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Rodney King Found Dead

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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.

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galwayrush

Sad , only 47.

themandan6611

i hear he was at a Michael Barrymore party

Nodin

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

Deus Ex Machina

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

rip rodney king sad news

Uriel.

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

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

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

goodnight sweet prince

Nodin

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

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

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

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

mirekb

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

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

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

Nodin

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

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.'"
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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

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

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

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

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

Quality police work.....

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

IrishAm

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

chuckliddell

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

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

Nodin

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

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

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

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?