Hundreds protest death of homeless by US police

Hundreds of people on Saturday protested the death of a homeless man during an altercation with Fullerton police.

Surveillance tape shot from the Fullerton bus depot shows parts of the police altercation.

The source, who spoke to The Times on the condition of anonymity because the case is ongoing, said the tape shows six officers struggling with Kelly Thomas, a 37-year-old man who suffered from schizophrenia.

Other videos that have been posted on the Internet, one from a bus and another from a bystander’s phone, do not show the police officers but capture the sounds of a stun gun, Thomas’ screams and the reactions of shocked bystanders. Witnesses on those videos describe Thomas being repeatedly struck, kicked and shocked by the officers.

The July 5 incident, which left Thomas unconscious and in critical condition until he died five days later, has outraged his family and many residents of the Orange County suburb.