A District Attorney in Fullerton California claims there is no evidence that police intentionally tried to kill a homeless man who died after being savagely beaten beyond recognition and ultimately killed by police officers.
Earlier last week, Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas said that there is no evidence the officers intended to kill Kelly Thomas, but are still in the process of trying to determine if officers used excessive force in his death.
“How can it be inconclusive when his face was so bashed in?” said Ron Thomas, Kelly’s father, in response to the District Attorney’s finding. Such a result appears logical considering the extent to the beating. A hospital-bed photograph Ron Thomas took as his son lay in a coma shows a face grotesquely swollen and bloody, eyes blackened.
Ron Thomas is a former investigator for the Orange County sheriff’s department and wants murder charges filed against the officers.
According to the USA Today, he said doctors showed him MRI scans revealing his son suffered two severe types of brain injury, one a lack of oxygen because his heart stopped, and the other blunt-force trauma.
“They just beat the hell out of him,” says Cathy Thomas, Kelly’s mother.
The incident has resulted in a massive backlash against the Fullerton police department, the Chief of Police, the officers involved, the city council members, and the Mayor. Already Chief Michael Sellers has taken a “30-day medical leave” and is not expected to return to his post.
Mayor Richard Jones, 78, a retired Air Force doctor and plastic surgeon, says he needs to know the cause of death.
Comments that did not win him any support in the community.
“I will say these are gruesome injuries, but I’ve seen worse in people who survived,” Jones said. “I don’t know why he died.”
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