said that he does plan to move forward with that civil suit the city has already settled with kelly thomas' mother for a million dollars however ron thomas is moving forward with a separate suit himself now this trial ramon has had a huge effect on this california town can you tell us some of the consequences of kelly thomas is jack and the. right for well well for a week there were protests outside of the fullerton police department for several weeks concerned residents were coming to city council meetings just angry and yelling at the city council eventually recalling three of their council members there's a and the police chief there for ten at the time of the beating ended up retiring early there was so much backlash and anger in the community about how this beating was treated in in there was this this image that the city and the police chief were projecting these officers now a guilty verdict would have been unprecedented never would have never has a police officer been convicted of murder while on d.n.a. and that's still the case and it's very rare for that to happen to a police off

talked to the media she said that her son was murdered and that these men had gotten away with it kelly thomas' father ron thomas echoed her sentiments saying that he was her inside and that this prove that we're not safe in the public now supporters of the thomas family set up a makeshift memorial at the scene of the death and are protesting today and will be protesting it in the coming days now the tape of the brutal beating was shown repeatedly in court but the defense ended up using it against the prosecutors saying that it proved that the officers were acting as if they had been trained now the f.b.i. said that it will continue to look at the case the evidence and at the testimony to see if there were any civil rights violations ron thomas a former law enforcement officer himself says that he will move forward with a civil suit the district attorney in orange county caucus says that he will not retry cincinnati and ramos and he will not go after joe wolf who had also been charged in the killing of kelly thomas. that was r.t. correspondent remember leno on. sandal's. according to the defen

they brought in their own expert witness saying that it was actually kelly thomas' drug use which weakens his heart and that was the reason for his death alternately the defense strategy was to go after the victim himself kelly thomas in the they tried to paint him as a dangerous character who had a tendency for violence and at the end they were able to put enough into the jury to where the were able to convict two former police officers and ramona why it doesn't seem like it was so difficult for prosecutors to convict police officers. yeah i mean it's very very rare for a police officer to even go to trial much less be convicted of a crime when it involves some sort of excessive force and in this case it was all caught on video but we have to remember that police departments and prosecutors work hand in hand on a daily basis so prosecutors really rely on police testimony to go after other criminals on a on a regular basis so this tie relationship really makes for a situation where da's are usually pretty reluctant to go after police officers because they know that they're going to have t

kelly thomas died five days after the struggle with police officers. the verdicts were returned this afternoon. >>> new jersey governor chris christie, federal investigators investigating his ties to federal relief funds. looking to see if christie illegally used sandy relief funds for ads of him and his

la situaciÓn se torna violenta y los policÍas empiezan a golpear a kelly thomas.ses en otros doblegarlo a poner las manos detrÁs. >> uno le decÍa, no puede respirar. les dice que no puede respirar. luego llegan otros dos policÍas mientras kelly sigue en el piso y continÚan editando. se escucharon descargas elÉctricas. se apoyan cada vez mÁs fuerte los gritos desgarradores del indigente que suplica por su vida al menos en 30 oportunidades. en la medida que su vida se empieza a apagar. minutos despuÉs, ya no se escuchan sus lamentos. estuvo en un hospital cinco dÍas y luego muriÓ. su padre reaccionÓ al veredicto. un mal policÍa ahora puede hacer lo que quiera. no importa si hay un vÍdeo grabado por sus propias cÁmaras. eso quedÓ en evidencia. >> mientras crece la indignaciÓn por la decisión del jurado. el jefe de policÍa pidiÓ calma a la ciudadanÍa. decenas de personas se congregaron en la estaciÓn de trÁnsito donde sucedieron los hechos. testigos de la paliza y no les dieron la oportunidad de testificar. autoridades de los angeles dijeron que los delitos en la ciud

fortunately the defense strategy was to go after the victim himself kelly thomas and made the trek to paint him as the devious character that what a tendency for violence and that the ends of the array with a pattern of doubt into the jury to wear a twenty one to convict the two former police officers. i am reminded of why he didn't seem like it was so difficult for prosecutors to convict police officers. yet ms gets very very rare for a piece of stitching even go to trial much less be convicted of a cry and when it involves some sort of excessive force and in this case it was all caught on video but whipped remember that but of police departments and prosecutors work hand in hand on a daily basis so the prosecutors really rely on police testimony to go after other criminals. on a regular basis so what does tie relationship really. that makes for a situation where the a's are usually pretty reluctant to go after police officers because they know that didn't have to rely on them for the cases have an incense all know what to expect here in there a chance for an appeal or perhaps for a

you know you mention the case of kelly thomas i think that's the most egregious one because even if it was i mean it was on camera we saw these cops savagely beating this man to death and they still get off scot free i mean what does that say about this is that even if we do have these things on camera i mean. well there is a lot of barriers to victims even when it's on camera. takes are a couple attorneys that take a lot of these these cases police brutality cases. and there's just so many you're hurdles one thing officers they ban together they're going to support each other and so when you when you interview one officer and they tend to there's a camaraderie there so oftentimes there's a story of that they line up they have that advantage another issue that comes comes that comes immediately into play as a is an officer he comes under this code of authority you know he's wearing a he has a weapon he's wearing the uniform he's wearing a badge i'm not all right there according to attorneys that represent these victims that they're already placed at a huge disadvantage in just stepping

hands of six fullerton police officers and not because of a bad heart caused by years of drug use kelly thomas got into an altercation with police officers on the night of july fifth two thousand and eleven after reports were called into the station about a man juggling quote car door handles at a bus depot parking lot the defense contends that the officers acted within the department's policy and that thomas fought with them form a full of ten officer manuel ramos has been charged with second degree murder and involuntary manslaughter for the police corporal jason only has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the use of excessive force a third officer joseph wealth will face trial later this month this is the first time in the history of orange county where police officers are on trial for their actions while on duty the case could be handed over to the jury by the end of this week. while still ahead here on our t.v. in for us states there are hundreds of complaints over a hydraulic fracturing this process to relieve it in. deeply buried natural gas has left locals fearing there cont

the explosion of video that we're seeing kelly thomas one example even on during the occupy movement that now infamous video of peaceful protesters on the ground you see those videos and the pictures speak for themselves whereas before it was really it's really really hard to get evidence when you're going up against a police officer. if the suspect is or the victim is dead that they cannot they cannot testify a lot of times where police brutality instances are high they tend to be in communities where people are a lower socio economic class so people are afraid to speak out and they already have this kind of tense relationship and distrust with law enforcement so abby i don't know i think i think what the story here is that there is there is no data base so even if we want to know we don't know and i think. what i came across from people that are concerned about this is that it's really going to take public pressure. maybe there is no law that mandates that that lawmakers come forward this that agencies report this so it could take. from the public to make it so that it's mandated t

the explosion of video that we're seeing kelly thomas one example even on during the occupy movement that now infamous video of peaceful protesters on the ground you see those videos and the pictures speak for themselves whereas before it was really it's really really hard to get evidence when you're going up against a police officer if if the suspect is or the victim is dead they cannot they cannot testify a lot of times where police brutality instances are high they tend to be in communities where people are a lower socioeconomic class so people are afraid to speak out and they already have this kind of tense relationship and distrust with law enforcement so abby i don't know i think i think what the story here is that there is there is no database so even if we want to know we don't know and i think. what i came across from people that are concerned about this is that it's really going to take public pressure. maybe there is no law that mandates that that lawmakers come forward this that agencies report this so it could take well now that they're no more on the public to make it s

the defense in the case they said kelly thomas was was overly that he was he was reacting and in a violent way he was a he was a suspect on the street who was who was uncontrollable but when you watch the video it doesn't really add up there's still a memorial here for kelly thomas more than two years after he was beaten by fullerton police officers when law enforcement uses such violent force they usually justify it saying that they feared for their safety but for victims' families that explained. doesn't make any sense there are signs that say that may be safer than ever to be a police officer on the streets today thirty three police officers were killed by gunfire in two thousand and thirteen according to a report by the national law enforcement officers memorial fund that's the lowest number since eighteen eighty seven in twenty twelve the f.b.i. recorded four hundred ten just a five zero homicides by law enforcement that only includes deaths where a felon was involved for some reason or other the police officers always found all they have to do is say i theory for my life i feared for

it showed kelly thomas struggling with six police officers. thomas's mother is outraged by the verdibility -- verdict. >> they got away with murdering my son. >> a third officer was awaiting trial but the orange county district attorney said the charges would be dropped. >> hundreds of thousands urged not to drink the water in west virginia can turn the tap on again. chemicals left the water undrinkable and untouchedable. jonathan martin is in charleston, where they are slowly bringing the system back online. >> while the state of emergency has been lifted it may be a couple of days before the citizens can use the tap water. priority is to the hospitals like those behind me. surgeries have been put on hold. they have been using watertankers. for many people things are slowly getting back to normal. >> russ fuller is relieved he has the okay to use his tap water again. >> that was the easy way to keep us messing with them. >> before noon on monday officials in west virginia lifted the do not use order that went in effect on thursday. >> i can do

kelly thomas died five days after the struggle with police officers. the verdicts were returned this afternoon. >>> new jersey governor chris christie, federal investigators investigating his ties to federal relief funds. looking to see if christie illegally used sandy relief funds for ads of him and his family. >>> a boag 737 landed at the wrong place yesterday, stranded on a very small runway, the faa investigates, substitute pilots flew the plane away today. west virginia governor says water is safe again in his state. officials say the chemicals still in the water but diluted to federal safety levels in most areas. those are the headlines. i'm john siegenthaler, america tonight is up next on al jazeera america. remember you can always get the latest news on are aljazeera.com and i will see you back here tomorrow night. >> th welcome back to inside story. i'm ray suarez. we're talking about the president's ability to make nominations when the senate is at recess. in the nlrb and many other departments were of longstanding but unable to either get a

anaheim is not indicative of the kelly family it was time to get across from thomas kelly's father says blocking cars and causing problems is not what this demonstration is supposed to be about. around one hundred fifty demonstrators gathered on saturday a in front of the fullerton police department to speak out against former police officers manuel ramos and jason snelling the protesters believe the death of kelly thomas highlights the systematic problem of police brutality art easel was all has more we've seen in india after image showing scenes like this the un force made using force to subdue people with guns and tons of tasers pepper spray or their bare hands. but even just a few bad apples or is there a systematic problem. it's hard to tell because accurate statistics are hard to come by. the fbi come titles crime information on just about everything and something called the chief of the uniform crime report. you won't find in that report is the number of the shootings that happened to release any information on police use of force. we asked the fbi if they had any recent statisti

opportunist saying they happen anaheim but it's not indicative of who kelly's army is what we're trying to get across to ron thomas kelly's father says blocking cars and causing problems is not what this demonstration is supposed to be about. around one hundred fifty demonstrators gathered on saturday in front of the fullerton police department to speak out against former police officers manuel ramos and jason nelly the protesters are believed to have caused the protesters believe the death of kelly thomas highlights systematic problems with police brutality liz wahl has more. we've seen image after image showing scenes like this. force men using force to subdue people with guns but tons of tasers pepper spray or their bare hands but is it just a few bad apples or is there a systematic problem well it's hard to tell because accurate statistics are hard to come by well the f.b.i. compiles crime information on just about everything and something called the chief uniform crime report but what you won't find in that report is the number of police shootings that have happened or really any information on police use of

the story sparked a massive outcry after this surveillance video was released, showing kelly thomas beingd by those police officers. all while he was crying out for his father. the officers argue that thomas had been resisting and was fighting back. but his family says that the officers got away with murder. >> part of me died that night with kelly. part of me died that night. part of me died in court. >> i can finally start a little bit of closure. it's not what i wanted. but i haven't even grieved for my son, i have been so on one track only. and it's time i do all of that. >> according to the "los angeles times," the fbi is now saying that it is going to review all of this evidence to see if any kind of further investigation may be necessary now that that court case stayedside in california is done. and i am joined by our legal analyst, danny cevali and lisa bloom. so lisa, let me begin with you. the fbi is getting involved. what might be up their sleeve? >> maybe some civil rights charges. it reminds me very much of the george zimmerman case, where there is an acquittal, a lot of peop

men well ramus and j cicinelli were charged with battering kelly thomas with the baton in stun gun, leaving him comatose. thomas died days later. the incident was captured on surveillance video that appears to show police threatening thomas as he sits on the ground and beating him even though he appears to show no resistance. thomas can be heard on the video pleading for help, apologizing and saying he can't breathe. prosecutors have decided not to pursue charges against a third officer accused in the incident. tally thomas's father reacted to monday's verdict in an interview with local news station knx 10 70. >> i'm feeling horrible. unbelievable,is completely innocent on all counts. i mean, they're brutally reading him to death. we all see that. yet their innocent on all counts. in real. >> following the verdict, protesters carrying candles gathered at the transit depot in fullerton, california or kelly thomas was fatally beaten. the senate has confirmed president obama's fourth nominee for the d c circuit court of appeals, consider the second most powerful court in the country. following

a 33-minute surveillance tape shows the officer and others piling on kelly thomas as he cried out fore convinced the jury that thomas was violent and mentally unstable. today today, a federal judge in philadelphia blocked the nfl's landmark concussion settlement with former players, pending further review. the monetary award totals $675 million, but the judge is not convinced that that's nearly enough to cover 18,000 retired players who might need treatment. james brown of cbs sports, the host of "the nfl today" and a special correspondent for cbs news, is with us now. j.b., what are the judge's concerns? >> she's saying essentially, scott, "prove it to me." she doesn't think that's nearly enough money. that if only 10% of those retired players had a claim, she doesn't think there's enough money in that fund to last throughout the life span. she thinks the numbers will be much higher. >> pelley: what are you hearing in and around the league today? >> there are a number of players, because there was a separate group of players who were very adamant about going after this, thinking the

the video showed kelly thomas struggling with six police officers while being placed under arrest. is outraged by the verdict. >> he got away with murdering my son. it's just not fair, so i guess -- i guess it's legal to go out and kill now. >> a third officer had been waiting to be tried in the case, but the orange county district attorney said the charges will be dropped. >> hundreds of thousands of people urged not to drink the war in west virginia can turn their taps on again. officials say the water is safe after chemicals rendered the water unturnable. they are slowly bringing the system back on line. >> russ fuller is relieved, can finally use the tap water again just before noon, west virginia officials lifted the do not use order that went into effect thursday. >> i can do laundry now, i can wash dishes. >> a chemical spill prompted a state of emergency. west virginia's governor said extensive testing showed the chemical are now below one part per million and meets federal standards. >> the numbers we have today look good, and we're finally at a point where the do not use o

this was kelly thomas in july of 2012.five days after six officer restrained him in a parking lot. thomas, who was schizophrenic, refused to listen to their orders, and despite what you saw in that photo, a jury found kelly thomas was not a victim of a crime. these two men who no longer work for fullerton police have been acquitted on all the charges listed here. here are these two former officers. part of the evidence jurors saw in this courtroom was surveillance video of this entire encounter. so again, we'll play part of this for you, but a warning, it is tough to hear. >> they are killing me, daddy. dad! >> it's a fight. >> yeah. >> relax. relax. relax. >> daddy. daddy. killing me. >> relax. relax. >> on the phone with me now, kelly thomas's father, ron thomas. mr. thomas, i am sorry about your son. let me just begin with, i am sure you have seen that video so many times, but to hear your grown son crying for you, what's that like, all these months later? >> well, it's still horrifying. especially the segment you playe

kelly thomas died in 2011, five days after surveillance cameras captured the fullerton officers hitting him with a baton and shocking him with a stun gun. police say the video shows the officers struggling with the combative suspect. a candlelight vigil was held in protest to the verdict. some wore shirts that read, "this is not justice". >>> at least some of the 300,000 people in west virginia waiting nearly a week to drink and bathe in their tap water are finally getting some relief. six days after that massive chemical spill in the elk river, 10,000 people are now being told that the water is safe despite a strong licorice smell. the chemical company responsible for the leak, freedom industries, had not been inspected since 1991. >>> the southwest pilot who landed a plane at the wrong missouri airport has been grounded along with his co-pilot. the plane took off yesterday from the smaller airport seven miles from its intended destination, and the black boxes have been sent to federal investigators in washington. 124 passengers were on board when the plane touched down on the short ru

on the heels of the not guilty verdict in the police officers who savagely beat a homeless man kelly thomas to death in a fortune california the jury system has once again failed to hold cops accountable for their actions you might remember the case of twenty four year old college football player jonathan for l after going to severe car crash while driving in north carolina for all manage to get in the car and stumble to a nearby house to seek help the woman at the house scared by for his presence called nine one one and three police officers arrived at the scene of the crime to save the woman distress officer randall kerrick maintained that for rel began acting aggressively when they arrived so naturally he shot the young man twelve times and killed him subset investigation by the charlotte mecklenburg police department a found that the shooting was excessive and that kerik had no legal right to discharge his gun it despite all the mounting evidence. against officer kerrick yesterday a grand jury and mounts that it will not indict him on manslaughter charges and asked what kerik and i aske

closing arguments continue in the case against two police officers accused of beating a man to death kelly thomas' last moments were captured on surveillance video and the footage has been used as evidence throughout the trial but this isn't the only video surfacing that alleges police brutality artie's meghan lopez has more today the family of keith vital is searching for answers after police shot and killed their eighteen year old skids. spring lake's police officers were called to the home of mark and mary wills lee the night of january fifth to help them subdue the ninety pound teenager who had a small screwdriver in his hand when they arrive police taste and then just seventy seconds into the confrontation shot and killed keith now this north carolina family wants to know why the three officers resorted to such extreme measures have you ever buried a child i have i know how hard it is ok i'm burying my second child because somebody murdered him and this was uncalled for and this is not how mental health patients should be treated this is just one of numerous allegations of brutality coming o

you heard kelly thomas' father. and you heard where he's at and you heard many cases involving the mentally ill and law enforcement in conflict swayings, and what do you think it comes to? when the jury sees this, is it law enforcement that they're trying to deal with? >> a lot of people or juries don't want to question what the police do. they don't understand police work, and they don't understand the responsibilities of police officers in these cases. >> but they want to stay home with the folks on the street. >> exactly, when you see a shaggy homeless person on the street, do you go up and talk to them? no, you walk the other way. most of us do. most don't want anything to do with these people because we fear that they might be dangerous and they might do something that we don't expect. and so people who are not trained to deal with the mentally ill approach them with all sorts of misconceptions, and a lot in some cases of unjustified fears. >> some of this has to do with the privilege of the mentally ill on the

closing arguments continue in the case against two police officers accused of beating a man to death kelly thomas in the last moments were captured on surveillance camera and the footage has been used as evidence throughout the trial but this isn't the only video surfacing that allegedly shows perry's retaliate artie's meghan lopez has more. today the family of keith vital is searching for answers after police shot and killed their eighteen year old schizo for an exxon boiling spring lake's police officers were called to the home of mark and mary will zoe the night of january fifth to help them subdue the ninety pound teenager who had a small screwdriver in his hand when they arrive please taste and then just seventy seconds into the confrontation shant and killed keith now this north carolina family wants to know why you the three officers resorted to such extreme measures have you ever buried a child i have i know how hard it is ok i'm burying my second child right now because. somebody murdered him and this was called for and this is not healthy mental health patients should be treated this is

closing arguments continue as the case against two police officers accused of beating a man to adapt kelly thomas and last moments were captured on surveillance video footage has been used as evidence throughout the trial. but this isn't the only video surfacing that alleges police brutality. rt is mega mofaz has more. today the family of keith vinyl is searching for answers after police shot and killed their eighteen year old skin. when spring lakes police officers were called the home of mark and mary wells ninth of january fifth to help them some deal and ninety pound teenager who had a small screwdriver in his hands. email riot police teams and in just seventy seconds into the confrontation shot and killed key. now miss north carolina family wants to know why either three officer is resorted to such extreme measure. he had given very good child. i had. i know how hard it is. update i'm carrying my second child and because i'm biting my hand and this was an item called for. and this is not the mental health patients should be treated. this is just one of numerous allegations of brutality comin

and surveillance video capture ad violent struggle between thomas and six police officers and a transit station in fullerton on july 5, 2011. kelly attorneys argued thomas was combative and ignore the officers' orders. a day after their acquittal the attorney said he would begin the process of trying to regain the post he lost. after residents took to the streets to protest, residents packed fullerton city hall to protest this. the decision lies with the city council. if they don't accept him he can still take it up with higher courts. kelly's father, ron thomas, was also at the meeting tuesday night. he joins me now for -- thank you so much, sir, for your time. obviously you want to express our condolences to your family for the loss of your son. i know you don't want this officer to get his job back. but what can you say to the city council at this point that wasn't revealed in court and in what you and the many supporters said? >> well, jay was out of the police academy for the los angeles police department two weeks when he encountered a real bad guy who shot him several times, including in the face. hay lost his left eye. as

fact that yesterday at the same time the helicopters were circling bieber's mansion the family of kelly thomas was grieving over the one of the biggest injustices in recent history their sons and murderers getting off scot free or the fact that a group of fifty nine senators are currently pushing to do you rail the peace process between washington and tehran in case you forgot for the first time in over thirty five years the presidents of both iran and the u.s. are on speaking terms and they're in the process of negotiating a historic agreement on their one condition now the u.s. will lift the harsh economic sanctions that isolated iran for years and in return iran will stop its high level enrichment of uranium and be more transparent and its nuclear. missions but nobody got time for peace especially senators robert menendez and mark kirk of the senate foreign relations committee who are sponsoring a bill seeking to add a fresh new round of crippling sanctions mendez calls it an insurance policy in an op ed he wrote for the washington post he describes the bill as a necessary contingency in ca