Mentally Ill Homeless Man Severely Beaten By Police Because His Beach Umbrella was Too Big Mikael Thalen Posted on April 24, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with Police State “To me, what they did in full view of every person on Venice Beach was to strip a homeless man, someone mentally ill, of their last shred of humanity.” Share this:Share Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email