Liberals Won't Admit Rodney King is a Loser (David Horowitz)

Los Angeles Daily News ^ | 9/4/03 | David Horowitz

[John Robertson]

Two things: many people forget, because it was shown so seldom or they missed it altogether, what the FULL videotape showed: an escalation in the action that led to the cops' action--refusal, resistance, fighting back...it's a whole different visual story than the 8-second clip we all saw endlessly of the mean cops wailing away on poor rodney.

A white friend of mine played for the Rams then (LA Rams, then), and one of his black teammates, seeing all the mayhem and looting--and the fact that the cops were doing nothing to stop it--hopped in his car to go pick himself up some electronics. The man who became a looter was making $900,000 a year at th time.

[Nea Wood]

The stories that stick out in my mind about that awful time:

Some kids from a Simi Valley school went on a field trip to Los Angeles. Their bus said "Simi Valley" on the side. The bus was pelted with rocks, etc., thrown by angry blacks convinced that everyone in Simi Valley was "racist." Never mind the fact that the bus contained innocent schoolchildren.

A newspaper article about a bunch of white people watching the riots on a TV in a bar. "Look, they're burning down their own community," the white people were saying. The writer wrote about how awful it was of these insensitive white people to refer to the rioters as "they."

News reports showing rioters and looters with news anchors' voices over saying, "Look what we have done. Look what we have driven these poor people to do. We should be ashamed!"

The fact that many of the rioters had no idea who Rodney King even was. One rioter was interviewed and asked what he thought of Rodney King. He replied, "I don't follow sports."

Of course my very favorite story is the one Charlton Heston used to tell, about his liberal Hollywood friends, (who had pushed for five-day waiting periods before buying a gun.) These libs called Heston on the phone and begged him to loan them some guns so they could protect their property from rioters. "Why don't you buy your own guns?" Heston asked them innocently. Well...er...there was the little matter of the five-day waiting period!!

Yes. Those were "interesting" times.

[Mr. Mojo]

A white friend of mine played for the Rams then (LA Rams, then), and one of his black teammates, seeing all the mayhem and looting--and the fact that the cops were doing nothing to stop it--hopped in his car to go pick himself up some electronics. The man who became a looter was making $900,000 a year at th time.

That's one of the worst (and saddest) things I've heard in my life. Reminds me a little of the Portland Trailblazer a few short years back (his name escapes me now) who got busted with a bunch of stolen car stereos in the trunk of his car. This guy was one of the the NBA best offensive guards, and must've been making at least $4 mil/yr at the time.

An ex-girlfriend of mine lived in Ojai (about 1 1/2 hours away from L.A.) during the riots, and she overheard her nextdoor neighbors - a family of about 10 - calmly discuss their plan to head down to L.A. to do some looting. She did hear one or two of them argue against doing the deed, but they were in the minority. She doesn't know if they ever did it.

[Mr. Mojo]

Portland Trailblazer

Isaiah Rider

[Mr. Mojo]

"Why don't you buy your own guns?" Heston asked them innocently

A better question to ask them would've been "why don't you already have your own guns?"

[Calvin Locke]

wolficatZ

or did they spot the 'group of heavily armed "white" citizens'?

[FlyVet]

I saw the entire tape only because I ran across it at a video store. They shot him with a taser twice, and he just stood there. He took a baton to the head only because he tried to run. You could hear the cops yelling at him to stay down, but he kept trying to get up, so they kept hitting. It was ugly, but I think a few baton strikes to the back of my legs would discourage me in a hurry. He had to be on something to withstand two taser hits.

[yoe]

Liberals Won't Admit Rodney King is a Loser"

Maxine Waters and all the rest of the Democratic Socialists of America; the Black Caucus and Mrs. Clinton's Third Way, are demonstrating one more time how they will go out on a limb to protect a known crook as they did the impeached president WJC. Rodney King is the poster boy for their failures.

[SSN558]

What do you suppose happened?

The same thing that happened to the CA corrections officers association. They became a powerful special interest group in a state that reaks of political coruption. I have no axe to grind with the CA correction officers, some of them are my ex students or old neighborhood friends. That's where I heard this stuff from.

[Bubba_Leroy]

I am amazed that he is still alive. I assumed that he would convert however much of the $3.8 Mil that his lawyers didn't get into PCP and overdose within a month.

[freedumb2003]

you remain in the cab and put your foot on the excelerator.

About 15 years ago, I was driving my little Fiat X/19 through Venice, California. All of a sudden, from both sides of the road came bunch of gang-bangers -- all armed with bricks, baseball bats and 2x4s.

I floored it and watched them all jump out of the way (I think I clipped one of 'em). Even an itty bitty car is enough to get the job done.

When I was watching the riots unfold, it never ceased to amaze the me the number of well-meaning idiots that allowed themselves to be put in direct harm by not doing what I did.

[Bernard Marx]

liberals won't embrace Foreman because it would show minorities you don't need them to get ahead and have a fulfilling life.

Especially if you remind them that George was a "Black Power" bigot early in his career. He had anti-white paranoia like many of his race. But he saw the light and not only is he now a great financial success but has the wisdom to write the following:

"The real answers you are looking for are inside of you. The hard part is being able to hear them."

We can all learn from that.

[Uncle Meat]

Rodney King is Eminem's idol.He wants to be just like him when he grows up.

[Roscoe Karns]

Isn't next Tuesday Rodney King day?

[fire_eye]

Reminds me a little of the Portland Trailblazer

'Round these parts, they're known as the "JailBlazers"... Hardly a one of 'em ain't been in...

[Mr. Mojo]

I hear management is making a big effort to change the "Jailblazer" image. Stoudamire getting caught bringing a bunch of weed wrapped in tinfoil through an airport metal detector a few weeks ago wasn't part of the plan, I'd imagine...lol.

[HadEnough]

"What do you suppose happened? "

Daryle Gates wrote an autobiography entitled "Chief", a very interesting read.

Gates' historical timeline describes the huge change in LA demographics from 1960 to 1990. In addition, the City Council and police oversite commision got loaded down with Marxists and race pimps who took every opportunity to blame the police for the moral and social filth of the community.

A major player in LA city politics (1960 - 1990) was none other than Clinton's Secretary of State, Warren Christopher. That provides some insight as to why the city of LA was wallowing in corruption.

[Alberta's Child]

This was his fifth arrest since a kangaroo court awarded him $3.8 million some years ago . . .

I don't know if this is funny or outrageous, but to me the most newsworthy item in this story is that King has only been arrested five times since then. I could have sworn that these incidents have occurred with such boring regularity that I lost count after about a dozen of them.