Posted on 09/19/2004 2:59:37 PM PDT by SmithL
Rodney King says he doesn't want to be remembered as the person who started the Los Angeles riots in 1992. King's videotaped beating by police shocked the nation. He uttered his famous plea, "Can we all get along?" as the riots raged after four white police officers were acquitted of his beating. The riots left 55 people dead and $1 billion in property damage in Los Angeles. "I'd like to be remembered for the person who threw water on the whole thing. Part of the solution, you know?" he said in an interview published Sunday in The New York Times. "I want to be remembered as the person who tried to keep peace in this country, that I did my part." King later settled his lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles for $3.8 million, but most of the money is gone. King, 39, has since had a string of run-ins with the law, being arrested for things such as spousal abuse, hit-and-run driving and being under the influence of PCP. He walks with a limp since he lost control of his car last year, crashed into a house at 100 mph and shattered his pelvis. Now he has written a rap song titled "Beat Down" and is working on a book about his life. Asked if society has learned to get along since the riots, King said, "We're working through change, but it's a slow process. Race is the biggest problem we face in this country. I don't have to explain it, do I? We all know what's going on."
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AMEN!!!
Growing up in Los Angles I came to and age when I was married to a Los Angeles Police Officer, I knew many of them when they removed the choke hold it was the City's downfall.
I remember many cops had a presence of intimidation they worked in the worst areas of the city, South Central East L.A, and dealt with every low life criminal possible. Was there problems? sure there were, in every industry there is problems but for the most part you had white, black, mexican big burly dudes out there protecting the city that did not have to catch criminal with every high tech gadget. Now you have a police department that cannot do anything without someone wanting to sue..Being a Cop in Los Angeles is a Thankless Job...
FYI: Angle Dust gives individual a massive amount of strength let alone the psychosis they experience...Cops have shot people on Dust and that has not stopped them.
What would you do if you had a guy coming at you the size of Rodney King on Angel Dust ?
3.8 Million yet King manages to be arrested numerous times after his settlement, beat up his wife, refuse to pay child support, a continual alcohol and drug abuser....
We will remember him alright!
It doesn't matter how strong you are. It doesn't matter how big you are. Angel Dust can no more allow a person hit by several hundred thousand volts of electricity to walk than it can a quadraplegic. It has nothing to do with pain. The muscles simply stop working.
It doesn't matter how strong you are. It doesn't matter how big you are. Angel Dust can no more allow a person hit by several hundred thousand volts of electricity to walk than it can a quadraplegic. It has nothing to do with pain. The muscles simply stop working.
Why then did Rodney King get up and attack the police after he was stunned by a taser?
The hyping of the Rodney King sounds exactly like what Herbert Hoover describes in "Masters of Deceit"
http://www.zpub.com/notes/masters.html
Read the part below the heading of:
"Here is an example of how agitation works"
Lou's a little off on this one. The ACLU took away the choke hold.
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