By Kate Mather and Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times Kelly Thomas, 37, a schizophrenic, died five days after a run-in with Fullerton officers. The FBI, district attorney, Police Department and horrified civilian witnesses want answers. As they boarded an Orange County transit bus the night of July 5, passengers recounted a disturbing story in graphic detail: A homeless man near the bus station was under attack by police officers. “The cops are kicking this poor guy over there, all these cops,” one woman told the bus driver in a conversation captured on a grainy bus surveillance tape. [Full Story at: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0803-fullerton-death-20110803,0,4180513.story ]
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Los Angeles – Fullerton police beating of homeless man is under investigation