Ramos's attorney, John Barnett, said his client was simply doing his job.Too long, don't watch:One need see nothing beyond the chief porker accused in the case:
"Officer Ramos did what he was trained to do and he committed no crime," Barnett said in a statement. "He was confronted with a suspect who was combative and refused to comply with his lawful order. He was non-compliant, resisted and set these tragic events in motion. To charge a peace officer with murder under these circumstances is unprecedented and just wrong."
Ramos was held at Orange County Jail in Santa Ana on $1 million bail. He was held in isolation due to death threats.
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Prosecutors say it was Ramos who set in motion the events that led to Thomas's death.
As Ramos snapped on a pair of latex gloves and leaned over a confused Thomas, prosecutors say, his body microphone and surveillance tape captured an angry threat: "Now, see my fists? They are getting ready to [expletive] you up."
"This declaration was a turning point, a defining moment," Rackauckas said, as he announced the charges. "Ramos was telling Kelly Thomas that this encounter had changed from a fairly routine police detention into an impending beating at the hands of an angry police officer."
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| Manuel Ramos, murderer, courtesy OCDA |
Editorial comment: Unless it's done by a policeman or an aristocrat.
3 comments:
oh great. You slag REM, but post a Clash song from their decline.
Next, you'll be posting Style Council songs.
Manly Music Editor:
The Clash number isn't appropriate here? (Even if it was about the only good tune on that album.)
Don't you start us talking about college students & their music.
Next, you'll be posting Style Council songs.
Not bloody likely, mate!
"Son Of A Bitch!" Editor:
Ah said, "Don't you start us talking," ah said. (As if anybody noticed.)
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