Exonerated beating suspect wants judge to ‘do the right thing’

Giovanni Ramirez, the exonerated suspect in the beating of San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow at Dodger Stadium, issued a statement Friday saying he is "upset" at being wrongly accused.

Ramirez was arrested in May and Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck had said he was confident police had arrested the right man. But Ramirez was never charged.

"More than anything, I'm upset. Not for myself, but for the grief and embarrassment that my friends, family, and loved ones have been put through," Ramirez said in a statement released by his attorney.

Ramirez was on parole for a firearms possession conviction. During a search of the apartment where he was arrested, police found a gun under a mound of clothes in a laundry basket and the parole board concluded that Ramirez violated his parole by having "access to the firearm" and ordered that he serve 10 months in prison.