Two Fullerton, Calif., police officers will be tried in the death of a
mentally ill homeless man whose apparent beating by police was captured
on video, a judge ruled today.
Officer Manuel Ramos, 38, and Cpl. Jay Cicinelli, 40, are charged in the death of Kelly Thomas, 37 -- Ramos with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter, and Cicinelli
with involuntary manslaughter and assault or battery by a public
officer, according to The Associated Press. Both have pleaded not
guilty.
Attorneys for the officers have questioned whether medical treatment,
not the actual beating, could have resulted in Thomas' death.
"The grainy-but-gripping video of a homeless man being beaten to death
was the key evidence in the prosecution's successful effort to convince
the court to force a police officer to stand trial for murder in the
second degree," said Royal Oakes, an ABC News legal analyst, according
to ABC News Radio. Full Read
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