OT: Rodney King Dead

[mattola]

Rodney King dead at 47 - CNN.com

 

[huskers1217]

 

[mattola]

did those 1992 riots change anything in life? sounds like he got quite the settlement after to have a house with a pool or he actually did well in life after

RIP rodney. It was an interesting time that you went through. I hope good came of it. maybe a more alertness to how witnesses take part now maybe this was the birth of everyone with how they use camera phones for everything.

 

[mattola]

did those 1992 riots change anything in life? sounds like he got quite the settlement after to have a house with a pool or he actually did well in life after

RIP rodney. It was an interesting time that you went through. I hope good came of it. maybe a more alertness to how witnesses take part now maybe this was the birth of everyone with how they use camera phones for everything.

that answered that.


King also sued the city of Los Angeles and was awarded $3.8 million in damages.

 

[SLY]

I'll take a beating from the cops for $3.8m.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

I'll take a beating from the cops for $3.8m.

Shheeeeeeit. You don't want to know what I'd do for $3.8 M.

 

[BOSSMANPC]

Reginald Denny got nothing but a days pay for going to work and doing his job that day. Too bad it wasn't caught on video ....oh never mind it was.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Reginald Denny got nothing but a days pay for going to work and doing his job that day. Too bad it wasn't caught on video ....oh never mind it was.

Interesting, and probably popular, take Boss on the death of a guy who was beaten by the cops for little to no reason. A few couple of questions regarding your take on Rodney King and his death. I hope that you can answer these in a way that alleviates concerns that your previous post might be racially motivated.

1) What does Rodney King's death have to do with a victim of a riot in which he, by all evidence, did not participate?

2) Based on what you say it can be inferred that some sort of settlement should be coming the way of the truck driver who was infamously beaten in the LA riots. I , also, would hope for the same kind of closure for that man. However who, or what entity , are you proposing is getting away with what was a terrible assault?

 

[elocomotive]

Reginald Denny got nothing but a days pay for going to work and doing his job that day. Too bad it wasn't caught on video ....oh never mind it was.

Morale of the story - If you are going to get nearly beaten to death, better to be beaten to death by individuals representing an entity with hundreds of millions of dollars than four poor dudes.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Morale of the story - If you are going to get nearly beaten to death, better to be beaten to death by individuals representing an entity with hundreds of millions of dollars than four poor dudes.

One of the assailants was a former US Marine. Perhaps the US military should be held financially accountable for the actions of Henry Watson?

 

[elocomotive]

One of the assailants was a former US Marine. Perhaps the US military should be held financially accountable for the actions of Henry Watson?

If he was no longer employed by the Marines, no chance. And even if he was, if he wasn't performing his job at the time of the beating, it wouldn't have mattered anyway. Life/justice isn't always fair. The depth of the pockets of the people who wrong you definitely impacts the kind of money you'll get in any lawsuit.

I'm not siding one way or another, both were awful and I can't stand racism, biggotry, homophobia, etc. on any level. There are definitely some racist pieces of shit on this board and on the general board who I would love to beat the hate out of, but Boss isn't one of them.

And I think it's easy to say you'd take that money, but I'm not sure Mr. King would agree with you. Don't know him - but I bet having your entire life being defined by being high on PCP and getting your ass beat probably sucked.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

If he was no longer employed by the Marines, no chance. And even if he was, if he wasn't performing his job at the time of the beating, it wouldn't have mattered anyway. Life/justice isn't always fair. The depth of the pockets of the people who wrong you definitely impacts the kind of money you'll get in any lawsuit.

I'm not siding one way or another, both were awful and I can't stand racism, biggotry, homophobia, etc. on any level. There are definitely some racist pieces of shit on this board and on the general board who I would love to beat the hate out of, but Boss isn't one of them.

And I think it's easy to say you'd take that money, but I'm not sure Mr. King would agree with you. Don't know him - but I bet having your entire life being defined by being high on PCP and getting your ass beat probably sucked.

Thanks man.

I wasn't really being serious though.

I agree that sometimes life/justice doesn't agree with logic.


I, along with two guys from my hockey team, once caught two guys who had smashed two of my cars windows (value about $500) in order to break in. The night did not end well for them, needless to say.

THEY ended up reporting the incident to the police because I broke one of their noses right off of the bat. I was never charged but I was questioned several times.

They never gave me a dime for the damages to my car.

 

[mattola]

Police: Rodney King's 'accidental drowning' involved drugs - CNN.com

 

[Voltaire26]

If he was no longer employed by the Marines, no chance. And even if he was, if he wasn't performing his job at the time of the beating, it wouldn't have mattered anyway. Life/justice isn't always fair. The depth of the pockets of the people who wrong you definitely impacts the kind of money you'll get in any lawsuit.

I'm not siding one way or another, both were awful and I can't stand racism, biggotry, homophobia, etc. on any level. There are definitely some racist pieces of shit on this board and on the general board who I would love to beat the hate out of, but Boss isn't one of them.

And I think it's easy to say you'd take that money, but I'm not sure Mr. King would agree with you. Don't know him - but I bet having your entire life being defined by being high on PCP and getting your ass beat probably sucked.

What happened to Rodney King wasn't racist. I had the opportunity to see the entire video footage (instead of the media's version of 90 seconds). Rodney was racing through the streets of a neighorhood (or neighbourhood for my Canadian Brothers) endangering lives. When the police pulled him over, he attacked. They attempted to subdue him with an older type electronic control device that worked on the level of pain complience. They could have (and should have) used deadly force. The police were not convicted for the Rodney King incident, but for joking about it afterward. Sorry, I just don't see Rodney King and a hero or symbol for anything.

 

[filosofy29]

What happened to Rodney King wasn't racist. I had the opportunity to see the entire video footage (instead of the media's version of 90 seconds). Rodney was racing through the streets of a neighorhood (or neighbourhood for my Canadian Brothers) endangering lives. When the police pulled him over, he attacked. They attempted to subdue him with an older type electronic control device that worked on the level of pain complience. They could have (and should have) used deadly force. The police were not convicted for the Rodney King incident, but for joking about it afterward. Sorry, I just don't see Rodney King and a hero or symbol for anything.

Unlike Cocaine, PCP IS a hell of a drug.

 

[BigBlueNation111]

What happened to Rodney King wasn't racist. I had the opportunity to see the entire video footage (instead of the media's version of 90 seconds). Rodney was racing through the streets of a neighorhood (or neighbourhood for my Canadian Brothers) endangering lives. When the police pulled him over, he attacked. They attempted to subdue him with an older type electronic control device that worked on the level of pain complience. They could have (and should have) used deadly force. The police were not convicted for the Rodney King incident, but for joking about it afterward. Sorry, I just don't see Rodney King and a hero or symbol for anything.

I totally agree!!

 

[Voltaire26]

Unlike Cocaine, PCP IS a hell of a drug.

Just needed the right tool for the job ... no animals were injured in this video, he just had his purposeful movements interrupted