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I guess I'll be the only one to say a few kind words for Rodney in this thread. Truth is after I learned some about him I felt sorry for the guy.

Rodney is an addict. I doubt he will ever be more until the day he wipes himself ( and hopefully no innocent bystanders ) out in a final car crash. We all know examples of his type. On drugs or booze but regardless of their skin color, the same kind. Just in his case he was so big he could shrug off taser stun guns.

Rodney didn't incite the riot. He was used as an excuse by political and criminal ( and sometimes both ) opportunists. His " Can't we all just get along? " line has become so widerly parodied maybe we forget it likely kept the situation from getting worse then it did.

Whatever his weaknesses, failings, and faults, he personally tried so settle the rioters down at the time it counted. That wins him points from me at least.

His " Can't we all just get along? " line has become so widerly parodied maybe we forget it likely kept the situation from getting worse then it did.

What he should have said was "stop looting and stop setting things on fire you morons." Instead I took his "can we all just get along" as "why can't you let these people riot in peace?" Like I said, the only problem is that the police didn't beat this turd bad enough.

Truth is after I learned some about him I felt sorry for the guy.

I had just to opposite reaction. When I first saw the video, I kind of felt sorry for the guy. The more I learned about the events that led up to it, the more I wondered why the other drivers out there didn't want to stop and take a whack at him themselves.