.
When officers approached Thomas in the depot parking lot and tried to arrest him, he resisted.
Caught on tape: Police ‘stripped unarmed man naked, kicked, beat and tasered him as he lay screaming in snow’
Police will not issue a statement saying the issue is under investigation but they did say that six officers were involved and two ‘suffered broken bones in the fight’.
However, they recently retracted that statement saying that it was only ‘soft tissue damage’.
“snow”??
Fullerton, CA?
No way.
In addition, several reported this guy was only 135 pounds and the 5 officers were reportedly *very* large individuals.
Those injuries to the pigs was probably the result of out of control clubbing frenzy by other pigs. Homicide, clear and simple
>> “However, they recently retracted that statement saying that it was only ‘soft tissue damage’.”
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Must have bumped their heads?
Screaming in the snow??????.....I lived in Fullerton, CA...once upon a time. The only snow I ever saw was on Mt. Baldy...and the San Berdo's....
Crappy editing...or reporting.