Two former officers found not guilty in death of Kelly Thomas
Thomas' family quietly sobbed as the verdict was read. His mother emerged from the courtroom with red-rimmed eyes. "They murdered my son and they got away with it," she said.
The case was the first in the county's history in which an officer faced murder charges for actions taken on duty. But jurors agreed with defense attorneys that the officers were trying to subdue an unruly suspect, not beat him to death.
"They did what they were trained to do," said John Barnett, Ramos' attorney.
Jurors were quickly escorted from the courtroom by bailiffs and left the courthouse without commenting on the widely watched case.
Ron Thomas, Kelly's father and a former deputy himself, said he hoped that the U.S. Justice Department would file federal charges against the officers. The FBI had been investigating and monitoring the case.
"I've never seen something so bad happen to a human being, and have it done by on-duty police officers," Thomas said. "And they can walk away scot-free."
In NYC media killing any news on Ramos Trial and NYPD Whistle Blower lawsuit by Adrian Schoolcraft. I was savagely attacked Dr Andrew Fagelman's office and NYPD fixed threatening me coercing me. No arrests not news. In NYC there are families crying out for Justice claiming NYPD killed their children past and present No Justice.
The video below --- proof I was savagely assaulted at the MD office and ask Mike Bloomberg who says we have a right to be safe out on the streets why Dr Fagelman's receptionist Delita Hooks was not arrested for assault and a false cross complaint which you can read below. Ask Ray Kelly and his puppet head of Internal Affairs in my opinion why IAB allowed Det John Vergona who coerced me a serious crime as well --- why did IAB allow him to retire and why is Ray Kelly defending his Det John Vergona for coercing me to drop charges? http://www.scribd.com/doc/188752042/NYPD-Commissioner-Ray-Kelly-Charles-Campisi-DI-Ed-Winski-Lt-Agnes-Lt-Angelo-Burgos-IAB-Sgt-Mary-O-Donnell-Sgt-Chen-Det-Andy-Dwyer-Det-John-Ve
http://www.scribd.com/doc/173385168/Dr-Andrew-Fagelman-Receptionist-Office-Manager-Delita-Hooks-False-Criminal-Report-to-NYPD
Emotions Flow as Calif. Police Acquitted in Death - ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=21520031&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2F
From Associated Press
"Thomas, 37, died five days after a violent confrontation with six officers in July 2011. A surveillance camera at the busy transit center where the incident unfolded captured him screaming for his father again and again and begging for air as the police kneed him, jolted him with an electric stun gun and used the blunt end to strike him around the face and head.
It was a rare case in which police officers were charged in a death involving actions on duty. Jurors took less than two days to reach their verdicts."
