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September 27, 2012
[UPDATED With Wolfe Pleading Not Guilty:] KFI Says Charges Against Officer Joe Wolfe 'Imminent'
See Update No. 2 at the end of this post on ex-Officer Joe Wolfe being arraigned today on manslaughter and excessive-force charges.See Update No. 1 on a media report that the Grand Jury will convene to decide whether or not to indict a third officer involved in the Kelly Thomas beating.We don't know ... More >>
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September 22, 2012
[UPDATED: Ron Thomas Eases Tensions] Kelly's Army Fracturing Due to Questions of Money Raised and Ron Thomas
[See bottom of post for update.]ORIGINAL POST, Sept. 21, 3 p.m.: After more than a year of police brutality protests that launched a successful city recall election and saw two Fullerton police officers charged with killing mentally ill homeless man Kelly Thomas, Kelly's Army--citizens who banded to ... More >>
Blogs
September 20, 2012
Stepfather of Taser-Happy Cop Jay Cicinelli Blasts Fullerton for Clearing Kelly Thomas--Ron Thomas Responds!
John Huelsman, stepfather of former Fullerton Police Officer Jay Cicinelli, went on KFI-AM 640 this afternoon to blast the city council for its decision to clear Kelly Thomas of wrongdoing on the night he was beaten to death. No big surprise! Hueslman viewed the council's move as a pollution of ... More >>
Blogs
September 19, 2012
Kelly Thomas is Officially Innocent, Says Fullerton PD, A Year After Killing Him
Dan Hughes, Fullerton's acting chief of police, delivered a statement last night to the city council, effectively clearing mentally ill homeless Kelly Thomas of wrongdoing before cops beat him to death on July 5, 2011. "There is no evidence, of which the Fullerton Police Department is now ... More >>
Blogs
September 15, 2012
Fullerton Police Department Set to Officially Clear Kelly Thomas' Name Over A Year After His Beating Death
Ron Thomas is claiming another victory for his son Kelly who died following a merciless police beating last year at the Fullerton Transportation Center. In an email sent out to media outlets last night, Thomas said Acting Police Chief Dan Hughes will deliver a statement at next Tuesday's City Counci ... More >>
Blogs
July 17, 2012
Fullerton PD Officer Joe Wolfe Beat Himself Off the Force in Kelly Thomas Killing
Cue the song "Kiss him Goodbye" by the band Steam: Nah, nah, nah, nah, hey, hey, hey. The city of Fullerton announced today that Joe Wolfe, one of the six officers involved in the savage beating death of Kelly Thomas, has been fired.Wolfe, who helped beat Thomas, is the second officer to leave the t ... More >>
Culture
July 12, 2012
PAS Gallery's Piggish Kelly Thomas Exhibit
The Fullerton space's show dedicated to the beaten-to-death-by-cops homeless man has some good pieces, but others lack true insight
Blogs
July 9, 2012
Kelly Thomas Memorial Concert - Fullerton's Downtown Plaza - 7/7/12
The weekend remembrance of Kelly Thomas, the 37-year-old homeless man beaten to death by Fullerton cops one year ago, culminated with the second annual Kelly Thomas Memorial Concert echoing through the city's Downtown Plaza Saturday with eight bands, including OC punk legends The Adolescents, taking ... More >>
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July 6, 2012
Kelly Thomas Remembered at Candlelight Vigil
About 100 people gathered for a candlelight vigil at Kelly's Corner on Thursday night near the downtown Fullerton Bus Depot. The vigil marked the one year anniversary since Thomas, a 37-year-old mentally ill homeless man, was brutally beaten by six Fullerton Police officers at the exact spot.Ke ... More >>
Blogs
July 5, 2012
Kelly Thomas 1-Year Beating Death Anniversary Rung in with Lawsuit by His Father Ron Thomas
Proving yet again that what happens in the Kelly Thomas family does not necessarily stay in the Kelly Thomas family, the father of the slain homeless man is suing the city of Fullerton.The wrongful death lawsuit, filed by Ron Thomas on the one-year anniversary of his frail, 37-year-old schizophrenic ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2012
Punk Legends the Adolescents Set to Headline Kelly Thomas Memorial Concert
With the one-year anniversary of the fatal beating of Kelly Thomas on July 5, 2011 at the hands of Fullerton police approaching, the Adolescents will headline a free outdoor concert in his memory. The legendary local band that got its start more than three decades ago in the city will be joined by o ... More >>
Blogs
June 6, 2012
Orange County Election Results Trickle In But Todd Spitzer is Back on His Path to the White House
As we approach midnight, our Orange County Registrar of Voters claimed that in four hours he was only able to tabulate 2.7 percent of today's election votes and, because of that incompetence, I'm slightly pissed that I missed most of NBC's "Love in the Wild."Yet, I will go to sleep with a satisfied ... More >>
Blogs
June 6, 2012
[UPDATED with Documents Released] Mental Health Activists Still Waiting for Fullerton Police to Respond to their Public-Records Request
UPDATE JUNE 6, 9:23 P.M.: For the better part of 17 business days, Megan Osborn of Mind(ful) Liberation Project had heard nary a peep from the city of Fullerton. The organization sought to obtain, through public records requests, police training manuals and other documents related to mental health i ... More >>
Blogs
June 5, 2012
Kelly Thomas' Dad: I Want to be Fullerton's Mayor
Ron Thomas, the man whose 37-year-old son was savagely killed by Fullerton police last July, announced tonight that he eventually wants to be named the city's mayor.Thomas told the Weekly's Brandon Ferguson that he hopes Fullerton can reorganize as a charter city where the mayor runs the government ... More >>
Blogs
May 23, 2012
[UPDATE: Media Outlets Report More Officers to be Terminated] Ron Thomas Confirms Firing of Cops Who Beat His Son on KPCC's AirTalk With Larry Mantle
UPDATE, May 23, 5:34 P.M.: Citing unspecified media outlets, radio station 89.3 KPCC is reporting that all six officers involved in the Kelly Thomas beating have been given letters of intent to terminate. Be sure to read the original post below for our coverage of Ron Thomas's appearance this mornin ... More >>
Blogs
May 15, 2012
Ron Thomas Approached to Appear at Trayvon Martin Rally, Declines
Ron Thomas confirmed today he was approached by the Justice for Trayvon Martin Foundation, which sought his support along with civil rights leaders Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton for an April 26th rally in Los Angeles. The event was geared toward bringing attention to the unarmed Florida teen s ... More >>
Blogs
May 15, 2012
Kelly Thomas' Mother Gets Million Dollar Payout From Fullerton City Officials
To end a potential civil lawsuit against the Fullerton Police Department for savagely killing her son Kelly Thomas last July for no good reason, city officials tonight announced they will pay Cathy Thomas $1 million. The settlement, approved by a 5-0 vote, was announced at the city council's m ... More >>
News
May 10, 2012
Is Tony Bushala OC's Newest Kingmaker?
The founder of Friends for Fullerton's Future blog says his war on bad government didn't start with the Kelly Thomas beating, and it's not over yet
Blogs
April 16, 2012
Ron Thomas at CSUF Social Justice Summit: Defend the Homeless
"Here's that beautiful picture of Kelly on the right," said Ron Thomas, as he pointed to a portrait of his smiling son toward the end of his PowerPoint presentation on homelessness at Cal State University Fullerton's eighth-annual social justice summit on Saturday, April 14. "Right here, [Kelly ... More >>
Blogs
April 10, 2012
Ron Thomas Among Confirmed Speakers At CSUF's Social Justice Summit
One of the world's deadliest cities lies just south of El Paso, Texas: the border town of Ciudad Juarez. For nearly two decades, murder and rape have rocked the town, especially its women, leaving an estimated 10,000 unsolved and uninvestigated murders since 2007. The violence in Juarez is on ... More >>
Blogs
February 23, 2012
Kelly Thomas Beating Video Shown to his Father but not Mother Due to Court Battle
The lawyer for the mother of Kelly Thomas, the 37-year-old homeless man beaten to death by Fullerton police officers last July--told a judge today that District Attorney Tony Rackauckas is playing "inexplicable" games with his client's victim rights to access prosecution evidence.According t ... More >>
Blogs
February 21, 2012
Report: No Fullerton Cop Cover Up in Wake of Kelly Thomas Killing
The attorney charged with independently reviewing the police response to the Kelly Thomas killing presented his first report tonight to a special session meeting of the Fullerton city council and cleared the police of a cover up. Flanked by rows of buzzing television cameras in front of a pa ... More >>
News
February 2, 2012
John D. Barnett Is the Attorney for the Damned
[Moxley Confidential] The veteran criminal-defense lawyer insists his cop client didn't murder Kelly Thomas
Blogs
December 6, 2011
Sharon Quirk-Silva Voted In As Fullerton's New Mayor
Sharon Quirk-SilvaTonight, Fullerton got a new mayor.The shift in control comes after months of controversy and disagreement over the city council members' actions -- and inactions -- in the weeks and months after Kelly Thomas' beating death. In a 5-0 vote, Sharon Quirk-Silva became the city's ... More >>
News
November 24, 2011
The Fullerton Police Department Are the Bullies In Blue
Long before officers beat Kelly Thomas to death, the city's cops ran roughshod over anyone and everyone
Blogs
November 17, 2011
Jay Cicinelli, Fullerton Police Officer Charged in Kelly Thomas' Death, Won't Have His LAPD Pension Reviewed
Jay CicinelliEven though Fullerton stopped paying Cpl. Jay Cicinelli on Oct. 8 -- three months after he and other Fullerton cops beat Kelly Thomas to death -- he's still getting a fatty pension paycheck.And, today's vote by the board that oversees cop pensions in LA, ensured that that's not gonna ... More >>
Blogs
November 4, 2011
Pre-Trial Hearings For Manuel Ramos And Jay Cicinelli, Fullerton Cops Facing Charges In Kelly Thomas Killing, Continued Until Next Month
Manuel Ramos, left, and Jay CicinelliThis morning, Judge Erick L. Larsh continued the pre-trial hearings of two Fullerton officers facing charges in the beating death of Kelly Thomas. Last time Officer Manuel Ramos showed up at the Central Justice Center he wore a yellow jumpsuit and handcuff ... More >>
Blogs
October 19, 2011
'John and Ken Show' Broadcasts Live From Fullerton In Support Of Efforts To Recall The Mayor And Two Councilmen
Ed Carrasco John Kobylt, left, and Ken Chiampou As they stood a few hundred yards from Fullerton City Hall this afternoon, outspoken radio hosts John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou weren't shy about their disdain for three local politicians -- Mayor F. Richard Jones, Mayor Pro Tem Don Bankhead and Counc ... More >>
Blogs
October 13, 2011
Drugged-Up Dude Rams Into Ron Thomas' Parked SUV
No one seems to think it was sinister, but certainly "very, very strange." Yesterday afternoon, Ron Thomas stopped by a coffee shop in downtown Fullerton--only a five-minute or so walk from the Fullerton Transportation Center where cops beat his son, Kelly, to death in July. Thomas and sever ... More >>
Blogs
October 12, 2011
Fullerton College Student Says Cops Wrongfully Arrested Him And Beat Him Up in 2008
At a council meeting in Fullerton last week, a man said he thought the "flood gates" of complaints against the police department had only just started. Well, it looks like he might be right.A 23-year-old Fullerton College student was allegedly arrested on false charges of public drunkenness ... More >>
Blogs
October 6, 2011
Ron Thomas Calls On 'Kelly's Army' to Stop Protesting in Front of Fullerton Police Department
Three months and many chants and honks later, Ron Thomas is calling for an end--or at least a hiatus--to the Saturday morning protests in front of the Fullerton Police Department. Thomas, whose son, Kelly, was beaten to death by Fullerton policemen, told the Weekly he plans to put out an announ ... More >>
Blogs
September 29, 2011
[UPDATED with Cops Pitch In For Ramos' Bail:] Officer Manuel Ramos Released From Orange County Jail On $1M Bail Early This Morning
UPDATED, SEPT. 29 12:31 P.M: It looks like at least some of the money used to bail Officer Manuel Ramos out of jail came from fellow police officers. On the "Big City Cops" Facebook page, a man who identifies himself as Fullerton policeman Benjamin Lira asks fellow law-enforcement offic ... More >>
News
September 29, 2011
Kelly's Army Strong
The eclectic mix of protesters demanding justice for Kelly Thomas still has battles to fight, even after two officers were charged in his death
Blogs
September 28, 2011
DA's Charges in Kelly Thomas Case Prompt Families of Two Long Beach Men Shot by Police to Ask for Same Results
In the wake of Tony Rackauckas' decision to charge two on-duty policemen in the beating death of Kelly Thomas last week, families of two unarmed men who were fatally shot by Long Beach police officers within the past year are asking Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley to follow suit.Long B ... More >>
Blogs
September 26, 2011
Manuel Ramos, Cop Accused of Killing Kelly Thomas, Has Continued Arraignment This Morning
The arraignment of Fullerton Police Officer Manuel Ramos, who has been charged with murdering homeless man Kelly Thomas, was scheduled to be continuing this morning in Santa Ana.Ramos' defense attorney, John Barnett, is expected to ask Orange County Superior Court Judge Erick Larsh to reduce the ... More >>
Blogs
September 26, 2011
Judge Denies Officer Manuel Ramos' Request For Lower Bail; John Barnett, Ramos' Attorney, Calls Kelly Thomas 'Violent Felon'
Officer Manuel RamosAt the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana this morning, Fullerton policeman Manuel Ramos wore a yellow jumpsuit and sat behind a metal mesh wall separating him from everyone else in the courtroom -- including Kelly Thomas' relatives and several members of his own family. ... More >>
Blogs
September 22, 2011
Where Things Stand A Day After The D.A. Charged Two Fullerton Policemen In The Beating Death of Kelly Thomas
R. Scott MoxleyDistrict Attorney Tony RackauckasIt's been about 28 hours since the D.A. charged two Fullerton cops in the brutal beating death of Kelly Thomas.In some ways what happened yesterday changed things, and in others it didn't. Marcellus McRae, a former federal prosecutor who now wo ... More >>
Blogs
September 21, 2011
An Inside Look At Ron Thomas' Day At The District Attorney's Office and the Arraignment of The Two Fullerton Policemen Charged
Marisa Gerber/ OCWeeklyRon ThomasAs soon as Ron Thomas showed up at the district attorney's office around 10 a.m., reporters and members of "Kelly's Army" swarmed around him. That same clan would be there again an hour later when he learned that the D.A. charged two Fullerton policemen--Officer ... More >>
Blogs
September 21, 2011
Fullerton Police Chief Reacts to Charges in Kelly Thomas Case
Ed CarrascoFullerton Acting Police Chief Kevin HamiltonIn response to Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas' announcement of a second-degree murder charge against Fullerton Police Officer Manuel Ramos and an involuntary manslaughter charge against Corporal Jay Cicinelli in the death of ... More >>
Blogs
September 20, 2011
[BREAKING:] DA to Announce Charges (If Any) in Kelly Thomas Killing
Moments after receiving the county coroner's report regarding Kelly Thomas' cause of death, the Orange County District Attorney's office announced DA Tony Rackauckas is holding a press conference Wednesday morning "to discuss his filing decision following the OCDA's investigation of six Fullert ... More >>
Blogs
September 7, 2011
Kelly Thomas Died Of Blunt Force Trauma To The Head, Says Attorney Garo Mardirossian, At Press Conference; Medical Records Released
Ed Carrasco Medical records list Kelly Thomas' immediate cause of death as "brain death," caused by "head trauma."Kelly Thomas died of brain injuries, which resulted from blunt force trauma to the head, according to medical records released by Garo Mardirossian, Ron Thomas' lawyer. At a press ... More >>
Blogs
August 17, 2011
[UPDATED with Photos:] Fullerton Hires Independent Probe Into Kelly Thomas Beating, Dozens Speak At City Council Meeting
Michael GennacoAt last night's meeting, the city council voted to hire Michael Gennaco to conduct an independent review of the Kelly Thomas beating and the police department's practices. Earlier in the meeting, more than 50 Fullertonians spoke during the public comment section, many&nb ... More >>
Blogs
August 17, 2011
Ron Thomas Meets With Fullerton Mayor Dick Jones to Discuss His Son's Death-by-Fullerton- Cops
Ed Carrasco/OC WeeklyRon ThomasFullerton Mayor F. Richard Jones is "about ready to quit," Ron Thomas, father of police beating death victim Kelly Thomas, said after his two-hour one-on-one meeting.Speaking at Fullerton City Hall this morning, Ron Thomas said that after last night's raucous city c ... More >>
Blogs
August 13, 2011
Protesters Gather To Remember Kelly Thomas, Open Up About Personal Stories of Police Brutality
OCWeekly/ Marisa GerberThe group of people who gathered in front of the Fullerton Police Department for today's protest differed from last week's crew. Sure, the group was smaller this week--somewhere around 200 people showed up.But, the more marked change was the collective stepping back pr ... More >>
News
August 4, 2011
Fullerton Stands Up for Kelly Thomas
[Moxley Confidential] Businessman/blogger Tony Bushala isn't letting anyone forget Kelly Thomas' brutal death at the hands of Fullerton police
Blogs
July 30, 2011
Protest Fullerton Police Brutality Today; Victim's Vigil Tonight
Did police murder this man?If you're alarmed that six Fullerton police officers surrounded and then brutally beat to death an unarmed, mentally ill and petite homeless man earlier this month without any known consequences, you can gather with other concerned citizens today and protest.Organizers ... More >>
Blogs
July 30, 2011
"Justice For Kelly" Chanted at Vigil For Fullerton Police Brutality Victim
Protester Jon Hansen says he isn't the protesting type but this cop killing was murderA little after 8 p.m. tonight, scores of people holding candles and representing a cross section of society gathered around the flag pole in front of the Fullerton City. They chanted "Justice for Kelly!" T ... More >>
Blogs
July 25, 2011
[UPDATED W/FIRST VIDEO OF POLICE ARRESTING VICTIM:] Kelly Thomas' Officer-Involved Death Was Videotaped; Councilman Calls For Release to Public
UPDATED, JULY 25, 8:42 A.M.: Now comes the first video of police arresting Kelly Thomas, posted on Youtube and available through Fullertonsfuture.org. You can't see much besides onlookers milling around on the sidewalk, mostly blocking the view of a few police officers who appear to be crouching dow ... More >>
Blogs
July 18, 2011
[UPDATED with PD Protest PHOTOS:] Kelly Thomas' Retired Deputy Father Blasts Fullerton Police for 'Killing My Son'
UPDATE, JULY 18, 7:12 P.M.: The Fullertonian's Alex Stouffer was at this afternoon's Fullerton Police Department protest with camera in hand, and some of the resulting shots have been graciously shared with the Weekly.Among those who turn up in Stouffer's lens is Ron Thomas, the father of 37-year ... More >>
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