A Fullerton resident who was arrested after protesting
the acquittal of officers involved in the death of Kelly Thomas said
police laughed and joked about having a license to kill while asserting,
“There’s a pack of 12 cops waiting to smash your fucking faces in.”
30-year-old Adam Walder was thrown into a paddy wagon
after riot cops ordered demonstrators to disperse during a protest
against the ‘not guilty’ verdict which saw Officer Manuel Ramos and
Officer Jay Cicinelli acquitted on all charges of manslaughter and
murder.
Kelly Thomas, a mentally disabled homeless man, was
beaten, tasered, suffocated and pistol whipped as he lay on a street
corner being sat on by no less than six police officers during an
incident in July 2011. During the disturbing video of the beating,
Thomas can be heard pleading for his father, moaning, “Daddy, daddy,
they are killing me,” as officers prolong the assault.