Both are former officers. Thursday marked the first time jurors. Webthe city of fullerton agreed monday on a $4. 9 million settlement in the death of kelly thomas, the transient man who died in 2011 following a rough arrest by. The mentally ill man struggled with six officers in a. Webwhen kelly thomas died nearly nine years ago, the initial police reports portrayed him as a criminal suspect, a homeless schizophrenic who “assaulted” six. Webfullerton police were forced to dispel the crowd after a local news photographer was assaulted by a protestor. At least 14 people were arrested in the. Websix police officers are suspected of beating kelly thomas, 37, to death and the police department is being accused of withholding video evidence.
