the two Fullerton police officers that were involved in the beating death
up homeless schizophrenic man Kelly Thomas I have been acquitted of their
charges and since they've been acquitted 10 the officers his name is Jason L E
I is going to sue the Fullerton police department so he can get his job back
for those of you who are unaware this story about two years ago there was a
case where
authorities were called on the scene involving ace
homeless man who is being unruly and when the cops
responded some excessive force was used as was evident in the surveillance video
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hey so Jason deli
was the officer who actually taste Kelly Thomas in the head twice
and if you watch the video the full video you can see that officers at RT
subdued him but they continue beating him with their batons
seasonally kept beating him with the
back and a bit a czar and it was just a terrible tragic story but doesn't matter
they both got acquitted for it up and now Jason Deli is saying that he was
wrongfully terminated
how do you argue with the jury of 12 who all agree on the same thing
they sat through the whole trial and heard all the facts
the bought love him getting his job back
scares the hell out of me I mean yell so I mean I I hope he knows
the that course did merely being unable
to me the burden of proof
the prosecution asked to in any criminal case but
obviously a murder case particularly are almost dramatically
I'll reasonable doubt just because there was no reasonable doubt doesn't mean
that did
that you didn't the the question was did you use excessive force did you make
horrible judgment something that day
the what they found to Sally not guilty out was actually the use of excessive
force
and involuntary and voluntary manslaughter
so other what stuff for me is a good I
I get more why the other officer rommel straight
got was not found guilty second-degree murder which was a tougher sell
I thought that excessive at the bare minimum you'd get excessive force
conviction
but still just because you did that doesn't mean you didn't misbehave orbit
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what I would see is incredibly obvious is conduct unbecoming an officer
I realize that's a military charge but conduct unbecoming a police officer
by leaps and bounds you're not that to serve the as a police officer but maybe
she's looking for summer maybe once a job
right well it sounds like he wants his job back I'm sure he'd be happy with the
settlement as well
but the thing that really scares me about the idea of him getting his job
back is yeah
you know maybe this would empower him to use excessive force
in the future knowing that he wouldn't have to face any real consequences Ford
but nothing that I would worry about is that it would embolden other
police officers to use that type of course especially because this sets a
precedent
right this shows that hey you know what you can literally beat a man to death
even though six police officers have already subdued him and a jury is gonna
find you not guilty of excessive force
if that surveillance was not an example excessive force
I don't really understand what excessive force is yes of course
at work reminding people Kelly Thomas guy who was
almost in schizophrenic it was obviously troubled and I'm sure was really
difficult
police officers but he was on our job
sixty should have been able to put handcuffs on a min without knowing
getting a car without killing
up what I will disagree with you on though and I think it's
significant is that well it said terrible shame
I think a miscarriage of justice this happened I don't see a lot of police
officers thinking
those guys nearly got sent to prison rivals nearly got sent to prison perhaps
for twenty twenty-five years
and it was all in the hands of a jury I don't think you think
only a police officer takes those guys got off easy they got out of it
they escaped they slithered free but they do and they want to present
I mean the important thing more important than the conviction because
the connection to courses ultimately left up
now the jury interprets the fact that a trial in both his officers are entitled
to a defense
always good and more important is that the prosecution one after these guys
the prosecutor yeah they charge electability trial different jury
different circumstances different part of the world
these guys may be going to prison so I don't think I don't think top the cops
love the verdict but I don't think they think this is
this is a refusal to
indict is it would be telling cops pound away
right I think I think that I'm more speaking to the trend that I see within
law enforcement right now and of course any time we talk about this there has to
be the caviar
up of course not all officers are like this not
all the music that supports the gym or where you at No they're all like this
I know I know he would say that I disagree with him on that but I would
say that there
this isn't an isolated incident right we do stories on police using excessive
force
on a regular basis and there in this trend where they seem to get away with
it
and I feel like the more happens the more
those cops who won abuse their power feel in power to do so
so that's that's basically what I'm saying and and I could be wrong about
that that's just my speculation
but she did god damn said
progress toward there really is a tragedy yeah describing the guys
needed help us all life a you know he's sick he's diseased
need help and costly did help in here cops:
were supposed to help people is cried out for his father
just at what point do you stop thinkin hey you know I think we got
I think we got it was just put cuffs or put it in the car maybe Taylor hospitals
as we speak ship
no why do you keep going I don't understand it I don't understand