Two former Fullerton, CA, police officers were acquitted in the 2011 beating death of Kelly Thomas, who was guilty of being homeless in the wrong place.
Tony Rackauckas took the boldest move in his long career in 2011 when he stepped up to a podium for a news conference and laid out his case against two Fullerton police officers he accused of killing Kelly Thomas. "The public has been crying for
The editorial board here at The Times began its day with an email discussion of Kelly Thomas' death. We frequently conduct debates on issues among ourselves while we go about our other business, to figure out whether we should weigh in on a particular
A jury has acquitted two officers on trial for the beating and death of Kelly Thomas, a homeless man with schizophrenia, as Scott Shackford notes below.
Tony Rackauckas, who tried former officers Manuel Ramos and Jay Cicinelli himself, stuck to his position that the Kelly Thomas case deserved to be brought before a jury. Still, the man who has been Orange County's district attorney for more than 15