district attorney and now the federal complaint are in response to what allegedly happened to kelly thomasily pictures of kelly thomas. provided by his dad through the family's attorney. thomas was homeless and also schizophrenic. but the photo we're about to show you is hard to look at. but it's a key piece of evidence. take a look here. you're looking at what kelly thomas looked like before and after the alleged beating by six fullerton police officers. you can see there he's hardly recognizable. on july 5th, fullerton police responded to reports of a man trying to break into cars near a bus station. witnesses say what began with a search of thomas' backpack ended with this, tasered multiple times, hogtied face down, smashed against the concrete, his head slammed with a flashlight. thomas died from the injuries five days later. the police chief took paid medical leave last week as calls for his resignation intensified. the six officers allegedly involved in the beating have been placed on paid administrative leave. but what's more. according to the los angeles times, those officers wrote

but ron thomas, who we spoke with, kelly thomas' father, doesn't want that tape released.wed him, he turned down the sound. he couldn't bear to hear his son yelling "dad dad dad." why is it so important to have this tape released to the public? >> transparency in government and transparency in life is, i believe, in 100% transparency. there is a video camera that's owned by the city that filmed the whole event and i believe if that video was shown, everybody out there in the community and around the world would see six cops beating up april man lying on the ground begging for his life. i know there's riots going on in london. perhaps the reason why they're not releasing the video is there may be riots in orange county and fullerton. we want to see what really happened, why the city council is not releasing it is beyond me. actually, the reason why i believe it is they know that the truth would come out. you will see six rogue cops beating one man. i'm curious if pat mckinley has seen that video. you should ask him that question. >> we'll ask him that question and why the c

the july 5th incident was caught on cell phone video. 32-year-old thomas kelly suffered from schizophrenia. they are calling for the police chief to resign and the six officers are on unpaid leave. >>> a third tour bus accident happened, the bus flipped into a ditch yesterday evening. some people were treated at the scene, there were 30 people on board that bus, most of them tourists from poland and the cause of that accident is still under investigation. >>> time now 4:53 we will check in on the roads with sal. initially we should try to reduce speeds because of the wet rain we have out there. this is a look at the bay bridge, it is light westbound. also the morning commute looks good on 237, driving passed 880 driving all the way out to the 101. we are looking at traffic that is moving along very nicely even on this section that is normally slow in antioch. pittsburgh bridge is looking good. >> how big, it is so big it is flying over the coastal hills and pam even touched on it, there is a lot of drizzle and if you want to call it light rain i have no problem with that. you have to crank

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kelly thomas, who police are accused of beating to death.e hearing that a federal lawsuit involving the fullerton police department is being filed today. a press conference is taking place at this moment in los angeles. we're told the thomas family attorney is briefing reporters about this federal lawsuit and you are looking live there from our affiliate kcal and ccbs. we have a crew there to bring us the latest. this comes in the wake of kelly thomas' beating and death in the public outrage that has followed. we've followed this case on this show very closely. i have to warn you, the photo we're about to show you is graphic. it's hard to look it, but it's important. this is kelly thomas before and after the alleged beating. now, thomas was homeless and schizophrenic. witnesses say what you're seeing was done at the hands of six fullerton police officers back on july 5th. what began with reports of car burglaries and a search of thomas' backpack, witnesses say ended like this. thomas being hogtied, tasered multiple times and brutally beaten.

. >> reporter: kelly thomas was a 37-year-old homeless drifter who liked to hang out around the main bus station. after being beaten by police last month, he died. >> citizens are being beat to death. >> it was murder. >> reporter: at a contentious city council meeting last night, people called for the police involved in the incident to be criminally charged. >> game's over. >> reporter: they're riled up over videos of the incident posted on youtube. on a bus security camera, witnesses can be heard commenting on the six officers hitting thomas. >> they're pulling his hair, kicking the [ bleep ] out of him. >> reporter: this one shot by a witness is indistinct, but thomas can be heard calling out for his father. >> screaming, begging for his life, telling the officers, i'm sorry, i'm sorry. god, help me, please. and then, of course, the end of it, last thing in his life were dad, dad. >> reporter: kelly thomas' father ron, a former orange county sheriff's deputy has been an active participant in all of the protests over his son's death. this security camera mounted near the bus statio

you this photo, this is what happened to kelly thomas. strangers who watched helpless say the violent aftereffects you see here happened at the hands of six fullerton, california, police officers. according to the "los angeles times," this all began when police got a call that someone was trying to break into cars. officers reportedly found things in thomas' backpack that didn't belong to him. police say thomas tried to run and resisted them. but i want you to watch what just one observer recorded as police responded.

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who is kelly thomas?nown figure on the streets of fullerton, california. he was homeless. he was also schizophrenic. he's also a son and a brother. on july 5th fullerton police responded to reports of a man trying to break into cars near a bus station. now before i go any further, i have to warn you, the picture i'm about to show you is very graphic. witnesses say what began with a search of thomas' backpack ended with this. take a look here with me. that's kelly thomas before he was allegedly beaten and tased by six fullerton police officers, and that other picture there, that's what he looked like after it, bloodied and bruised, and as you can see barely recognizable. thomas fell into a coma and died from those injuries five days later. crowds of strangers saw what happened, recording what they could with their phones and with surveillance cameras nearby. >> then all the cops came and hog tied him. please, god, please, dad. >> you may not have been able to make that out there at the very end, but kelly

more out overly it's affected police more al i think it's a small price to pay for the way to kelly thomas died his own father is a retired orange county sheriff's deputy and he's described his son's death as a gang style cold blooded aggravated murder who in their right mind thinks that a one hundred thirty five pound man can survive being brutally beaten kates hogtied and then tase six times and for what because thomas resisted arrest all those officers could have chosen no more civil approach something like simply holding him down placing handcuffs on him if they kill in the line of duty where no such moves were necessary and that makes them murderers thomas' mentally ill police officer should be sure. rein to handle people that have problems like schizophrenia who may be erratic who may be unstable but these people are professionals they are paid for by the american taxpayer but instead these cops acted like probably on a power trip wanting to make sure that this homeless man learned a lesson unlike what happened they killed and they should be held responsible just like you were i woul

a call that a homeless man was vandalizing cars only intended to search thirty seven year old kelly thomas he resisted and that's when this incident got violent several fullerton cops began to kick and beat thomas who has schizophrenia and then proceed to hog tie him and then tase him six times ultimately putting the homeless man into a coma a new video has been released for bystanders were telling orange county bus driver about what they had witnessed. that surveillance video was taken at right after thomas was taken to the hospital when he arrived he was already in a coma i never regained consciousness as family took him off of life support just a few days later and the outcry over this tragic case of police brutality is growing more and more people hear and see the way the cops treated the schizo frantic man and i say and i'll cry is in order take a look at thomas' face before and after he was brutally beaten that is so gruesome that it's truly impossible for me to understand how police people are paid like people like you and i to protect could do something like that your reports say t

ron thomas has let it be known that he is going to sue the city, and probably for millions and millions of dollars over the death of his son, 37-year-old kellymas, who was homeless and schizophrenic. and the father has been vocale and many demonstrations in front of city hall, and calling for the resignation of the police chief. they are trying to recall three of the city council members that the city is bracing for this lawsuit, and in an emergency city council meeting this morning, they have talked about hiring an outside consultant who will conduct his own independent investigation of what the police did. kelly thomas' father, ron, wants the police charged with murder, but he had a meeting today with the district attorney, and he tells us that he didn't get much satisfaction out of the meeting and that that the district attorney didn't hold out much hope that there would be murder charges filed. there is a surveillance video of the beating incident that has not been released by the district attorney or the fbi, and the fbi looking into the possible civil rights violations in this case. the community and ron thomas would like that video re

it's a short term fix, but it is a fix at least for now, thomas. >> kelly, by my estimation, this is the 21st kick of the can since 2007 that they're getting these financial bursts. is there any talk about when this will really be debated to the point that they can have a standard and fully functioning budget, one we're not going to have to go through every couple of months to send them financial bursts of money? >> it has been a huge issue, thomas, because there are people who want to say get this done for a year's time like it's supposed to be done. there have been just these underlying conflicts, different ways that the two parties see government operating, where they want to see cuts. in this case, it's had to do with subsidies to rural airports because there aren't enough passengers to pay all of the bills there. there are some views among republicans that that needs to be trimmed back. some of those rural communities are represented by powerful members of the senate, including jay rockefeller and harry reid. it is a classic washington battle over where the priority should be. c

this is what kelly thomas who was homeless and schizophrenic looked like before and after the allegedtnesses say this was done at hands of six fullerton police officers who they say savagely beat kelly thomas on july 5th after responding to reports someone was burglarizing cars. now, as we've been telling you, thomas died from his injuries five days later. the alleged beating and death continues to spark outrage. watch what happened tuesday night when the fullerton city council met. multiple residents demanded the fullerton mayor and other city leaders resign for what some call failed leadership. the situation got so heated, at times mayor richard jones and the council walked out of the room, but despite increasing pressure and recent reports of the mayor's resignation, mayor jones issued this statement saying, reports that i am considering resigning my position as mayor of the city of fullerton are erroneous. i am not resigning. there is much work left to be done in our great city. the mayor met with kelly thomas' father ron thomas following that heated city council meeting. both men

this is kelly thomas.ked like before and after the alleged beating by six fullerton police officers. take a look at that. on july 5th, fullerton police responded to reports of a man breaking into cars near a bus station. it began with a search of his backpack. ended with this. tasered multiple times, hogtied face down, smashed against concrete, his head slammed with a flashlight. he died from the injuries five days later. since then, thomas' death not only has become the center of a federal and local investigation, but has ignited weekly protests outside the fullerton police station. in the meantime, the city clerk received notice that residents are starting a petition to recall three elected city council members, including the mayor and city councilman pat mckinley who we spoke with on this program last week. do you know any of the officers involved? >> oh, i'm certain i do. i probably hired them all. >> you hired them all you think? >> well, probably. >> how do you feel then considering that officers tha

thomas. >> yeah. >> it could be a -- it could be a manslaughter. if it's very severe, it could be a homicide, a murderer. >> we just showed the picture again of the before and after of kelly question that force was used sneer when you look at him, can you barely tell that it's a human being or even the same human being? >> of course there's no question as to whether or not force was used. it was. the question is whether or not it's reasonable force under all of the circumstances presented to the police at the time and whether -- whether or not they were overcoming unlawful resistance by mr. thomas, so these are legal questions that have to be answered. we're moving fast towards answering these. i think we'll have the whole picture here in a short time, and we're -- we're moving towards a just and fair result. >> all right. well, when you get to that answer, we'd love to have you back on the show and talk about what you found in terms of force. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you. >>> downgraded from aaa to aa-plus, what long-term effect, if any, will it have on the u.s. going forward? that's ahead in today's "q&a." every project we fin

and we can't do that. >> joining me live from orange california is kelly thomas' father ron, who willotest outside the police station in a few minutes from now. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> of course, i will just tell folks you and i spoke during the commercial break, and we offered our condolences which will forever be there for you, but this protest you'll be involved in in this hour, what are you hoping to accomplish or get out there today? >> we need to make sure that all the people are aware, especially the good people of fullerton what has happened in their community. i just looked to the -- listened to the mayor's comments. he really doesn't care. the majority of city council doesn't care, and that's a typical comment from him. you know, lynch mob and things. he's never got up there once and tried to calm the city. he has never called my son's mother or i or anybody from the family to offer condolences. it's been really bad. so the people are outraged at them, also. for lack of concern. there's only two city council members that cared at all. >> ron, we have to te

this after parents of kelly thomas filed a claim against the city and the police department. california man homeless, schizophrenic, allegedly beaten to death by six fullerton police officers. i want to warn you, this picture is tough to look at. this is what kelly thomas looked like before and after the alleged beating. on july 5th, fullerton police responded to reports of a man trying to break into cars near a bus station. witnesses say what began with a search of thomas' backpack ended with this. he was hogtied down, tasered, smashed against the can crete, his head smashed with a flashlig flashlight. he died from the injuries five days later. activists calling for the police officers involved and many others, including fullerton's mayor jones to be fired. the six officers allegedly involved in the beating have been placed on paid administrative leave while they're being investigated. police chief michael sellers put on medical leave wednesday and kevin hamilton is now the interim chief there. hamilton was talking about the investigation. >> meanwhile the fullerton police de

last week we reported on the horrific case of kelly thomas a thirty seven year old homeless schizophrenia man who one month ago was beaten to death by the fullerton police multiple witnesses some who even have video insist that mr thomas was beaten into the ground and electrocuted repeatedly by six police officers well after losing consciousness though federal and internal investigations are underway the police cruiser footage has not yet been released but new evidence against the police officers is that the net security video taken in a nearby bus has multiple witnesses just vacating the scene recounting the first extorts of the driver they were previously reported accounts near the story they tell a bus driver in the video quote i'm telling you a homeless guy was just chillin and then the cops came to cop cars came two cops they tried getting him but he just ran off from them ran away from them and then they caught impound his face pound his face against the curb was red and they beat him up another development an anonymous caller into authorities and radio show made several assertions

libertarian outlets like reason frequently report on police behavior and they're currently covering the kelly thomas story that we've also reported on our regular police state updates it's not that liberals are stupid and i'm not doing this so here to stroke libertarian egos but there is a fundamental acceptance of authority in the state as nine separate sets establishment liberals and their followers apart from libertarians and o'donnell's case i don't know if it's this seemingly religious acceptance of the false school of keynesian big government centralized control economics on the left right paradigm or he's in denial or ignorance of what libertarianism and freedom really is either way he could have benefited from teachers who are more motivated to deliver an education than they serve their government supervisors. and whether you agree with the assessment or not many libertarians find themselves as conservatives and in the broader definition we most certainly are the tea party's irate after the satan sandwich head deal and more and more of the rest of conservatives are warming to the ideas of so

that is one police say that kelly thomas grant when they tried to search his bag. video shows the mentally ill homeless man screaming for his father and passengers on a nearby bus said the officers beat him repeatedly using stun guns. he died of injuries five days >> if the officers are callable able to hold accountable. are on paid administrative leave right now. the incident is under investigation by the district attorney's office and the fbi. >> a new report shows the rate of hate crimes is remaining steady in california but the number of hispanics targeted has nearly doubled. the state department of justice reports that there were 1170 crimes reported in 2010 and seven more than 2009. crimes against hispanics are up crimes against blacks still account for the largest percentage. >> the search will continue for extraterrestrial intelligence.seti will continue to research based on grants and even a donation from how he jodie foster. the program cost 2.5 million operating every year. >> here is a live look outside from the roof camera. in san francisco, mostly sun

on the ground already. >> you just heard thomas, the victim, screaming for his dad who happens to be a former orange county sheriff's deputy. those were among kellyto a coma. he died of his injuries that we showed you five days later. thomas' dad, ron thomas, as we just said, was a former sheriff's deputy, speaking about his son's death. he told reporters at a protest, his death was gang-involved, a gang of rogue officers who brutally beat my son to death. the only thing we have left of our son is the blood in the gutter, that's all we have left. that's his quote. we'll hear from the orange county d.a.'s office in just a moment. we reached out to the fullerton police department. their spokesperson agreed he would do an interview on air. but at the last minute, the fullerton police department backed out of their interview with us and issued this brief statement from police chief michael sellers who says, this is tragic for our community, we are in the midst of an investigation. in a previous press release, the department says, quote, immediate after the incident, fullerton police requested the orange county district attorney to take over the inves

it was a beating death of kelly thomas.ix police officers involved have been placed on administrative leave. joining me from california is susan with the orange county district attorney's office. thank you for joining us. >> good morning. >> so do the protesters have a point? should these officers be charged as a result of their actions? >> we are gathering the evidence and will take action based on that investigation. it's understandable that they are upset and we're trying to gather the information as quickly as possible to make a filing decision one way or the other. >> is there a video camera near that bus stop area? can you confirm that and do you know what's on it? >> we have. i have seen the videotape twice now. there is a videotape from a pole at the bus depot. it's controlled by the fullerton police department. >> can you describe what you see on it? i mean, does it capture the incident? i don't want to tell you what is on it. we are still looking for witnesses to come forward and we want the witnesses, if there is

kelly thomas was a 37-year-old schizophrenic man who died of severe head and neck injuries. folks are cleaning up in eastern north carolina after a tornado touched down there. the twister struck in yeureka, north carolina. >> we could hear it coming just like a train. you can hear it coming. my husband said, we can hear it coming. you could see the clouds. it was real white in front of us. around the side it turned black and turned into a funnel. >> several homes were damaged. fortunately no major injuries were reported. what's sunday going to look like? let's go to alex wallace for the answer. good morning. >> good morning, alex. we're going to watch showers and storms although the severe threat isn't as high. we have storms flaring up, particularly in the eastern half of the country. getting closer to the northeast. a scattering of showers around the bottom area as you head southbound along interstate 95. things are quiet now. just off to the west, more showers head in that general direction. we'll be in and out of it throughout the day. same for us here throughout the ohi

the homeless man was a 37-year-old drifter named kelly thomas. his family is getting strong community support to find out what killed him. >> i'm sure they did what they did to my son to try to make an example of him to show other homeless people, get out of here. it was clearly a hate crime against the homeless and mentally ill. >> six fullerton police officers have been placed on administrative leave after the beating. >>> as we look at the weather, violent storms have been part of the story. a tornado in eastern caroline on saturday afternoon. it uprooted trees creating scary moments for residents. >> we could hear it comes like a train. my husband said, i hear it comes. we looked and you could see the clouds. it was white in front of us. around the side it turned black and turned into a funnel. >> there aren't any reports of major injuries in north carolina. what can you expect outside? let's go to alex wallace from the weather channel. it's muggy in new york. that's for sure. >> you guys are feeling the steam. a lot of the country feeling th

maureen kelly, kron 4 news. >> peter james thomas his 38 year-old with a long history convicted of robbery in 1993. auto theft in 1998. and 2003 robbery. drug possessions with marin county having a warrant out for his arrest. possession, of a deadly weapon, burglary and other crimes committed in 2009. the girlfriend of not released her name she was not injured and she is not in custody. as you can imagine several hotel guests a match and concerned. >> i am glad that it is over. >> acai of relief for this hotel guest after hours of this stand off came to one and he was concerned was not able to get his luggage before his trip back to new zealand. >> he was a rigidly on the forest floor. they offered him a room. he was over originally on the first floor. >> we've got our car out which was nice. >> he is planning on staying here for the rest of his stay. >> were you concerned about your safety? >> not at all they've made enough and security around it. >> even know it is over. >> the largesthey are just aftee perpetrator. not involved with their room that you are and. >> i spoke to the hotel.

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