I didn't take it personally - I was making a point. I don't claim to be anyone's victim, one way or the other.
Me thinks thou protesteth a bit much.
The Rodney King video set the precedent - riots and racial tension = big ratings! We'll see it every night until LA burns and then the networks can get in some great riot coverage.
The police officer wanted to teach the kid a lesson? Throw him in the slammer then go out and run five miles when you get off shift. Because of that lesson we'll now have fodder for the race baiters, another reason for inner city blacks to hate cops and whites, and a cop who will have to be fired then tried and imprisoned so the LAPD can save face..