Protest Against FPD Beating Death Held

By Allen Bacon
Daily Bosco
Photo by Jesse LaTour

A protest against the beating death of Kelly Thomas was held in front of the Fullerton Police Department on Monday.

As of Monday, neither the Fullerton Police nor the District Attorney's Office have made a statement about the findings of an internal investigation of the July 5 beating when witnesses say that six FPD officers beat and tasered Kelly Thomas at the Fullerton Transportation Center.

Kelly Thomas's father, Rob, a retired officer with the Orange County Sheriff Department, said that this was a case of police brutality and his son's face was almost unrecognizable when he went to see him.

Kelly Thomas was in critical condition until July 11 when the family made the decision to take him off life support. Kelly Thomas died on July 11, less than a week after the beating.