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05-10-2008, 06:23 PM
"People, can we all get along? Can we get along? Can we stop making it, making it horrible for the older people and the kids?" -- Rodney King, 1992.
In 1992, Rodney King, a black man and alcoholic with a criminal record for wife beating, indecent exposure, using PCP, robbery and assault with a deadly weapon, among other things, was busted for speeding at 110 mph and beaten by police for resisting arrest, videotape of which was a tremendous sensation on global television ad naseum.
Blacks in LA went nuts, exploding black hatred of the LAPD, and bringing down the worse race riots in American history -- a billion dollars in damage, 53 murders, 2,400 injuries, and 3100 businesses destroyed from some 7,000 fires.
Another sensational global television clip appeared during those riots in which rioting blacks pulled Reginald Denny, a well-liked white truck driver, out of his truck and jubiulantly beat him nearly to death with bricks as they danced around his shattered body.
One of the four cops tried for King's beating was convicted, and black LA mayor Bradley issued a stern warning that police who brutalize blacks "don't deserve to wear the uniform of the LAPD."
Rodney King was awarded $3.8 million in a suit against the LAPD. He started a hip-hop music label and appeared on BET.
Reginald Denny moved to Arizona without compensation. He took work as a mechanic.
In 2003, Rodney King was busted again for speeding, DUI, running a red light and crashing into a house with an SUV. In 2007, he was shot in the face by thieves in his neighborhood.
"People, can we all get along? Can we get along? Can we stop making it, making it horrible for the older people and the kids?" -- Rodney King, 1992.
Source: Wikipedia, et al.
In 1992, Rodney King, a black man and alcoholic with a criminal record for wife beating, indecent exposure, using PCP, robbery and assault with a deadly weapon, among other things, was busted for speeding at 110 mph and beaten by police for resisting arrest, videotape of which was a tremendous sensation on global television ad naseum.
Blacks in LA went nuts, exploding black hatred of the LAPD, and bringing down the worse race riots in American history -- a billion dollars in damage, 53 murders, 2,400 injuries, and 3100 businesses destroyed from some 7,000 fires.
Another sensational global television clip appeared during those riots in which rioting blacks pulled Reginald Denny, a well-liked white truck driver, out of his truck and jubiulantly beat him nearly to death with bricks as they danced around his shattered body.
One of the four cops tried for King's beating was convicted, and black LA mayor Bradley issued a stern warning that police who brutalize blacks "don't deserve to wear the uniform of the LAPD."
Rodney King was awarded $3.8 million in a suit against the LAPD. He started a hip-hop music label and appeared on BET.
Reginald Denny moved to Arizona without compensation. He took work as a mechanic.
In 2003, Rodney King was busted again for speeding, DUI, running a red light and crashing into a house with an SUV. In 2007, he was shot in the face by thieves in his neighborhood.
"People, can we all get along? Can we get along? Can we stop making it, making it horrible for the older people and the kids?" -- Rodney King, 1992.
Source: Wikipedia, et al.