. >> reporter: in court today, fullerton police officer manuel ramos was charged with second degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. corporal jay cicinelli faces involuntary manslaughter and excessive force. he pled not guilty. both are accused of beating to death a schizophrenic homeless man, 37-year-old kelly thomas. >> the biggest shame about the case is that it didn't have to happen. it could have been avoided. >> reporter: the victim's father, a retired sheriff's deputy, was in the courtroom, relieved by news of the charges. >> i am elated. this is really what i wanted. >> reporter: cell phone video captured the july 5th beating and kelly thomas's final cries for help. [ screaming ] >> reporter: but the district attorney says it's unreleased video that clearly shows the brutal beating. the d.a. says kelly was choked, tased and punched repeatedly. an audio recording captured the words of the responding officers. >> he said, now, see my fists, they're getting ready to f you up. >> reporter: two officers sworn to protect the law are tonight accused of breaking it. if convicted they f

manuel ramos was charged with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter yesterday. he was charged with excessive force and pled not guilty.$♪ the two officers beat kelly thomas during an altercation in july. kelly died five days later. >> how could somebody keep beating you after that, how do they live with themselves, i don't understand that at all. >> officers were investigating car break-ins at the time of the attack. thomas violently resisted arrest but the district attorney called the attack unprovoked. four other officers involved in the beating remain on administrative leave. >>> a shooting in vallejo, take a look, it is from a business on broadway recorded shortly before 11:00 yesterday morning. the two men began fighting and the african-american man begins firing at one point at the white man but it does not appear anybody was injured. the police are looking for the two men involved. >>> oakland teenager who went missing late last month was found in alameda. she was last seen leaving her oakland school and yesterday police found her safe in alameda. it is s

manuel ramos was charged with involuntary man slaughter yesterday. and another pled not guilty.fficers beat 37-year- old kelly thomas during an altercation in july and died five-days later. >> it is hard to listen to, calling asking for his dad, calling for help, it's just sad. >> part of his attack was captured on a cell phone camera. they were looking into car break-ins and police officers say he violently resisted arrest and they call it an unprovoked attack. >>> the killing of a police officer, troy davis was put to death after the supreme court refused to intervene. he maintained his innocence to the end and said he did not kill the police officer. the officer's mother said she never doubted the guilt of davis and feels justice was finally served. >>> in texas, the dragging of an african-american man, brewer died by lethal injection. they were convicted of the dragging death of james bird junior. he was beaten unconscious and chained to the back of a pickup truck. >>> lakeshore shopping district, the store sells things geared towards adults and some have mixed feelings abou

manuel ramos left after friends raised the bail.ged with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death of 37-year-old kelly thomas. prosecutors say the home last man begged for his life as fullerton police tasered him and beat him. another officer was released last week on $25,000 bail. >>> all this week, cnn is taking an indepth look at why our government is so broken. today a handful of u.s. house members passed a spending bill that will keep the government funded through next tuesday when the full house returns from recess next week, it will take up a more comprehensive bill to keep the government running for seven more weeks, all part of a compromised reach last week to avoid a government shut down at the end of the fiscal year which happens to be tomorrow. congress has been bickering over the funding for fema's disaster aid and managed to agree on the funding measure only after fema said it had enough money to make it through the end of this week. >>> a group of republican senators is in libya t

. >> reporter: the district attorney called the actions of officer manuel ramos reckless on the nightarrest kelly thomas, a 37-year-old mentally ill homeless man. >> ramos set in motion the events that led to the death of kelly thomas. >> reporter: the 37-year-old fullerton police officer charged with murder and involuntary manslaughter. 39-year-old corporal jay cicinelli also charged with involuntary manslaughter. >> cicinelli used excessive force when he assaulted and beat kelly thomas acting recklessly, under color of authority and without necessity. >> reporter: the beating happened two months ago near the bus depot in fullerton. officers received calls that someone was trying to break into cars. the d.a. alleges the encounter turned from a routine police detention to an impending beating that began with ramos as he leaned over thomas and made two fists. >> he lifted his fists to kelly thomas in front of his face so that he could see them. and he said, now, see my fists? they're getting ready to f you up. >> reporter: thomas' screams for his father can be heard on youtube video. t

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manuel ramos, one of the police officers involved, according to the district attorney, now faces a murders. we also have corporal cincinelli charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter and one count of excessive force. he faces a maximum of four years in priszen. but the officer who faces the second-degree murder charge faces 15 years for that felony and for recklessly created a dangerous situation. those are the words of that district attorney. here's the cause of death, just in case you missed it. mechanical compression of kelly thomas's thorax. what it means is he lost his ability to take in aniary air. he lost his ability to breathe because the officers were on top of him. his chest was compressed. he was unable to breathe. his brain was deprived of oxygen. he thenlt went into a coma and died five days later. i will spare repeating all of the details but i can tell you this man according to the district attorney was tackled, kneed, punched, held down against his will, he was hit in the face with the butt of a taser gun eight times. so this is what this man lived through in his

officer manuel ramos and corporal jay cicinelli. the officers knew kelly was homeless and mentally ill when they responded to reports of a man breaking into cars on july 5th. but the d.a. said the officers beat him for nearly ten minutes. the d.a. said officer ramos set into motion events that would kill kelly. >> he lifted his fists to kelly thomas in front of his face so he could see them. and he said, now, see my fists? they're getting ready to f you up. that declaration was the turning point. >> officer cicinelli is now free on bail after pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter and use of excessive force. officer ramos is charged with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. he is still waiting for his hearing and remains in custody on $1 million bail. kelly's father, ron thomas, joins us now from los angeles along with the attorney. good to see both you gentlemen. when you heard the words, second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, use of excessive force, what went through your mind? >> well, i was elated. just a