Rodney King Found Dead

[Anybodyhome]

http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/17/us/obit-rodney-king/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

...in the bottom of a pool...

"Can't we all just learn how to swim?"

[pawsandclaws]

http://www.cnn.com/2....html?hpt=hp_t1

...in the bottom of a pool...

"Can't we all just learn how to swim?"

Oh man now that's bad....but admit I laughed out loud.

[thefuzz]

Curious to see the toxicology report.

[Hairless Cat]

just another innocent motorist victimized by racism .........

[thefuzz]

just another innocent motorist victimized by racism .........

Wasn't he high on PCP and doing over 100 mph?

I honestly can't remember, but I think that's right.

[mav1234]

Nope, it's not... Even if it was, they beat him while he was on the ground. Can't really defend those actions.

[Ivan The Awesome]

R.I.P.

[mav1234]

From what I recall, his tests for PCP came back negative, but I don't recall what else he was tested for. He also was driving excessively fast, perhaps over 100 mph, and certainly deserved to be pulled over because of it, but the PCP thing may have been concocted by police because they don't believe his pain tolerance as they were beating him senseless.

He wasn't a saint, but he didn't deserve that beating.

[Kevin Greene]

Wasn't he high on PCP and doing over 100 mph?

I honestly can't remember, but I think that's right.

Yep, the true victim of the Rodney King incident was Reginald Denny.

[mav1234]

Fidel Lopez was also a "true victim" I guess though I'm not certain how King wasn't also a victim.

Rodney King wasn't a saint but I don't think that kind of police brutality has any purpose. Breaking the law doesn't mean it's okay to beat you.

Not that a miscarriage of the law made it okay for people to riot - it didn't...

[bigjohn]

There was plenty of wrong to go around in that whole fiasco.

[B wood]

I wonder if they will riot against pool contractors now?

[KillerKat]

Fidel Lopez was also a "true victim" I guess though I'm not certain how King wasn't also a victim.

Rodney King wasn't a saint but I don't think that kind of police brutality has any purpose. Breaking the law doesn't mean it's okay to beat you.

Not that a miscarriage of the law made it okay for people to riot - it didn't...

It was started with a dumb act followed by another dumb act followed by another dumb act. Just one dumb thing after another. A lot of stupidity to go around from everyone. The very definition of a clusterfug.

[g5jamz]

Can't we all just get a lifeguard?