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If a recent night out at Dennys is any indication, public life may not go back to normal any time soon for one California police officer even after being acquitted of murder.
Former Fullerton, California, police officer Manuel Ramos was one of two officials accused of beating a homeless schizophrenic man named Kelly Thomas to death back in 2011. Thomas was beaten and tasered multiple times during the confrontation, which left him in a coma. He died five days later in a hospital bed.
In a controversial trial that ended in January, both the 39-year-old Ramos and former Corporal Jay Cicinelli were found not guilty.
Although Ramos has been spared jail time, the rest of his public life looks like its going to be more complicated, at least in the short term. Ramos doesnt live in Fullerton anymore, but some time after his acquittal he found himself visiting a local Dennys restaurant in the area, and local diners were not pleased to see him there.
According to a blog post by Orange County Weekly, Ramos was confronted by customers sitting next to him to the extent that he stood up and left the restaurant. A photo was also snapped of Ramos and posted on Facebook, with the caption reading:
"So last night at Dennys we saw this cop (the one that killed Kelly Thomas) his ass SHOULD be in jail.. & thank fully the people next to him complained and he got up and left .. I hope it is like that the rest of your life going places, Kelly Thomas has no choice of doing anything he wants to do cause of you .. enjoy your freedom.
http://rt.com/usa/fullerton-cop-kelly-thomas-killing-902/
JI7
(89,283 posts)liberalhistorian
(20,822 posts)And I'm very glad to see this and may he continue to experience it. It will never make up for the life he ruthlessly snuffed out while the kid was screaming for help from his father and to please stop (makes me physically ill every time I think of it), but it certainly warms my heart to know that he will NOT have an easy time of it and will be held to account time and time again in public and hopefully every other area of his life.
And I wish the media would quit calling it a "confrontation". It was NOT. It was an ambush and an attack, ending in vicious murder.
dhill926
(16,380 posts)jsr
(7,712 posts)Cha
(297,935 posts)corporatemediawhores won't do anything but we have the power of the 5th Estate.. if that would be used correctly.
RIP Kelly Thomas~
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)I admit, I'd love to see fucking bastard POS's like this guy get what he so richly deserves right NOW, but
..it's not my call. Unfortunately.
But the power of communication
..unmediated by centralized "PTB's". No wonder They want to shut down the webz.
Cha
(297,935 posts)LibDemAlways
(15,139 posts)so much so that showing his mug in public becomes a living nightmare. He is a complete waste of DNA and a total POS scumbag.
damnedifIknow
(3,183 posts)He should be eating prison food not Denny's. That jury was a joke.
LibDemAlways
(15,139 posts)old rightwing assholes. The OC is full of them.
jsr
(7,712 posts)Gang members are vengeful.
Eyerish
(1,495 posts)I hope the FBI investigation leads to charges....
Egnever
(21,506 posts)he got run out of Denny's LOL
bravenak
(34,648 posts)And the next town, and so on, so forth.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)SamKnause
(13,114 posts)After the jury viewed the video numerous times during the trial, I will never understand their verdict.
I hope they have many sleepless nights as well.
We will not forget you Kelly Thomas.
Thank you citizens for confronting this killer, but remember always do so in a crowded place.
This man is a killer and should not be trusted in public.
mimi85
(1,805 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)WillyT
(72,631 posts)gopiscrap
(23,766 posts)passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)I still can't get the image of that beating out of my head and heart. And I know his family can't either.
Vashta Nerada
(3,922 posts)JackInGreen
(2,975 posts)and be branded into his skin for the rest of his days so he may know no rest from his abuse of power and murderous nature.
ReRe
(10,597 posts)... sayeth the public."
Th1onein
(8,514 posts)Let's run him out of every place he tries to go to.
frylock
(34,825 posts)and fuck tha police.
reddread
(6,896 posts)especially these two.
thanks
and great work out there people!
LuvNewcastle
(16,864 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)damnedifIknow
(3,183 posts)It takes a sick sob to do something like that.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Has that trial started yet?
sulphurdunn
(6,891 posts)It's easy if you understand how little incentive DAs have to prosecute cops for murder.
cpamomfromtexas
(1,247 posts)Hope it gets out that this is what he did
Blood on his hands too
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