[BenLurkin]

Say what you like but his “Can't we all get along” press conference was important for stopping the Rodney King riots.

He was dressed up like a schoolboy and the words were probably put in his mouth by his lawyer, but I still respect him for doing it.

[wtc911]

Yep...and good on you for pointing it out.

[Mr. K]

The “Can’t we all get along” speach was probably the single most important and useful thing he ever did in his life.

Too bad it was not taken to heart by the folks it was addressed to.

[Ken H]

Say what you like but his “Can't Can we all get along” press conference was important for stopping the Rodney King riots.

[GOPJ]

...his “Can't we all get along” press conference was important for stopping the Rodney King riots.

Strange way to think about it, but you're right. It did have the effect.

[ErnBatavia]

We lived in Newhall at the time, and Reginald Denny did his recovery at his brother’s house just around the corner from us......he eventually got himself a big ole white dually pickup with the vanity plate IBA RIOT.

[raybbr]

Rodney King helped calm racial distress more in "Can't we all just get along" than Obama has done in three years. King, I believe, was truly embarrassed by what was done in his name and felt ashamed of what he had become.

While there are a lot of simplistic replies to his statement I attribute them to people who are too callous to even bother to look at people as individual humans with flaws and who make mistakes. Forgiveness is the cornerstone of Christianity yet there are many Christians who refuse to even consider forgiving a man his faults.

[Ronaldus Magnus]

Say what you like but his “Can't we all get along” press conference was important for stopping the Rodney King riots.

Not to speak ill of the dead, but I'll take the bait. Had Rodney King not been on parole for armed robbery and driving drunk at 117 miles per hour, or when arrested had he simply obeyed a lawful order to lie on the ground, the "Rodney King Riots" would never have happened. The death of 53 people and over one billion dollars in damage would have been averted. And as a bonus, he also would have avoided that beat down.

[Nextrush]

King was a tool of the nutty left that wants to portray defined groups of people as victims of racism, sexism, homophobia etc.

Rodney King was an addict and sadly like other famous addicts from Michael Jackson to F. Scott Fitzgerald he died an early death.