I went back to the record about the King riots. I remember the whole debacle and it is hard to to realize it was twenty years ago. I do know that the MSM was absolutely culpable in much of this matter. The replays were shown literally hundreds of times.
For those that might want a little more background, it was one George Holliday who filmed the police arrest of King. He was an immigrant from the Argentine. Mr Holliday got 500 dollars from the local T/V station for the film. He later sued for more money. Ah, noble civic minded George.
The press played down the brutal permanent damage to truck driver Denny. Rarely shown as thugs dragged him out of his truck. A black citizen rescued him.
I sincerely hope and pray that "wiser heads will prevail". A threatened indictment of Sharpton and company might sober them. A fat lot they care about any Trayvon Martins out there. A fair chance things will blow over though. (Imho)
My husband grew up outside of L.A. He said the “riots” were nothing in the magnitude the media depicted them. He said they used camera angles to the maximum advantage to make them look much worse than they were. His father talked with an older black man who referred to the rioting group as “a bunch of young bucks” just wanting to stir it up. Yeah, damage was done, but the media is at fault for making it appear exponentially worse than it was.