Rodney King Found Dead

bnt · 17-06-2012 05:09PM #1

Breaking News: Rodney King has been found dead, at the age of 47. He was the guy who coined the phrase "can't we all just get along?" after he was beat up by cops in 1991 after a traffic stop. The cops were later acquitted, sparking the LA Riots of 1992.

galwayrush · 17-06-2012 05:13PM

Sad , only 47.

themandan6611 · 17-06-2012 05:13PM

i hear he was at a Michael Barrymore party

Nodin · 17-06-2012 05:13PM

Mad. Read this the other month.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/01/rodney-king-learn-to-forgive

Deus Ex Machina · 17-06-2012 05:46PM

I'm surprised somebody who used to speed around LA at 110 mph while at double the legal alcohol limit actually made it to that age.

christmas2012 · 17-06-2012 05:47PM

rip rodney king sad news

Uriel. · 17-06-2012 05:52PM

Deus Ex Machina wrote: »

I'm surprised somebody who used to speed around LA at 110 mph while at double the legal alcohol limit actually made it to that age.

Me too

mikemac1 · 17-06-2012 05:53PM

had been jailed for threatening a shopkeeper with an iron bar.

On the night of the beating, he was drunk at the wheel of his car and speeding

he was convicted of spousal abuse

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/01/rodney-king-learn-to-forgive

Classy guy

GoldFour4 · 17-06-2012 05:59PM

So he's famous for being beaten because officers thought he had a gun when he refused arrest after a high speed chase while drunk. All this while on parole after a robbery.

I never knew this was how the LA riots started. They've lost a lot of their meaning to me now tbh.

Richard tea · 17-06-2012 06:01PM

goodnight sweet prince

Nodin · 17-06-2012 06:03PM

malachyscott wrote: »

So he's famous for being beaten because officers thought he had a gun when he refused arrest after a high speed chase while drunk. All this while on parole after a robbery.

I never knew this was how the LA riots started. They've lost a lot of their meaning to me now tbh.

News to me that they claimed they thought he had a gun.

I suggest watching this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAc718W8axM

mirekb · 17-06-2012 06:04PM

malachyscott wrote: »

So he's famous for being beaten because officers thought he had a gun when he refused arrest after a high speed chase while drunk. All this while on parole after a robbery.

I never knew this was how the LA riots started. They've lost a lot of their meaning to me now tbh.

I couldn't disagree more - there is no justification for a police officer to use excessive force. No matter what kind of scumbag they're dealing with

GoldFour4 · 17-06-2012 06:06PM

mirekb wrote: »

I couldn't disagree more - there is no justification for a police officer to use excessive force. No matter what kind of scumbag they're dealing with

I'm not justifying the excessive force, I'm saying that the officers getting off doesn't justify the LA riots.

abouttobebanned · 17-06-2012 06:07PM

Oh please don't let the thread descend into this..

mirekb · 17-06-2012 06:22PM

malachyscott wrote: »

So he's famous for being beaten because officers thought he had a gun when he refused arrest after a high speed chase while drunk. All this while on parole after a robbery.

I never knew this was how the LA riots started. They've lost a lot of their meaning to me now tbh.

Sorry, I may have misunderstood this - I took it to mean that as Rodney was a bit of a scumbag then the riots weren't justified.

malachyscott wrote: »

I'm not justifying the excessive force, I'm saying that the officers getting off doesn't justify the LA riots.

I think it was a tinderbox anyway and all it needed was a spark - it was kinda irrelevant what that spark was

abouttobebanned wrote: »

Oh please don't let the thread descend into this..

It's a subject relevant to Rodney King, no? We're debating rather than arguing:D

jayteecork · 17-06-2012 06:24PM

3.8 million he got from the city of L.A

Wonder how long it took him and his cronies to get through that amount of booze, crystal meth, wife beater tshirts, and the rest?

Big Nasty · 17-06-2012 06:31PM

I would imagine (seriously) that the LAPD are real sorry to hear this news.

Nodin · 17-06-2012 06:32PM

jayteecork wrote: »

3.8 million he got from the city of L.A

Wonder how long it took him and his cronies to get through that amount of booze, crystal meth, wife beater tshirts, and the rest?

any other stereotypes you want to throw in?

Capt'n Midnight · 17-06-2012 06:45PM

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/08/rodney-king-marry-jury-member

Kelley was juror number five, the only black member of the jury, and argued passionately that King deserved appropriate compensation for the assault. After the case she recalled: "The other jurors said, 'Let's just award him $100,000, you know he's just gonna blow it anyway.'"
...
Rodney King, whose beating in 1991 by four white Los Angeles police officers sparked riots in which dozens died and blocks of the city were torched, is to marry a member of the jury that awarded him $3.8m (£2.5m) compensation.

AH question.

Does she get to keep the money ?

jayteecork · 17-06-2012 06:47PM

Nodin wrote: »

any other stereotypes you want to throw in?

Er what, most of the things I mentioned are white redneck stereotypes.

Rodney King was no saint, let's just say that.

Nodin · 17-06-2012 06:51PM

jayteecork wrote: »

Er what, most of the things I mentioned are white redneck stereotypes. .

And why did you throw them out in this thread? They just lying on the clipboard and you decided to c&p them?

jayteecork wrote: »

Rodney King was no saint, let's just say that.

I don't recall stating that he was.

I do believe however, thats he's entitled to live without being beaten to the extent of having brain damage, that those who gave him same should have been convicted of what they did, and that fucking out half arsed stereotypes is a way of underming the legitamacy of his case.

jayteecork · 17-06-2012 06:54PM

Nodin wrote: »

And why did you throw them out in this thread? They just lying on the clipboard and you decided to c&p them?

I don't recall stating that he was.

I do believe however, thats he's entitled to live without being beaten to the extent of having brain damage, that those who gave him same should have been convicted of what they did, and that fucking out half arsed stereotypes is a way of underming the legitamacy of his case.

He claims it was the beating that did the brain damage. He was also involved in a ridiculous amount of car crashes and has been a heavy alcoholic for decades. Drug use too I assume that he won't admit to. So call me a cynic but I'm just wondering.

Nodin · 17-06-2012 06:59PM

jayteecork wrote: »

He claims it was the beating that did the brain damage..

You've evidence it didn't?

jayteecork wrote: »

He was also involved in a ridiculous amount of car crashes and has been a heavy alcoholic for decades..

...which, last I knew, doesn't justify a beating involving a tasering and around 60 blows.

jayteecork wrote: »

Drug use too I assume that he won't admit to. So call me a cynic but I'm just wondering.

Just wondering what?

earpiece · 17-06-2012 07:00PM

Quality police work.....

"Rialto Police Captain Randy Deanda said on Sunday King was found "unresponsive" at the bottom of his pool"

IrishAm · 17-06-2012 07:04PM

Jaysus. Just watched the clip of his run in with the LAPD there. He took some hiding.

chuckliddell · 17-06-2012 07:34PM

f**k him, he was only a scumbag anyways regardless of what cops done to him, look at the s**t he pulled before 1991

nlgbbbblth · 17-06-2012 07:50PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NSeTBYkS5c

Nodin · 17-06-2012 07:51PM

chuckliddell wrote: »

f**k him, he was only a scumbag anyways regardless of what cops done to him, look at the s**t he pulled before 1991

Lovely sense of proportion there.

Truley · 17-06-2012 07:55PM

It wasn't right what the police did but I don't believe the man should be put on a pedestal. He continued to drink and drive dangerously and act like a scum bag even after everything that happened. It was terrible what happened but he's no hero.

The_Kew_Tour · 17-06-2012 08:02PM

mirekb wrote: »

I couldn't disagree more - there is no justification for a police officer to use excessive force. No matter what kind of scumbag they're dealing with

I hate goody good people.

The man was scum.

He deserved to get treated like scum.

mirekb · 17-06-2012 08:11PM

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

I hate goody good people.

The man was scum.

He deserved to get treated like scum.

You hate me?

And it's ok for the police to beat up people they regard as scum?

Rodney King Found Dead

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