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Fullerton Police!!! You fucking bastards! If only some people there had guns and could have protected that homeless man and shot your asses! YOU FULLERTON SCUMBAGS. FUCK YOU AND THE WHORES THAT BRED YOU!!!

Police Brutality Associated Press – Mon, May 7, 2012

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Fire Capt. Ron Stancyk found the Fullerton transit hub teeming with police last July when he arrived at the scene of a bloody arrest.

He referred one officer with cuts and bruises to be cleaned up then noticed a shirtless, handcuffed man lying on the ground maybe 15 feet away. His skin tone was ashen, his hair and face bloody, and he was breathing slowly.

"Nothing was being done," Stancyk, a Fullerton paramedic with 20 years of experience, told an Orange County judge on Monday.

His testimony was part of a preliminary hearing to determine whether sufficient evidence exists for two Fullerton police officers to stand trial in the death of Kelly Thomas, 37, a mentally ill homeless man who prosecutors say was pummeled in a confrontation with authorities and later died.

The incident, which spawned a federal civil rights probe and fueled weeks of protests by Fullerton residents, occurred during an investigation of reported car burglaries at the transit hub where numerous buses come and go and commuters park.

Officer Manuel Ramos, a 10-year-veteran of the department, is accused of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. Cpl. Jay Cicinelli, who has worked in Fullerton since 1999, is charged with involuntary manslaughter and excessive force. Both have pleaded not guilty.

During the hearing, prosecutors showed the court a slideshow of officers' cuts and bruises, and Thomas' bloodied face and closed purple eyes as he was being treated by medical personnel.

Prosecutors also plan to screen city surveillance video for the first time and include audio from recorders worn by some officers.
Dawn Scruggs, a forensic specialist with the Fullerton Police Department, said Ramos was holding his rib cage and was out of breath when she arrived at the transit hub. Appearing exhausted, he told her he had never had anyone fight him like that before, she testified.
"He looked like he was in disbelief of what just happened," Scruggs told the court.
Cicinelli, whose right pant leg was smeared with blood, was also tired, she said.
"He was in awe, like oh my God, I can't believe this," she said. "This guy just would not stop fighting."
Prosecutors say the beating began after two officers responded to reports that a homeless person was looking in cars and rattling door handles.
The officers stopped Thomas and searched his backpack and asked him to sit on the curb. Thomas, who suffered from schizophrenia, had trouble complying, prosecutors said, at which point Ramos put on a pair of latex gloves, leaned down and threatened him with his fists.

At that moment, what began as a fairly routine police investigation turned into a beating, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors say Ramos punched Thomas in the ribs, tackled him and lay on him to pin him down. They say Cicinelli, who arrived on the scene later, used a Taser four times on Thomas as he screamed in pain and also hit him in the face eight times with the Taser.

Thomas lost consciousness and was taken to a hospital. He was taken off life support and died five days later.

The coroner concluded that Thomas died from mechanical compression of the thorax, which made it impossible for him to breathe normally and deprived his brain of oxygen. Other face and head injuries contributed to his death, prosecutors said.

Six Fullerton police officers responded to the incident. All were placed on paid administrative leave and are facing an internal investigation, but only Ramos and Cicinelli were criminally charged.

At Monday's hearing, Stancyk said an unconscious Thomas was placed on a gurney, wheeled into an ambulance and given a breathing bag.

On the way to the hospital, his heart stopped and he was given CPR, Stancyk said. Once he arrived, medical staff stabilized and intubated him, and sent him to a regional trauma center, he said.

About three dozen supporters of Thomas attended the hearing before Superior Court Judge Walter Schwarm.

John Barnett, Ramos' attorney, said last week that he did not believe prosecutors would put forward sufficient evidence to try the officers on homicide charges.

"Officer Ramos was doing not only what he is permitted to do, but what he is required to do," Barnett said.

A bus surveillance tape previously showed agitated witnesses describing how officers beat Thomas and used a stun gun on him repeatedly as he cried out for his father. A cell phone video taken from a distance was posted online after the incident.

The FBI launched an investigation to determine if Thomas' civil rights were violated. That probe is ongoing. The city of Fullerton is also conducting an internal investigation.

Mary Vanouse - City of Oswegos - Community Development Director

Vanouse! This woman is a joke and is dumb as they come. Her knickname is the "Babysitter". Mary Vanouse got this name because she didn't have a job so she started baby siting this SUNY Oswego Professor kid. And soon after the college professor was banging Vanouse. Well of course the wife found out about it and she divorced her husband.

Way to go Mary, you can't move your ass at work, but you put out if you can get something from selling it you "SKANK!" Wonder who's cock Vanouse sucked to get the job as Community Development Director?