Rodney King Died
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soberups
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Re: Rodney King R.I.P
I have always found it fascinating that so little attention is given to what occured to the two other men who were in the car with King that night.
They obeyed police commands, they got out of the car and they laid down in the road without resisting arrest. They never got hit at all.
I have always found it fascinating that so little attention is given to what occured to the two other men who were in the car with King that night.
They obeyed police commands, they got out of the car and they laid down in the road without resisting arrest. They never got hit at all.
moreluck
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Re: Rodney King R.I.P
So you're saying he deserved to get the crap beat out of him?
What about Reginald Denny--did he deserve to have his own fire extinguisher used as a weapon against him?
So you're saying he deserved to get the crap beat out of him?
What about Reginald Denny--did he deserve to have his own fire extinguisher used as a weapon against him?
DS
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Re: Rodney King R.I.P
After reading about his history,I think the world is better off without him.
Good riddance Rodney.
The Arrest Record of Rodney King
After reading about his history,I think the world is better off without him.
Good riddance Rodney.
The Arrest Record of Rodney King
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moreluck
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moreluck
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There you go, anyone is free to say what they want re; Rodney.
All I said was he died.....reporting an event. You all can react your own way.
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
Re: Rodney King R.I.P
I do not condone violence. It is unhealthy for both the victim and the perpetrator.
He did not "deserve" to get the crap beat out of him. However....by his own criminal actions (using drugs, DUII, reckless driving, speeding while attempting to elude police etc.) he set into motion a chain of events that led to his encounter with cops who were totally amped out on adrenaline due to the prolonged high speed chase that had endangered their lives as well as the lives of thousands of civilians who happened to be on the road that night. He refused to obey police commands, the cops justifiably assumed he was tweaking or on angel dust, the Tasers they had werent working, so they wound up going a little overboard with the nightsticks. You could call it Karma. In any case, the fact remains that his passengers....who were also young black males.....made different choices than King did (they obeyed police commands and lay down on the pavement) and experienced an entirely different outcome.
I do not condone violence. It is unhealthy for both the victim and the perpetrator.
He did not "deserve" to get the crap beat out of him. However....by his own criminal actions (using drugs, DUII, reckless driving, speeding while attempting to elude police etc.) he set into motion a chain of events that led to his encounter with cops who were totally amped out on adrenaline due to the prolonged high speed chase that had endangered their lives as well as the lives of thousands of civilians who happened to be on the road that night. He refused to obey police commands, the cops justifiably assumed he was tweaking or on angel dust, the Tasers they had werent working, so they wound up going a little overboard with the nightsticks. You could call it Karma. In any case, the fact remains that his passengers....who were also young black males.....made different choices than King did (they obeyed police commands and lay down on the pavement) and experienced an entirely different outcome.
rod
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