Rodney king dead

[Gio7707]

Rodney King, motorist whose beating by Los Angeles police officers sparked deadly US race riots, dead at 47 - U.S. News

Rodney King, the man whose videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers in 1991 sparked some of the deadliest race riots in U.S. history, was found dead on Sunday, Reuters reported. He was 47.

[NE19149]

Pity, isn't it?
He was a loser in 1991, and died like one at the tender age of 47.

Like, who cares already.

[MariusPontmercy]

He was a bum before the beating and remained one afterwards. Just look at his court record. There are many irresponsible losers in the world, and getting beaten up by the cops doesn't make one any more or less of an irresponsible loser. He certainly didn't decide to shape up after the media gave him national attention. At least he bought his mom a big house with the the money he won I guess.

I dunno, if not for all the attention and the riots, who would care about this guy? If people could see past race would it have happened? I doubt it.

[Gio7707]

ok if you say so... we leave seeds on this planet before we die ...



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[NJbound]

yea Im sure he left his all over...

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/project...ngarrests.html

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[OffenseTaken]

He was a bum before the beating and remained one afterwards. Just look at his court record. There are many irresponsible losers in the world, and getting beaten up by the cops doesn't make one any more or less of an irresponsible loser. He certainly didn't decide to shape up after the media gave him national attention. At least he bought his mom a big house with the the money he won I guess.

I dunno, if not for all the attention and the riots, who would care about this guy? If people could see past race would it have happened? I doubt it.

King did make more of an effort than anyone could have expected to stop the riots in '92, so he deserves some credit for that. And his arrest record, though long, doesn't suggest the kind of sociopath that stalks our streets every night. (Or the kind that beat Reginald Denny to within an inch of his life, on Rodney King's unsolicited behalf.) It really doesn't suggest much more than the underclass version of Joe Schmoe.

[Gio7707]

k..once u r on the radar ..notin is private anymore ..just let him rest in peace ...

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/project...ngarrests.html

I am with u on this one ..yess ... didn't know all the details ...

[MariusPontmercy]

King did make more of an effort than anyone could have expected to stop the riots in '92, so he deserves some credit for that. And his arrest record, though long, doesn't suggest the kind of sociopath that stalks our streets every night. (Or the kind that beat Reginald Denny to within an inch of his life, on Rodney King's unsolicited behalf.) It really doesn't suggest much more than the underclass version of Joe Schmoe.

Not saying he was a monster, just kind of a ne'er do well loser. I thought he was convicted of armed robbery though? Just because somebody has something horrible visited on them doesn't mean they were actually a good guy. I dunno. The whole thing is just a sorry affair, start to finish it seems.

[Gladys]

Rodney King, motorist whose beating by Los Angeles police officers sparked deadly US race riots, dead at 47 - U.S. News

Rodney King, the man whose videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers in 1991 sparked some of the deadliest race riots in U.S. history, was found dead on Sunday, Reuters reported. He was 47.

This is a prime example of how one person's choices can harm so many. Meaning he started a domino effect of bad choices.

[loveisnoise]

Yeah- he left his seed. Three kids that he chose to have nothing with as he smoked pot and drank in the comfort of his own pool on fathers day. They didn't leave him in the water long enough to see that **** floats.

I hope his kids watch video of him drinking on the job after his fateful arrest to learn how not to be a scumbag.

[OffenseTaken]

Not saying he was a monster, just kind of a ne'er do well loser. I thought he was convicted of armed robbery though? Just because somebody has something horrible visited on them doesn't mean they were actually a good guy. I dunno. The whole thing is just a sorry affair, start to finish it seems.

I must have missed that one, but you're right. I guess he couldn't really be an underclass version of Joe Schmoe if he didn't have at least one robbery.

And he had just been paroled for it three months before the night he got the famous beatdown. It is truly astounding how little the threat of incarceration fazes these guys.

[MariusPontmercy]

I must have missed that one, but you're right. I guess he couldn't really be an underclass version of Joe Schmoe if he didn't have at least one robbery.

And he had just been paroled for it three months before the night he got the famous beatdown. It is truly astounding how little the threat of incarceration fazes these guys.

Incarceration only bothers people with something to lose. For a lot of these guys its just part of the lifestyle. It's not really setting them back from anything.

[NE19149]

Incarceration only bothers people with something to lose. For a lot of these guys its just part of the lifestyle. It's not really setting them back from anything.

Kind of a neanderthal mentality, isn't it?

[Gio7707]

This is a prime example of how one person's choices can harm so many. Meaning he started a domino effect of bad choices.

True , but his story produced reforms at the LAPD and nationwide ..

http://www.seattlemedium.com/News/ar...3&ItemSource=L

Twenty years after the Los Angeles rioting, national attention is again focused on a racially-charged assault. This time, an overzealous community watch volunteer in Sanford, Fla., is charged in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager, and initial police handling of the case has raised widespread concern.

Whether Trayvon Martin will become the Rodney King of his generation remains to be seen. But one thing is clear: The ghost of Rodney King will loom large over the trial of George Zimmerman.