Police Brutality In Kelly Thomas

Police brutality is a prominent controversial topic. It has been seen all over the newspaper, television, and the internet. Law enforcement use unnecessary force towards civilians' that is over and above the necessary requirement to handle a situation. On the streets of Fullerton, California a man with a mental illness named Kelly Thomas was unfortunately a victim of police brutality that resulted in his death. The confrontation was captured on a surveillance video camera that went viral once posted online. The footage shows how police officers mistreated the helpless man. Thomas father sued the city of Fullerton and the six police officers involve in the crime. The case reached a settlement for $4.9 million, but it would go on record that nobody is responsible for the death of Kelly Thomas. Mainstream and Social media …show more content…
This engages the audience to be aware of the power of law enforcement, and the lack of justice to the system. An article publish in the Orange County Register named $4.9 million settlement reached in Kelly Thomas wrongful-death case, state “Attorneys struck the deal early Monday, hours before the a civil trial was set to begin in the wrongful death claim – a trial that would have included video recordings in which the 37-year-old Thomas scream for his father to help him.” (et al) The authors’ of this article use emotional language like “wrongful”, “scream”, “help” to make the reader feel sympathy for Thomas. Mentioning that the trial was cancel it rages family members of the victim, advocates’ of Thomas, and residence of the city, concluding that the officers and the city got away easily without any justice to Thomas death. Evidence that support the indefensible death of Thomas would have shown how Fullerton law enforcement over abuse their power on