Kelly Thomas trial update: Prosecution walks jury through beating video
December 3, 2013
Testimony got underway Tuesday in the trial of two former Fullerton police officers charged in the death of a mentally ill homeless man.
Ramos and Cicinelli are charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of 37-year-old Kelly Thomas, who died five days after an altercation with police outside a Fullerton transit center in July 2011. Ramos faces an additional charge of second-degree murder and Cicinelli an additional count of using excessive force.
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Kelly Thomas' Mother Sobs Watching Video of Her Son's Beating in Officer's Trial
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Prosecutor: Fatal beating followed police threat
ANTA ANA, Calif. A bloody beating by police that left a California homeless man dead began when one of the officers on trial in his death grew frustrated with his evasiveness, snapped on a pair of latex gloves and told him, See these fists? Theyre getting ready to (expletive) you up, a prosecutor said Monday.
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Kelly Thomas Trial: Prosecutors set to call more witnesses Monday
December 9, 2013
The trial resumes Monday in a Santa Ana courtroom for two former Fullerton police officers charged in the July 5, 2011, death of a homeless, mentally ill man.
Manuel Ramos, 39, is charged with second degree murder and involuntary manslaughter; and Jay Cicinelli , 41, is charged with involuntary manslaughter and use of excessive force in the death of Kelly Thomas, 37.
Orange County prosecutors are expected to call more witnesses Monday in the fifth day of the trial.
Several key witnesses and evidence were presented by prosecutors in the trial's first week:
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