Sowell is playing fast and loose with the facts in order to support his narrative. “They deserved what they got.” Rodney King’s passengers WERE beaten. The grand jury DID indict 4 officers. The all white trial jury deadlocked at 8–4 in favor of acquittal at the state level.and the civil rights trial returned a guilty verdict and award. The video is too unclear to be sure what occurred before he was on the ground but ti appears King attempted to run away and ran into an officer Powell. King was laying face down on the ground when the officers started the baton strikes. What King did as attempt to avoid them as anyone would. Make no mistake. King was no angel but he did no deserve the 30 some baton strikes he endured.
I saw the entire video also.
King didn’t comply when they finally got him stopped and out of the car. Some officers used excessive force and that’s why on officer tried to stop it.
Sowell does not lie.