Kelly Thomas

Politics

Kelly Thomas' Father Gets $4.9 Million in Settlement

Paul Detrick | 11.23.2015 4:43 PM

Reasontv

Confidential Report Finds Officers Violated Multiple Policies in Kelly Thomas Beating

Report Finds Officer 'Savage' and 'Willing to Abuse His Position Of Authority'

Paul Detrick | 8.8.2015 10:30 AM

Civil Liberties

Walter Scott Cell Video Shows Shift in Police Power

Paul Detrick | 4.12.2015 5:00 PM

Policy

Cops vs. Cameras: The Killing of Kelly Thomas and The Power of New Media

Paul Detrick | 11.29.2014 3:00 PM

Kelly Thomas

Cop in Kelly Thomas Beating Death Wants Immunity from Federal Prosecution

Scott Shackford | 3.31.2014 2:29 PM

Policy

Cellphone Justice and the Killing of Kelly Thomas

Fullerton cops go free after beating an innocent man to death.

Paul Detrick | 3.19.2014 9:30 AM

Civil Liberties

Cop Who Killed Kelly Thomas Gets Calmly Booted From Denny's by Other Patrons

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 3.11.2014 5:23 PM

Politics

Kelly Thomas-Beating Cop Wants His Job Back, Police Chief Doesn't Want Him

Zenon Evans | 1.23.2014 11:35 AM

Politics

Reason TV Replay: Cops Vs. Cameras - The Killing of Kelly Thomas & The Power of New Media

Paul Detrick | 1.18.2014 7:00 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: The Father of Kelly Thomas Speaks Out, Obama's Executive Orders, Bieber's "Molly" Problem, TV Teen Moms, Coinye West, and More!

Matt Welch | 1.14.2014 7:56 PM

Policy

Emotional Responses to Acquittal of Officers in Kelly Thomas Case

FBI reviewing evidence to consider potential federal action

Reason Staff | 1.14.2014 2:00 PM

Policy

Watch: Video, Pictures Convince Public, But Not Jurors, in Kelly Thomas Case

Paul Detrick | 1.13.2014 10:30 PM

Policy

Officers in the Brutal Beating Death of Kelly Thomas Found Not Guilty

Scott Shackford | 1.13.2014 7:15 PM

Policy

Trial in Police Beating Death of Kelly Thomas Ends, Heads to Jury

Scott Shackford | 1.9.2014 6:30 PM

Policy

Kelly Thomas Beating Death Case Goes to Jury

Two former Fullerton Police officers on trial

Reason Staff | 1.9.2014 5:20 PM

Policy

FBI, Medical Experts Pin Kelly Thomas' Brutal Death on Police Beating

Retired FBI agent testified Thomas had right to defend himself from police brutality

Scott Shackford | 12.11.2013 11:25 AM

Policy

Trial Begins for Officers Accused of Beating Kelly Thomas to Death in California

Scott Shackford | 12.2.2013 6:30 PM

Policy

Trial for Police Beating Death of Kelly Thomas Opens Today

Two former Fullerton officers place criminal charges

Reason Staff | 12.2.2013 2:00 PM

Policy

Trial Set for Officers in Kelly Thomas Beating Death

Motion to drop the charges rejected

Reason Staff | 1.18.2013 4:30 PM

Policy

Kelly Thomas Had 92 Police Encounters Since 1990

Most over minor issues, but was once jailed for assault with a deadly weapon, records show

Reason Staff | 10.18.2012 7:50 PM

Civil Liberties

Fullerton Delays Naming New Police Chief

Predecessor stepped down after the Kelly Thomas beating scandal

Reason Staff | 10.17.2012 10:23 PM

Civil Liberties

Third Officer Charged in Kelly Thomas Beating Death

Charged with involuntary manslaughter and use of excessive force

Reason Staff | 9.27.2012 6:37 PM

Policy

Third Officer May Face Charges in Kelly Thomas Deadly Beating

Grand jury to convene Wednesday

Reason Staff | 9.18.2012 10:45 PM

Civil Liberties

Kelly Thomas to Be Cleared of Wrongdoing

Father says Fullerton will make announcement Tuesday

Reason Staff | 9.17.2012 3:15 PM

Policy

Three Officers in Kelly Thomas Case to Return to Job

They will be patrolling desks.

Reason Staff | 8.22.2012 6:23 PM

Policy

Kelly Thomas Report Blames Officers, Ex-Chief

Situation could have been handled without deadly force. (The "obviously" is implied)

Reason Staff | 8.22.2012 3:08 PM

Civil Liberties

Attorney for Fullerton Cop Manuel Ramos: Kelly Thomas Was Responsible for His Own Death

Mike Riggs | 8.22.2012 11:31 AM

Politics

Fullerton Recalls City Council Members Over Kelly Thomas Death

Paul Detrick | 6.6.2012 3:26 PM

Politics

Reason TV: Outraged Fullerton citizens react to Kelly Thomas beating tape

Paul Detrick | 5.16.2012 12:02 PM

Politics

How the Kelly Thomas Killing Sparked a Citizen Revolt

The bipartisan movement to reform a broken California city

Steven Greenhut | 5.11.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

Tim Cavanaugh on PJTV Talking Romney, Unemployment and Krugman: Updated with Kelly Thomas Palaver

Reason Staff | 5.10.2012 5:09 PM

Civil Liberties

Judge: Two of the Six Police Officers Responsible For Kelly Thomas' Death Will Stand Trial

Mike Riggs | 5.9.2012 5:47 PM

Policy

Newly-Released Surveillance Video Shows Police Officers Brutally Beating, Suffocating, and Tasing Kelly Thomas to Death

Lucy Steigerwald | 5.8.2012 12:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Father of Cop Who Killed Kelly Thomas: "It wasn't a beating; it was a struggle."

Mike Riggs | 3.8.2012 12:40 PM

Politics

Report Finds Police Did Not Deceive Public in Fatal Kelly Thomas Beating

Paul Detrick | 2.22.2012 1:59 PM

Politics

Reason TV: How a Local Blog Broke the Kelly Thomas Story

A conversation with Friends for Fullerton's Future

Paul Detrick | 11.4.2011 12:22 PM

Civil Liberties

Liveblog: The Orange County District Attorney's Kelly Thomas Hearing [Breaking: Two Officers Charged with Second and Third Degree Murder]

Mike Riggs | 9.21.2011 1:58 PM

Policy

Reason.tv: Cops Vs. Cameras: The Killing of Kelly Thomas & The Power of New Media

Paul Detrick | 9.21.2011 9:04 AM

Civil Liberties

UPDATED: One of the Fullerton Cops Who Beat Kelly Thomas Into a Coma Had a History of Violence

Mike Riggs | 9.16.2011 4:39 PM

Civil Liberties

Reason Morning Links: New Witness Claims Kelly Thomas Didn't Fight Back, KBR Makes Bank, Wikileaks Releases Unredacted Cables

Mike Riggs | 8.30.2011 8:44 AM

War on Drugs

Attorney for the Fullerton Six: "Public perception of officer's trying to control a combative, resistive suspect rarely conforms…to reality"

Mike Riggs | 8.3.2011 3:21 PM

War on Drugs

Fullerton Cops Who Beat Kelly Thomas Into a Coma Placed on Leave

Mike Riggs | 8.3.2011 11:14 AM