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Published: Nov 21, 2011
Author: John W. Bussman
Post Date: 2019-01-10 07:58:17 by Deckard
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Killer cops Manny Ramos and Jay Cicinelli are the costumed goons who brutally beat Kelly Thomas to death on July 5, 2011. Mr. Thomas was a 37-year old homeless man who suffered from severe mental illness.
On the evening in question, Fullerton Police received a call referencing a suspicious subject in the parking lot of the Fullerton Transit Center. The caller (who has never been identified, although various reports indicate may have been a manager at the SlideBar) reported that the man might be attempting to break into parked cars.
Officer Ramos responded to the call with his partner, Officer Joe Wolfe. According to the digital voice recorders worn by the officers, as well as various security cameras, Officer Ramos repeatedly ordered Kelly to sit on a curb with his legs crossed and his hands behind his back while the officers searched the contents of Kelly's backpack.
Due to Kelly's severe mental illness, he had difficulty complying with the officer's orders and repeatedly uncrossed his legs. At some point during the confrontation, Officer Ramos put on a pair of gloves and told Kelly "These fists are getting ready to fuck you up". Reasonably fearing for his safety, Kelly attempted to run. He was tackled a few steps later and severely beaten. Bystanders indicate that officers tased Kelly at least 5 times while punching, kicking and choking him.
Corporal Cicinelli responded to the scene after the confrontation had already escalated into a full-scale beating. It is alleged that Cicinelli may have dealt the death blow by repeatedly drop-kneeing Kelly in the throat and head, as well as striking Kelly in the face with the butt of his taser.
This is what Kelly looked like when 6 of Fullerton's finest were done with him:
He was kept alive for 5 days on life support before his family made the decision to remove him. Mr. Thomas died from a combination of asphyxia and blunt force trauma to the head as a result of the beating and choking he suffered at the hands of the Fullerton Police.
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