“They killed that young man. Of course they did. You know it. I know it. And somewhere, deep down maybe in their heart of hearts, even they have to know it, too. I knew from the moment they charged former Fullerton police officers Manuel Ramos and Jay Cicinelli for the beating death of Kelly Thomas that there wasn’t a jury in Orange County, or anywhere in this country, that would ever convict them. Second-degree murder? Oh, please. Involuntary manslaughter? Not the slightest chance. I have seen this movie way too many times. Over 36 years in this business I have covered and written numerous times of the heart-wrenching sorrow and, later, the red-hot outrage of the families of the dead.”
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/marvin-597938-police-thomas.html