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.

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?

Sea Filly

Shouldn't have been beaten to a pulp by the LAPD officers.

Other than that... meh.

Truley wrote: »

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.

Yup.

Delancey

Rodney King was a violent thug , jury were right to acquit the Police officers involved.

H2UMrsRobinson

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

I hate goody good people.

The man was scum.

He deserved to get treated like scum.

The police are there to...well POLICE. The most a police officer can inflict as a punishment is a spot fine or a caution. They are not there to dole out justice as they see fit. That is the job of the courts and the penal system. What you are basically saying is you hate people who believe in a system of apprehension and presentation at court for a fair trial based on submitted evidence. He may have been scum but there's a legal procedure for dealing with scum that was not adhered to in this instance.

Nodin

Delancey wrote: »

Rodney King was a violent thug , jury were right to acquit the Police officers involved.

My arse.

Given the fact that we know exactly what happened, that comment coming from a member of a police service is somewhat troubling.

Big Nasty

H2UMrsRobinson wrote: »

The police are there to...well POLICE. The most a police officer can inflict as a punishment is a spot fine or a caution. They are not there to dole out justice as they see fit. That is the job of the courts and the penal system. What you are basically saying is you hate people who believe in a system of apprehension and presentation at court for a fair trial based on submitted evidence. He may have been scum but there's a legal procedure for dealing with scum that was not adhered to in this instance.

While I think some of the comments here are a little harsh the justice system tends to let a lot of scum away with little or no penance.

mirekb

H2UMrsRobinson wrote: »

The police are there to...well POLICE. The most a police officer can inflict as a punishment is a spot fine or a caution. They are not there to dole out justice as they see fit. That is the job of the courts and the penal system. What you are basically saying is you hate people who believe in a system of apprehension and presentation at court for a fair trial based on submitted evidence. He may have been scum but there's a legal procedure for dealing with scum that was not adhered to in this instance.

Exactly my point. I don't care whether he was scum or not but I do care that the society in which he lives states that it is ok for the police to abuse their power. They are the ones who MUST uphold the law of the land. If someone else decided to beat him up I'd listen to arguments as to why he deserved it (although I'm not an advocate of violence, personally) but for the POLICE to do it is simply wrong.

MagicMarker

Delancey wrote: »

Rodney King was a violent thug , jury were right to acquit the Police officers involved.

Looking at the forums you moderate, I hope to fúck you are not a cop, you should be fúcking ashamed of yourself if you are.

H2UMrsRobinson

MCMLXXV wrote: »

While I think some of the comments here are a little harsh the justice system tends to let a lot of scum away with little or no penance.

I agree - the scum do not always get what they deserve. On the up side I would hope that not too many innocent people are convicted of crimes they did not commit either. If you make it easier to get a conviction, less hard evidence required etc you increase the chance of convicting innocent people. It's a fine line.

ejmaztec

MCMLXXV wrote: »

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

I expect the only thing they're annoyed with is the trouble they're having trying to get a chalk outline to stick to the bottom of the pool. Someone will no doubt advise them that it would be a good idea to let the water out first.

mirekb

MagicMarker wrote: »

Looking at the forums you moderate, I hope to fúck you are not a cop, you should be fúcking ashamed of yourself if you are.

Apparently he is. Nice.

Whilst I understand it is difficult to see society at its lowest and not become corrupted by it, it is always sad it happens

The_Kew_Tour

mirekb wrote: »

You hate me?

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

H2UMrsRobinson wrote: »

The police are there to...well POLICE. The most a police officer can inflict as a punishment is a spot fine or a caution. They are not there to dole out justice as they see fit. That is the job of the courts and the penal system. What you are basically saying is you hate people who believe in a system of apprehension and presentation at court for a fair trial based on submitted evidence. He may have been scum but there's a legal procedure for dealing with scum that was not adhered to in this instance.

You do realise that he tried to set these officers to be beaten up in first place?

Nodin

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

You do realise that he tried to set these officers to be beaten up in first place?

Rrreally. You've evidence of this?

franklyon

MagicMarker wrote: »

I hope to fúck you are not a cop, you should be fúcking ashamed of yourself if you are.

Why should he be ashamed? The guy was a thug, he got what de deserved, he resisted arrest initially, kicking one officer in the chest, no surprise that he got a few kicks as sometimes thats all thugs like him understand.

As someone else said too many PC bleeding heart liberals here.

The_Kew_Tour

Nodin wrote: »

Rrreally. You've evidence of this?

yes really.

hence why it was King looking for them then other way around.

People who were meant to set them up even admitted it.

Randy Anders

Delancey wrote: »

Rodney King was a violent thug , jury were right to acquit the Police officers involved.

Jesus what a load of fucking bollox. Can't believe someone has this thought process in this day and age

mirekb

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

You do realise that he tried to set these officers to be beaten up in first place?

So? I think we've ascertained that he may not have been the nicest man himself but that doesn't excuse a loss of self control on the officers part.

Nodin

franklyon wrote: »

Why should he be ashamed? The guy was a thug, he got what de deserved, he resisted arrest initially, kicking one officer in the chest, no surprise that he got a few kicks as sometimes thats all thugs like him understand. .

He was tasered and hit over 60 times.

franklyon wrote: »

As someone else said too many PC bleeding heart liberals here.

Yeah, yeah. We've heard that one before.

Nodin

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

yes really.

hence why it was King looking for them then other way around.

People who were meant to set them up even admitted it.

You've a source for this?

The_Kew_Tour

mirekb wrote: »

So? I think we've ascertained that he may not have been the nicest man himself but that doesn't excuse a loss of self control on the officers part.

I aint no fan of Police forces in lot of countries, but if your life was in danger and all that

MagicMarker

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

I aint no fan of Police forces in lot of countries, but if your life was in danger and all that

Their lives clearly weren't in danger when they were beating a man almost to death.