Fullerton Stands Up for Kelly Thomas

Bushala blocked my comments; Censored On Friends of Fullerton: To find out why look but don't touch freetibetbooks.wordpress.com. #988 ... Rons thamas' organizer Curt, sucker punched me…insisting that I participate at the ‘Kelly Thomas Memorial’ events; he gave me pics of Kelly to put in a book…I did put a pic from the papers in ‘The Jabberwocky’ blurb.com book. Ron… tried to sue me for unauthorized use of photos; the photo of Kelly is public domain. They Saw Me Coming: previously I had tried… to help Curtis…Curt insisted that I wanted to steal his ideas, a book about the transit system…my books are art books, not bus books…Curt was awe struck by my work…(but) no matter what I showed him or gave to him, he criminalized me. When I found out that he isn’t even homeless, but eats at Mary’s kitchen where he offers free bus passes (for a lewd fee) to homeless women, I felt hoodwinked. …They tried to play me like a slot machine. Ron posted to the ‘Friends of Fullerton’ blog: “This woman is out of her mind. ‘Kelly is dead so that Ralph’s can stay in business.’ Carolyn Phillips needs to leave me and Kelly alone. She has sent many E-Mails to me and some others with the same kind of BS. If anyone knows who she is, please get her some help.” –Ron (re: 2 emails offering the book as a gift, he never previewed it. He simply set his army of attack trained couch potatoes out after me with vitriolic internet libel; he didn't get anything off of me: he was mad.)

My condolences to the Thomas family. I am truly sorry for your lost, for I was almost murdered in the same fashion, in the same Orange County California; just four months prior.

On March 9, 2011 several Police brutally ordered a K-9 to attack an unarmed, California Registered (RN). The California Highway Patrol (CHP) in Orange County then attempted to cover up the incident.

Malik King, a reportedly Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) since nineteen and RN since twenty three, is said to have initially attempted to steal a car. Later, it was found he was the owner of that Mercedes. What ensued next on the part of several officers goes well beyond the bounds of simply trying to subdue their suspect.

The several police officers ordered a police K-9 to attack him while he was still fastened in his seat-belt; tasered multiple times while the K-9 attacked for over one minute and thirty seconds, then hand cuffed, slammed to the concrete, hog tied, beat and kicked in the head until unconscious. He was then taken to jail, accused of multiple felonies, and had to pay $50,000 for bail.

Despite witnesses and the clear brutality of the beating, kicking, tasering, and ordered K-9 attack, California Highway Patrol allowed several officers to remain active and attempted a cover-up. Violations of federal law occur when it can be shown that the force used was willfully "unreasonable" or "excessive". By signing this petition you agree that "unreasonable" or "excessive force" was used on Malik A. King on March 9, 2011 in Orange County, California.

The beating of Mr. King is sickening and disturbing. The police involved in the beating and cover up must be brought to justice. Tell Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas to thoroughly investigate and prosecute the officers involved in the brutality of Malik A. King,LVN,RN.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com...

Respectfully,Malik King,LVN,RN

this guy should get a medal from the city. without people like him, evil thrives. need to teach in school that the real danger doesn't come from individual tyrants - hitler, whoever, but from the people who enable them by doing nothing to stop them.

Where was Tony and FFFF before Kelly got his head caved in? Other than sitting around moaning what has he done for the hoards of mental case homeless wandering the streets of Fullerton.

If you beat a strayed dog to death in Fullerton..You should be in jail and waiting for murder trial by now.If you help your friend to kill strayed animal, you should be in jail and waiting for murder trial by now.Fullerton cops, politicans, officials, and unions should be waiting for their turn. You can dryclean your uniform or wipe out blood from your faces: blood stain has memory. It is only dead man can see a fair justice. Thomas Kelly watching all of you from above. He is still in Fullerton for his justice.

being bullies they could enter the fact he begged for help as a mitigating factor in their frenzy. typical

Good article, Scott, but you could write a little more about Kelly and a little less about Tony.

What is disgusting is that people in media and law enforcement were willing to cover this up. Shameful and once again it just goes to show that the people are worthless, yet they continue to display those stupid bumper stickers with I support law enforcement. Gullible people the cops don't give a damn about the average citizen, yet the average citizen is willing to support them. How can one do that?

When is the next protest?

"Police officials have told him in writing to stop publishing critical, investigatory articles about the recent gruesome killing by officers of an unarmed, slightly built 37-year-old homeless man."

Wow. The Gestapo has spoken.

this fullerton dont have any credibity polce is allow to write a crimal report while waching the video what joke this like taking a final exam with and open book.But it helps to twist the truth story the way they want to as a policy no other city has it for their police dpt.= cover up .every body nows that how stupid can they be.wonder WHY .

These guys were monsters! I understand that they get hardened against the constant pathetic crying of the homeless and gang members...but they beat this guy to sh*t, and he was not a hazard to society. They just got off on it

We need a lot more guys like you Tony Bushala.Thank you

I thank you guys for writing this article. However, one of the reasons I am not a big fan of your publication is because of the knee-jerk Leftist childishness of many of your opinions, such as the photo caption, "Sticking it to the man".

I posted this on my Facebook page, because I think it's an important issue. I just wish you guys would grow up and realize that the system of Laws, and hierarchy of the legal institutions, we have in place in this great Nation, are exactly that which give you the right to make the, sometimes, outlandish statements you make.

Prpos to you bushala, these sick above the law jerks needs to to be placed beneath the jail cells and left to rot. How would they feel if their family was done in by gang members hiding behind a badge. These are no cops, they are animals. Real cops are fully trained to deal with the public in a professional manner. It do not take six sick cowardly suckers with weapons to beat down and murder a young ill man. These are pure idiots with reguards for human life. How in the hell can they possibly sleep at night knowing they snuffed out an innocent life who was pleading and calling for his farther. They are heartless criminals and should be treated as such. I warn the folks of fullerton to please be aware of their so called police department since after this incident, no telling what these jerks will do to you. Keep up the fight in this victums name.

This is a hate crime. What the police are doing across our country is murder and sometimes premeditated murder. We all have friends who are police officers who we respect. They will be the first to tell you that they can not do anything about it. One way or the other they will end up silenced. Witnesses will change statements based on police and DA pressure. Within two months of my son's killing I was audited by IRS. I pay my taxes and never complain. It turned out to be a joke. I have a hard time praying theses day's but I do pray for Kelly's family. See Neil Gunn Burbank PD, David Hall SDPD.

I worked under Chief Sellers when he was at Laguna Beach- talk about a lack of leadership. I got the sense from him that he was just going through the motions and cruising to retirement. He could care less about the City and made no significant contribution during his short stay, so I'm not surprised that he's away in the Caribbean while this stain on his department and community gets bigger and bigger. Total lack of leadership, he should resign.

Kelly was just sitting on a park bench. No one saw him breaking into cars. He ran beacuse the police were scary and threatenin­g, and he had schizophre­nia. Six police savagely and incessantl­y hogtied him, slammed his head on the concrete curb, beat him, stomped him, drop kneed his nose and throat, tased him 6 times, and when the taser stopped firing, used the butt end of the taser pistol grip to repeatedly hammer Kelly's head until blood spurted out all over. Kelly cried for mercy, for God, for his Dad, until he was finally silenced, but the pummelling of his limp carcass continued even after he fell into a coma. The police bragged about their conquest of this defenseles­s soul the next day and continued to work on patrol up until one month after the killing, only until they were placed on paid leave after Kelly's dad stood up for his dead son and demanded an investigat­ion. The police chief and DA investigat­or are good friends and are trying to cover this up and hoping it will all blow over. They should all be fired and put in jail and be made an example that this type of brutal police killing of helpless, defenseles­s persons should never ever happen again in our civilized society.

Thank you Tony, and thank you Scott. Early on I was so worried this would get buried, but I'm starting to think we may see justice done.......there's surely too much light now and no wiggle room to sleaze out of this. Even here in northern Cal, all the way to NY, and across the pond, Kelly's story is getting out and people are horrified at what these cops did. Keep the spotlight shining brightly till these venomous snakes are no longer a threat to the public they were supposed to protect and serve. And to all the good cops out there........be patient, people are angry and saying things about cops that they don't really mean. When justice is done, the respect will return.

Anon, please locate and provide the video to the citizens.

large portions of orange county really aren't much different politically, morally or socially today than the deep south of the 50's

“Cops must be unleashed, and allowed to administer instant punishment … unleash the cops to clear the streets of bums and vagrants. Where will they go? Who cares?”

~Murray RothbardAmerican author and economist of the Austrian School who helped define modern Libertarianism

Maybe these cops were Libertarian.

Before becoming a Fullerton City Council member Pat Mc Kinley was the chief of the Fullerton police department. While chief, Mc Kinley hired a former LAPD police officer and it was that officer was involved in the beating of Kelly Thomas. Investigating the history of that former LAPD officer's conduct while on the LAPD force may be instructive when trying to understand how an officer could beat a suspect so agressively. McKinley should be held accountable for the hiring of this officer. Chief Seller's silence exemplifies the culture of the Fullerton police department. Until now, the department has not been closely investigated. It is time to do so.

Well, over at the Liberal OC, we're having important discussions too!!

You know they want to build a soccer feild in Santa Ana, and even though we don't live there and nearly every opponent is a hard core whire republican, WE OPPOSE IT TO.

Thats community service! Why is this guy getting all the credit??? All he did was complain about an unjust murder, that never happens in IRVINE. Oh By the way, Sal Tinerjo bought a new car......what does sean think about that.

Go Tony!

Sagon Penn had killed a San Diego police officer in self defense in the mid 1980s, then was acquitted of all charges, because the defense attorney had successfully argued that the San Diego PD was racist. Who thinks Penn would've received justice had he not taken matters into his own hands?

Bush and company are community heros.

They have long rankled the establishment and the other blogs (who I bet will soon pick up this story and never mention FFFF).

We could all steal a page from this guys book. Protecting and defending the weakest among us is leadership. Beating them to death is cowardice and criminal.

It makes me sick that none of these cops will ever get what they deserve for this. If it was 5 brothers beating to death, a man who raped their sister, they'd get life. Police who beat down a homeless man for no reason until his skull caves in get the benefit of the doubt? This is disgusting. Even as an atheist, I hope there is a god that can judge these filthy animals for what they're doing to the hard working citizens of the United States. The police deserve nothing less than total revolt at this point.

I am a Placentia resident and I am outraged!!! I so wish this would've gotten the national publicity it deserves!!!! But unfortunately, Kelly was considered a "homeless man"...and as a result considered a loss to society anyway. If he was a minority...or healthy young man...this would have been an outrage!!! So many of our homeless are falling through the cracks of getting treatment as a result of budget cuts...and many return to the streets after the "system" cannot help. In this case..."the system" dealt him a double wammy!!!

The officers in charge should be held to a higher standard than anyone else...as they are placed in a power position to "serve and protect". I hope the officers in charge will be held fully accountable!

http://justiceforkelly.com Support the cause

hey you dumb arse 6 cops, how does it feel to have your brutal cover up national news now. im sure you giggled on the night you were cowards, but legal payback is a bich.

After BART police killed a homeless man last month in San Francisco, which is the 2nd person killed by the police inside our regional transit system in the past 18 months, my form of protest, to avoid being disruptive but to drive the point home is this - when I see a BART cop, I clasp my hands on top of my head, and I keep my focus on the cop's hand and his gun. I want him to see that I am no threat, and that I am concerned that he is a threat.

Writing about it and using quiet displays of disapproval and ostracism are good tools. Disrupting the general public (as has happened up here in response to these killings) is a horrible tactic, since it alienates most of the people you want to win over.

I don't blame a police state for this however. California actually has too few cops from my East Coast perspective. It's poorly-trained, poorly-supervised, poorly-mentored young meatheads and middle-aged burnouts on the force who are the problem. A smarter police force is the answer.

Keep up the good work Mr. Bushala.

Thank you Tony Bushala and all those insisting on, and working for, justice for Kelly Thomas. I wound up moving over a noise disturbance issue from the neighbor's kids. It got really frightening when I learned that they had police relatives and the Temple City Sheriffs often as not would hassle me for making the complaints in the first place (and unbelievably, was in fear for my own safety on several occasions).

Bullies with badges are not to be tolerated in any free society, particularly murdering bullies.

Btw, before I came to comment here, I was reading much good work at "Friends for Fullerton's Future" blog. Glad to know someone with the integrity of Mr. Bushala is behind it.

Great piece of reporting, Mr. Moxley.

These men killed Kelly Thomas

Officer Jay Cicinelli was thereOfficer Kenton Hampton was thereOfficer Manny Ramos was thereOfficer Joe Wolfe was thereOfficer James Blatney was there

If you ever witness something like this, stop it. Make a move and physically stop it. At some point during this incident they became unfit for duty. Now they are murderers. It is then your duty to stop them.

Posted by me, Shrox

Do not let them get away with murder an innocents and stand up for yourselves and future generation.

You small voice is very important.White House: http://www.whitehouse.gov/Preserve our Justice System from DestructionU.S Dept. of Justice: http://www.justice.gov/Justice for Kelly ThomasCA Governor Ed Brown: http://gov.ca.gov/

Well written and informative. Keep up the good work and don't be afraid.

As a former OC resident, former journalism student, someone who met Kelly as a teenager and a crusader against the ever-evoloving poice state......... I give this piece 3 thumbs up!