FULLERTON,
Calif. — A disabled man has filed a lawsuit against Fullerton police, saying he
was abused by the same officer charged in the beating death of a homeless man.
The Orange
County Register reports (http://bit.ly/KNt4UF ) Tuesday that Mark Edwin Walker
says he was thrown to the ground and stomped during an arrest last year and his
injuries included a broken hand.
Police audio
recordings captured a 20-minute encounter between Mark Edwin Walker and two
officers.
One of the
officers, Manuel Ramos, can be heard trying to get Walker to stand to be
handcuffed and threatening to break his arm.
Acting police
chief Dan Hughes says the recording contains no evidence of abuse and calls the
allegations “fabricated lies.”
Ramos has been
charged in the death of Kelly Thomas, a Fullerton homeless man.