One of the cops acquitted of murdering Kelly Thomas is reportedly coaching little league baseball, according to the Associated Press.
The two California police officers who were videotaped in a violent struggle with a homeless man during an arrest were acquitted Monday of killing him, the AP reported.
It was a rare case in which police officers were charged in a death involving actions on duty, according to the AP. One of the officers acquitted had been charged with murder.
Thomas, a 37-year-old schizophrenic, homeless man from Southern California, made headlines back in July 2011 after he was beaten into a coma by officers from the Fullerton Police Department and died several days later, the AP reported.
Manuel Ramos and Jay Cicinelli were ultimately charged with killing Thomas, but earlier this year a jury acquitted both former cops on all counts, which ranged from second-degree murder to involuntary manslaughter, according to the AP.
The United States Department of Justice has since confirmed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation may decide to file charges pending the result of its own civil rights probe, and both officers remain off the force since being ejected while awaiting trial, the AP reported.
Ramos was spotted coaching little league baseball earlier this week in Fullerton, according to Orange County Weekly reporter Gabriel San Roman, at a park only a stone's throw from his former office at the Fullerton police Department, according to the AP.
Ron Thomas, the father of the deceased, advised members of the group to contact little league officials and "let them know what you think," the AP reported.
According to Thomas, Ramos isn't alone: Cicinelli is also coaching little league baseball elsewhere in Fullerton at the moment, he said, and others outraged by that decision should demand he be removed as well, according to the AP.
