Video and audio recordings have been released showing police officers in California brutally beating a homeless man who later died. On the tapes — and we now advise viewer discretion to our television audience — one of the police officers threatens 37-year-old Kelly Thomas as he sits on the ground. The officers then begin beating Thomas, even though he appears to show no signs of resistance. Thomas can be heard pleading for help, apologizing to the officers and repeatedly telling them, “I can’t breathe.” As the beatings continued, he lost consciousness and later died. Fullerton Police Officer Manuel Ramos is now being charged with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. Another officer, Jay Cicinelli, is charged with involuntary manslaughter and excessive force. Prosecutors say Cicinelli used a taser against Thomas multiple times and hit him in the face with the taser. In court testimony, a trauma surgeon said continuous compression of Thomas’ chest caused the breathing problems that led to his death.