Don't be. You can be libertarian and still realize that a guy hopped up on PCP who led the cops on a high speed chase and refused to surrender even after being hit by a stun gun, etc., was not the victim of a rights violation.
Rodney King is far from the poster boy for the Libertarian party.
I guess when I say I am disturbed by it, I don't mean the particular case, or the particular "victim" Rodney King, but more the issue itself. There was a time when my immediate reaction to anything of that nature was a knee-jerk "He had it coming." Rodney King may indeed have had it coming, and those officers may have been innocent of wrong doing (I do think their double jeopardy rights were clearly violated). But after so many instances of out-of-control local and federal law enforcement, my initial reation is to be disturbed by it.
I don't know all the statistics on it, but I am frustrated because I don't believe over-zealous law enforcement and/or brutality is strictly a black issue. I wish a conservative/libertarian official would take a good hard look at the issue and try to resolve it. If they could really do something about it, they would have a chance to really make a positive impact in the black community (something the Republicans claim they want to do), take an issue away from the Al Sharptons of the world, and strike a blow for individual rights. It would seem to be an issue tailor made for a libertarian-oriented Republican, but no one will touch it.
Rodney King is far from the poster boy for the Libertarian party.
IIRC, King didn't have any drugs in his system, he was just drunk. That being said, I can understand the cops beating the hell out of him, but in all fairness I don't think it was their place to do it. The other motorists in the oncoming lane should have gotten first crack at him.
"... led the cops on a high speed chase through a residential neighborhood ..."
I've been there. If you live in suburbia, just look out your front door and imagine someone going by at 90 mph. He was driving 3X the speed limit where he was.
How many times has he been arrested for beating his wife? Maybe the media can do where are they now on all the charaters in the Rodney King play and post rial activities.
One thing that sticks in my mind is the Korean Shop keepers on the roofs of their stores fully armed to deter the post trial looting.