Posted on 06/18/2012 10:21:46 AM PDT by Nacho Bidnith
RIALTO -- Rodney King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers led to riots a year later in South Central L.A., was declared dead early Sunday after being pulled from the bottom of his home's backyard swimming pool.
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Great news to start the week with!
The “Untouchable one”, who could not be arrested post-riots, even when found having sex with an underage boy, is finally out of here!
Unlike most folk I paid attention on one of the FEW occasions (post riot, of course) when the UNEDITED video was shown.
Yes, one cop clearly went too far, throwing in some kicks AFTER he was under control.
That ONE cop should have been fired, or at least demoted to the lowest rank and fined.
But the drunk felon is awarded 3.8 Million, despite the death of dozens, then lionized as some sort of civil rights hero?
Only in Bizzaro Land!
The media whore’s who edited that tape, and the moron who sent it to the media without providing it to the PD Internal Affairs first, should all have been charged with the deaths of 55 people and millions in property damage.
CNN spent the entire weekend memorializing this stupid criminal.
I've always thought that term "motorist" more than a little laughable. It's one of those dignified-sounding descriptions of a person for whom no other dignified title fits (right up there with "political consultant" and "community organizer").
I recall how during the financial crisis of 2008 Rodney King bravely went on national television (all 7 channels) and issued an appeal to banks and lenders: “Can’t we all get a loan?!”
The Professor Jacobson blog, which I linked to through instapundit, has the unedited tape up on his site, but youtube took it down, as usual.
Well, OJ’s in prison and Rodney drowns in his own swimming pool. Sticking up for criminals always turns out so well.
I bet King is pretty green right now too.
Plant him under the green and be done with it. He’s nothing but fertilizer now.
Actually, I think he was always fertilizer.
Can’t we all just swim alone?
dang...that pool area looks ‘trashy’ for a millionaire...what price home did he live in?? anyone know and what type of neighborhood?
was the guy broke already?
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