Rodney King dead at 47

How come nobody is mentioning that King had one of the officer's in a stranglehold when they commenced the beatdown? And the fact he beat a female officer to the ground before that?

just wondering ...

He was probably doing crack and is why he drowned in his own pool.
 
I do not care if he was involved with drugs but did he hurt anyone? sure he had to fight back when cops went too far which was ridilicous.
 
Steinhauer said:
How come nobody is mentioning that King had one of the officer's in a stranglehold when they commenced the beatdown? And the fact he beat a female officer to the ground before that?
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Yes, that pissed other cops off. He shouldn't have done that.
 
Frisky Feline said:
I do not care if he was involved with drugs but did he hurt anyone? sure he had to fight back when cops went too far which was ridilicous.
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Disagree...he was not fighting back because the cops went too far....he was fighting back to avoid being arrested....he was drunk and disorderly...
 
rockin'robin said:
Well, "Mr. Perfect"....there are and were no "buffoons" trying to sway my opinion....So they did use a taser, he fell down...but kept fighting and resisting arrest....The taser would not have been necessary if he would have just gave up peacefully!....He didn't, and he admitted it.

Would it have been better to just shoot him as he was fighting the police?...And like I said, the beating was too severe, should not have happened, but it did...and resisting arrest with violence is illegal also...you get jailed for that...so it's his fault to begin with....the police's fault for over-reacting with the beating.
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Ms. Perfect, Don't you remember the Rodney King photos? His face beat and bruised. :ugh:

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Lots of cops were all over him and kept beat him for a long while.

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Look at some cops standing watching .. what the heck was that?
 
CrazyPaul said:
Please remember that the video of police brutality on Rodney King was not showing how it started. The guy who recorded it happened to see the beatings and recorded it with his camcorder so he didn't know how it started. What's more, King admitted that what he did was wrong. In other words, he didn't follow police's instructions like putting his hands up and laying on the ground. He didn't. The video didn't show that, however the cops who beat him were guilty of excessive force which was unacceptable.

It's possible that he drowned in his own pool. I heard that many blacks don't know how to swim. I don't know for a fact.
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There is confirmation to your post.
Swimming ability gap between whites and minorities remains | kare11.com
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/28/minorities-drowning_n_1550525.html
 
rockin'robin said:
Disagree...he was not fighting back because the cops went too far....he was fighting back to avoid being arrested....he was drunk and disorderly...
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And they had to Chase him for miles. He was driving the wrong way on a busy expressway.

Why does no one mention this?
 
Jiro said:
it doesn't matter how it started. what mattered was police conduct in that situation. just because a criminal broke a law doesn't mean it allows police officers to break a law and department policy too. that's why they were found guilty and jailed.


what's up with you and your silly "black" thing?
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I just posted 2 links about minorities and his statement is partially true but forget to add latino/hispanics.
 
Steinhauer said:
How come nobody is mentioning that King had one of the officer's in a stranglehold when they commenced the beatdown? And the fact he beat a female officer to the ground before that?

just wondering ...

He was probably doing crack and is why he drowned in his own pool.
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Steinhauer said:
And they had to Chase him for miles. He was driving the wrong way on a busy expressway.

Why does no one mention this?
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so you do condone police beat-down then?
 
rockin'robin said:
Well, "Mr. Perfect"....
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There's a difference between "perfect" and accuracy. Yours was very inaccurate and I'm not sure why you're feeling insulted when I correct it.

rockin'robin said:
there are and were no "buffoons" trying to sway my opinion....
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oh? then how did you know about Rodney King beating? there you go.

rockin'robin said:
So they did use a taser, he fell down...but kept fighting and resisting arrest....The taser would not have been necessary if he would have just gave up peacefully!....He didn't, and he admitted it.
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worthless opinion since you did not know taser existed at that time and taser was used on Rodney King.... therefore your opinion over this situation had been wrong for past decades.

rockin'robin said:
Would it have been better to just shoot him as he was fighting the police?...And like I said, the beating was too severe, should not have happened, but it did...and resisting arrest with violence is illegal also...you get jailed for that...so it's his fault to begin with....the police's fault for over-reacting with the beating.
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very simple - learn how to deal with it in a lawful manner and as according to department policy. if you cannot do what the job entails, then go be a Mall Cop or request for reassignment to like... desk job.

I'm not sure why this is very very hard for you to understand this simple logic. If you're gonna be a cop, you should know and be prepared for all kinds of scenarios including crazed drug addict with no regard for people's lives. They should not expect a criminal to kindly comply with their order. Many bouncers for bars and clubs are off-duty cops. Apparently they can handle drunks and crackheads just fine without incident.
 
CrazyPaul said:
Obviously you didn't watch King's interview about his new book on TV. He forgave the cops and he understood why he got beaten up. He actually said that it was partly his fault. It doesn't matter what you think. It matters what he thought since he was there. He also said that at least one cop got jailed so he was happy.
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I'm glad he forgave cops. That's a step forward to unity and peace to racial injustice. Now I hope you can too.
 
I've seen worse!....But good you did post the pix...it still doesn't make me feel any sorrow for what happened because it could have been avoided if he would have let them arrest him peacefully....

And again, as I've said many times, the police went too far with the beating....
 
rockin'robin said:
His past is what has made his present.....as for his words of "Can't we all get along"?...it's my bet he was stoned at the time!...And just becuz he has that "baby-faced" image...:giggle:..don't let that fool you...He was a drunk and a druggie...

As far as the police "just putting him in the police car and taking him to jail"....the police had to chase him for miles...and his putting other motorists in danger by the high-speed chase...He was running becuz he was drunk and on probation for a prior felony (think it was robbery)...and didn't want to go back to jail/prison....

He was also combative when the Police finally apprehended him...(fighting with the police)...and Yes, they had to subdue him with night sticks as there were no tasers back in 1992....He was a very BIG man...so it took a lot of policemen to subdue him....

I agree, the beat-down was too severe tho'....it should have stopped as soon as they (the police) felt they could be able to handcuff him and get him into the car.
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You are racist. That is all I got to say. :mad:
 
Steinhauer said:
How come nobody is mentioning that King had one of the officer's in a stranglehold when they commenced the beatdown? And the fact he beat a female officer to the ground before that?

just wondering ...

He was probably doing crack and is why he drowned in his own pool.
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Of course. He is black, and we know they all do crack and swim like a stone. Sorry, I forgot my Irish upbringing for a moment.

Question for Mr. St-einstein; at what point does the beating change from trying to free the female officer, to retaliation for King having grabbed her? I say as soon as she was free. You say...Never?
 
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