SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Attorneys painted dramatically different pictures Tuesday of a homeless man who died after a violent struggle with California police officers, with one side calling him a victim of police brutality and the other telling jurors he was an angry felon with a history of unprovoked outbursts that left him on the street.
Jurors were set to return Wednesday for a second day of closing arguments in the case against two former Fullerton police officers who are charged in the July 2011 death of 37-year-old Kelly Thomas, who died after a routine patrol call escalated into a confrontation that was caught on surveillance video.
Former Officer Manuel Ramos, 39, has pleaded not guilty to one count of second-degree murder and one count of involuntary manslaughter.
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