i think old Rod would be a tear in the fabric of society...
Posted on 12/08/2006 6:46:04 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Rodney King Arrested In Pasadena, Calif.
(CBS) LOS ANGELES Rodney King, whose videotaped beating by LAPD officers sparked the 1992 Los Angeles riots, was arrested in Pasadena, Calif.
King, 41, was allegedly involved in a disturbance at a Pasadena clothing store on Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Police officers were called to the scene and found two outstanding misdemeanor warrants for King. According to the Pasadena Star-News, King was arrested without incident. He was released after appearing in court on Wednesday morning.
King was born in Sacramento and became a symbol of police brutality when amateur photographer George Holliday videotaped four LAPD officers using batons to beat him after a car chase on March 3, 1991.
On April 29, 1992, a Simi Valley jury acquitted the officers of state charges that alleged excessive use of force, which sparked four days of riots in Los Angeles that left 55 dead, 2,383 injured and cost $1 billion in property damage.
Two of the officers were convicted in 1993 on federal charges of violating King's civil rights and served 30 months in prison.
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You said that just to needle me, didn't you?
Well, we had a lot of material to work with.
Well, hats all folks, gotta make like a scissors and cut out.
Weave only just begun.
noooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Say it isn't so. Not the perfect specimen of a person that the media stated so many years ago. This must be wrong. lol. /SARC!!!!!
LOL! You made my day.
Which often leads to stitches.
King's real problem was and probably is drug addiction of some sort.
Do you think the Sharptons, Jacksons etc. give a rip about
helping him with his real problem? If they can prove his addiction is caused by "racism", they'll talk about it but he won't get the advice he really needs.
Rodney King needs to be drug-free, get it. Only Rodney can decide to clean himself up. I don't think he's there yet.
Which ultimately affects the fabric of society.
They'd better. He's overdue to for a serious dressing down.
maybe he will go into rehab and then write a childrens book?
Maybe it's time to tie this up, or at least button it for a while.
I thought Rodney King was dead.
i think old Rod would be a tear in the fabric of society...
He'd better not HEM and haw around. He was probably on pins and needles while the cops were patching the story together.
*groan*
OUCH!
Can't we all just loot the city and burn our neighborhoods down over mock outrage over a POS resisting arrest?
"King, 41, was allegedly involved in a disturbance at a Pasadena clothing store on Tuesday at 6 p.m.
"Can't we all just get a 42-long?"
I chuckled.... oh yeah, I chuckled.. :-D
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