The other day Friends for Fullerton's Future posted a scathing post about Fullerton PD Chief Mike Sellers who has remained silent on the beating death of Kelly Thomas at the hands of Fullerton's finest.
If the Chief ever cares to gain credibility, he really must speak up now. Remaining silent for the results of the investigation only delays the inevitable.
From 4F's Joe Sipowicz:
We received the following correspondence from a long-time Friend.
"The controversy surrounding the recent beating death of Kelly Thomas, a local mentally ill homeless man at the hands of the Fullerton Police has been marked by the absence of Chief Michael Sellers. The FPD has instead relied on its regular spokesman Sgt. Andrew Goodrich for..." Click here to read the entire post.
The Chief's silence is in stark contrast to 4F's Travis Kiger's post that "Fullerton Police Chief Mike Sellers made a promise to publicly disclose internal department policies and procedures on the city website."
And here we thought only politicians were suppose to break promises.
Yesterday, another Fullerton blog, FullertonStories.com, posted a letter from Council Member Bruce Whitaker who is asking that any audio or video of the beating death of Kelly Thomas be released.
Former Fullerton police chief Pat McKinley, now a Fullerton Council Member, said after hearing Whitaker's request “I disagree with that last sentence about releasing the video. It isn't a wise thing to do and is for the authorities to do.”
McKinley, who hired the officers involved - and all of the officers recently in the news for criminal acts - seems to think that the only "authorities" are those in uniform. Someone needs to smack him with a reality check: the elected city council is the authority over the chief! Sweet Mother's Cookies, how did this boob get elected? No wonder his nickname is Pat McPension!
Release the recordings! Fire Sellers! Recall McPension! Stop voting in these mucho-macho-fascists!
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