Rodney King Dead

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he certainly had a troubed life. i just heard the news on television. hope he will have peace now.
 
Rodney, after all the pain and suffering you endured on earth, may you now be at rest in eternal peace. May God comfort your soul.

Amen.
 
I remember the video of his beating. I was a teenager at the time and it appalled me.

He was nearly killed, and he received almost $4 million for that in federal court. The trials were a study in racism. When the jury was all white and suburban in state court, he got nothing, and the cops who nearly murdered him all got off. That led to riots which left 50 people dead and caused $1 billion in damage. Where is justice in our society?
 
epan said:
I remember the video of his beating. I was a teenager at the time and it appalled me.

He was nearly killed, and he received almost $4 million for that in federal court. The trials were a study in racism. When the jury was all white and suburban in state court, he got nothing, and the cops who nearly murdered him all got off. That led to riots which left 50 people dead and caused $1 billion in damage. Where is justice in our society?
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What of the beating of Reginald Denny?:

time.com/time/specials/2007/la_riot/article/0,28804,1614117_1614084_1614511,00.html

Where was the outcy from the racists Sharpton, Jackson, and others over this.
 
KevinAK said:
What of the beating of Reginald Denny?:

time.com/time/specials/2007/la_riot/article/0,28804,1614117_1614084_1614511,00.html

Where was the outcy from the racists Sharpton, Jackson, and others over this.
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yes, i remember the vicious beating that Reginald Denny received also. many people don’t even know the name. i beieve he suffered brain damage from his beating among other injuries. i saw an interview with him several years later and, surprisingly, he wasn’t angry. watching the video of his beating was as bad as watching the beating of rodney king, if not worse.
i wonder whatever became of the cops who beat rodney king.
i am sure they will do an investigation of rodney’s death, but i heard on tv that they said foul play was not suspected.
 
epan said:
I remember the video of his beating. I was a teenager at the time and it appalled me.

He was nearly killed, and he received almost $4 million for that in federal court. The trials were a study in racism. When the jury was all white and suburban in state court, he got nothing, and the cops who nearly murdered him all got off. That led to riots which left 50 people dead and caused $1 billion in damage. Where is justice in our society?
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You remember the edited video that doesn’t show the first part of the confrontation, which showed him charging the officers. The media purposely cut the beginning of the video before they aired it. The incident started with him running from the police at about 100mph, high on PCP and drunk. The lawlessness of the riots afterwards has no excuse…they just killed innocent people and looted from businesses.
 
Rand_Al_Thor said:
You remember the edited video that doesn’t show the first part of the confrontation, which showed him charging the officers. The media purposely cut the beginning of the video before they aired it. The incident started with him running from the police at about 100mph, high on PCP and drunk. The lawlessness of the riots afterwards has no excuse…they just killed innocent people and looted from businesses.
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Given how regularly we catch the media sensationalizing stories like this, I am surprised more do not realize this.

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He was a criminal, a drunk, and a dopehead. Is there some reason that his death is newsworthy?
 
Cath4Romney said:
He was a criminal, a drunk, and a dopehead. Is there some reason that his death is newsworthy?
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i guess it is newsworthy because of what resulted from his actions that night. the video of the police beating him, the following trial and then the riots. it was a part of the culture in the 90’s and for those of us who were adults then it was big news. i don’t put rodney king on a pedestal, but you can’t deny that his death is not newsworthy.
 
Cath4Romney said:
He was a criminal, a drunk, and a dopehead. Is there some reason that his death is newsworthy?
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vz71 said:
He was also the catalyst for news that later created race riots.
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That is true. I guess I am just weary of the media making a big stink out of the death of so many dopeheads like Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson, and yet rhey ignore the death of the average good person who lives well.
 
maryjk said:
Which doesn’t explain why one death is national news. 🤷
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As a couple others said above, it’s national news because the incident involving him back in the 90s led to the giant riots in LA, and his court case also drew national attention. Of course they’re going to report when he dies.
 
This incident also led to me getting my pistol permit in NY. My wife had a friend living in LA. He said there were fires and gunshots and the cops weren’t coming.

It was then that I decided I would never rely on anyone else to protect my family.

I remember the images of the Asian store owners on the roofs of their busineses with rifles.
 
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