May 14, 2013 By John Seiler Cops are getting out of control, especially in California. Not yet two years since the Fullerton police beat to death homeless man Kelly Thomas on July 5, 2011, comes this: "Blood stains are still visible on the sidewalk at the corner of Flower Street and Palm Driv...
Posts Tagged ‘Kelly Thomas’Kern County sheriffs seize cell phones to hide killing of citizenMonday, May 13th, 2013Others feel wrath of police unionsSaturday, October 27th, 2012 Oct. 28, 2012 By Steven Greenhut FULLERTON -- Many people were outraged this summer after a private investigator, with ties to a law firm that represents 120 police unions in California, made an apparently false police report that a Costa Mesa councilman stumbled out of a bar, appearing drunk,... Report on Thomas death recommends police reformsTuesday, August 28th, 2012Editor’s note: This is the third part of a three-part series on how the homeless and mentally ill are treated in California. Part One was about the Kelly Thomas beating and death. Part Two was about how L.A. sheriffs deal with the homeless. Aug. 28, 2012 By Tori Richards The videota... L.A. Sheriffs set the standard for dealing with the homelessMonday, July 9th, 2012 Editor's note: This is the second part of a three-part series on how the homeless and mentally ill are treated in California. Part One was about the Kelly Thomas beating and death. July 9, 2012 By Tori Richards Welcome to 450 Bauchet St., a 10-acre compound in the heart of downtown Los Ange... Kelly Thomas killing aftermath: Reforming how cops deal with the homelessThursday, July 5th, 2012Editor's note: Today marks a year since Kelly Thomas, an unarmed homeless man, was severely beaten by Fullerton police. He died five days later. This is the first of a three-part series. July 5, 2012 By Tori Richards An outside investigation into whether police officers violated policy lead... Homeless man’s death stirred a furorMonday, May 14th, 2012May 14, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- Those who don't understand why Fullerton residents are about to recall three of their city councilmen on June 5 ought to spend 33 minutes watching the videotape that District Attorney Tony Rackauckas released of Fullerton police officers confrontin... Cops Need Training On HomelessSunday, August 21st, 2011 John Seiler: In more sensible times, police knew just from common sense not to beat a homeless man to death, as happened last month in Fullerton to Kelly Thomas. Nutty people were tolerated. Or they were shuffled off to mental institutions. I don't want to bring back sending eccentrics to the ... But California IS a Police StateWednesday, August 17th, 2011 John Seiler: Our CalWatchDog.com editor-in-chief Steven Greenhut posted a shocking a new column on LewRockwell.com, the most popular libertarian site on the Internet. Title: "But America IS a Police State." He specifically references the beating-to-death last month by Fullerton police of a har... To end police abuse, punish abusersTuesday, August 16th, 2011AUGUST 16, 2011 By MARK CABANISS Let us be clear: Kelly Thomas’ death was not a “tragedy’ during a “confrontation,” or an “altercation"; it was a gang killing in which six men beat to death a small, mentally ill man who was completely unconscious as the final death blows fell. ... Fury Over Police Beating-DeathMonday, August 15th, 2011 AUG. 15, 2011 A new cable TV police series, "Against The Wall," is about a woman from a family of Chicago police officers who becomes a detective in the department's Internal Affairs unit. This causes outrage among her police brothers and father, who view such internal oversight as treasonous. I ... |