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Kelly Thomas Death: Two Officers to Stand Trial For Homeless Man's Beating
Two police officers in Fullerton, Calif., have been ordered to stand trial for the death of Kelly Thomas, a 37-year-old mentally ill homeless man.
Thomas died in July 2011 from injuries sustained during a violent arrest by six Fullerton officers, part of which can be seen in the video below.
Fullerton police officer Manual Ramos approached Thomas while responding to a call that someone was peering into cars at the town bus depot.
Surveillance video at the depot was running during the incident, and officer Ramos was also recorded by a device he was wearing on his uniform.
Synced together, the audio and video formed the key evidence shown in court during a preliminary hearing to decide whether to try the officers.
Kelly Thomas, who is shirtless and sporting a full beard the night of the arrest, was a well-known fixture at the bus depot before that night.
In the video, Manual Ramos approaches him and tells him repeatedly to extend his feet in front of him and to put his hands on his knees.
After several minutes, the tape shows a visibly annoyed Ramos putting on latex gloves and, using expletives, threatening Thomas with his fists.
The confrontation escalates, and Thomas is seen trying to run from Ramos, who hits him with a baton. Soon after, another officer assists Ramos.
Thomas apologized and insisted that he can't breathe. In all, six officers tried to subdue Thomas, who is heard in the recording crying for help.
Thomas fell into a coma and died five days later after being taken off life support. Kelly's father, Ron, says the recording is too difficult to watch.
The judge reviewing the evidence this week halted proceedings as audience members gasped and cried out as the video was screened.
Ron Thomas says those haunting cries have pushed him to seek justice for his son.
For weeks last year, dozens of supporters rallied in front of Fullerton's police headquarters demanding that the officers be prosecuted.
Under pressure, the chief of police took a leave of absence, then resigned, and three City Council members have been targeted for recall.
Orange County D.A. Tony Rackauckas personally presented the case and took the extraordinary step of charging Ramos with second degree murder.
Officer Jay Cicinelli faces lesser charges, including involuntary manslaughter.
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CapsulePen Is A Pen-Shaped Pill Case That May Resurrect The Pocket Protector
This is clever. A new Kickstarter project aims to disrupt the pill case market. True, it's not the sexiest industry in the world, but it's ripe for some disruption, since there just so happens to be a huge market for it and there's very little, if any, differentiation between current competitors. So what is it? Well, in a few words, it's a pill case that's shaped like a pen, fittingly named the CapsulePen.gary carter this means war bobby brown suzanne somers colbert colbert report legionnaires disease
Friday, May 11, 2012
Simple firmware updater for Raspberry Pi released, won't speed up your order
Getting hung up by having to constantly reinstall the firmware while working with your Raspberry Pi? So was developer Hexxeh (of ChromiumOS fame) who apparently got fed up enough to write his own tool that greatly simplifies the process. Thankfully for the thousands of other folks lucky enough to get their hands on their own Raspberry Pi already, he also recently went ahead and released the tool for free. Hit the source link below for all the necessary details to get started with it.
Simple firmware updater for Raspberry Pi released, won't speed up your order originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 May 2012 05:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Report: Foxconn Chief Says His Company Is Preparing for ?Apple iTV?
In a press conference in Shanghai on Friday, Foxconn's chief Terry Gou made some revealing -- yet cryptic -- comments about Apple's rumored television set.
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