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06/22/2026

"Although the city would like to say it's not admitting liability, the reality is when you're paying $4.9 million… The act of having agreed to pay that large amount is a tacit admission."
— Garo Mardirossian

Kelly Thomas was beaten by 6 police officers and died 5 days later.

In an attempt to settle out of court, the city made his family an offer of $900,000.

Their justification? "Let's face it, Ron," they said to Kelly's grieving father. "Kelly was no rocket scientist."

That was when Mardirossian Akaragian LLP stepped in.
The city ended up paying $4.9 million.

The story doesn't end here. Episode 5 drops Wednesday.

06/18/2026

The attorneys had the medical evidence. Now they needed to know if Kelly Thomas was a one-time incident — or part of a pattern.

One officer at the scene was already on a performance improvement plan.
Another had previously filed a false report against a bystander filming police. That man, like Kelly, was cast as the aggressor.

This wasn't an isolated incident.

The Kelly Thomas Conspiracy — Episode 5 out now.

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06/15/2026

When paramedics arrived at the scene, the officers insisted the medical staff attend to their own injuries FIRST.

"Nobody at all from law enforcement directed them to Kelly. Kelly is dying in the gutter."
— Ron Thomas, Kelly Thomas' father

Officer Manuel Ramos told investigators he had been in "the fight of his life."

His injury received a bandaid.
Officer Jay Cicinelli suffered a thumb injury.

It was a full minute before one of the paramedics noticed Kelly Thomas lying unconscious in a pool of his own blood. There was so much blood on Kelly’s chest that the EKG had to be applied to his back.

Halfway to the hospital, his heart stopped.
He never regained consciousness. He died five days later.
Only 2 of the 6 officers were ever charged.

The jury acquitted them both. They walked free.

The story doesn't end here. Episode 5 drops on Wednesday.

06/07/2026

Police claimed Kelly Thomas violently fought them.

But the autopsy told a different story.

Broken bones in his face. Cracked ribs. Compression of his chest so severe he couldn't breathe. The toxicology report found no drugs or alcohol in his system.

And the officers' reports? All six described Kelly the same way —
word for word:

"Very violent man who resisted arrest."

The medical evidence said otherwise.

Episode 4 out now.

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06/05/2026

"I can't breathe."
— Kelly Thomas, July 5, 2011

He was homeless, unarmed, and schizophrenic. Six Fullerton Police Department officers encountered him outside the Fullerton Transportation Center. What followed was captured on CCTV — and the officers involved were allowed to watch that footage before writing their reports.

"You have 1,500 pounds of trained cop on my one little son, but they have to bring this out like they were just so overpowered by this brute to make themselves look innocent and that they're the victims."
— Ron Thomas, Kelly Thomas' father

Kelly never regained consciousness. He died five days later.
Only 2 of the 6 officers were ever charged, and the jury acquitted them both.

The story doesn't end here. The next part drops in 2 days.

06/01/2026

"Not guilty."

Kelly Thomas was homeless and unarmed.
Six officers tackled, punched, kicked, clubbed, and tasered him as he begged for his life.
Five days later, he was gone.
Only two were ever charged.
A jury foreperson read the verdict.

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05/30/2026

Six police officers. One unarmed, mentally ill, homeless man. A 9-minute and 40-second beating that ended in death.

Kelly Thomas was 37 years old when he was killed by Fullerton police officers on July 5, 2011. One of the officers—who was later charged but found not guilty—can be heard on tape claiming he used the end of his Taser to smash Kelly's face "to hell," and that "he was on something".

The official toxicology report confirmed Kelly had zero drugs or alcohol in his system. He wasn't fighting back. He was suffocating under 1,500 pounds of force.

Five days later, he was dead. No one was ever held accountable.

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05/25/2026

The officers who killed Kelly Thomas were allowed to watch the CCTV footage before writing their reports.

"When you have six criminals involved in a crime, you don't put them all in one room and allow them to compare notes and then watch a video tape to make sure their notes jibe with it."
— Garo Mardirossian

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05/10/2026

Police called it justified use of force.
The coroner called it homicide.

Kelly Thomas died five days after Fullerton Police beat him for nine minutes and forty seconds. The officers were acquitted.

The Kelly Thomas Conspiracy — Episode 2 out now.
Full series at garolaw.com/the-kelly-thomas-conspiracy

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