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Fire Walk With Me

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Mon Feb 11, 2013, 02:01 PM Feb 2013

2012: LAPD body slam woman to ground twice, fist bump; kick woman in groin (she dies) [View all]

Last edited Mon Feb 11, 2013, 02:45 PM - Edit history (1)

Two separate stories:




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Five LAPD officers investigated after mother of two 'who was kicked in the genitals and suffocated while in police custody' died


At least five Los Angeles police officers are being investigated in connection to the death of a 35-year-old mother of two who was allegedly stomped and kicked in the genitals during an arrest last month, police said on Friday.

Alesia Thomas was found not breathing in the back of a patrol car after resisting arrest in an incident that was captured on a dashboard camera.

‘I take all in-custody death investigations very seriously and directed the officers involved be removed from field duties until further details are known, including what part intoxicants and physical conditions contributed,’ LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said. ‘I’m confident we will get to the truth, no matter where that leads us.’

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I don't deluge GD with these sorts of stories, but I did want to illustrate that LAPD are out of control to all Beck and Villaraigosa apologists.



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