Rodney King was a convicted criminal, lifetime substance abuser, serial dangerous driver, and blew through (perhaps literally) millions of dollars in taxpayer money. But at least he came across as a nice guy on TV and radio.
After leading police on a high-speed chase, disobeying police commands, and then charging at police (yes, that was caught on tape, too... have you seen that part of it?) he was struck with batons as he repeatedly tried to move towards officers and get up off his knees. Eventually he stopped and the baton blows stopped, and he was taken into custody. It didn't look pretty, but a jury of twelve people failed to find it to be criminal on the part of the police officers. Then a federal "civil rights" trial was held in a different location and the police officers were convicted of violating King’s civil rights... by... doing something that wasn't criminal. Whatever. It was seen as a necessary verdict to avoid more riots, which opportunists and violent criminal wastes of human potential perpetuated after the not guilty verdicts in the first criminal trial. Oh, and look, one of the jurors became his "fiancée". Nothing shady there, right?
This also helped to bring more political meddling into the LAPD.
Rodney King was not a hero. He did nothing heroic.
The best thing I can say about him is that he at least he didn't die as I thought he might: in a horrible incident of vehicular manslaughter, killing innocent people as he killed himself.
Instead, it appears that his substance abuse did him in.
Sad. Not heroic. Don't let the activists hide the truth.
UPDATE: King's family wants donations for his funeral. The guy was awarded 3,800,000 million dollars of taxpayer money about 20 years ago. Nobody should give a dime for his funeral.
After leading police on a high-speed chase, disobeying police commands, and then charging at police (yes, that was caught on tape, too... have you seen that part of it?) he was struck with batons as he repeatedly tried to move towards officers and get up off his knees. Eventually he stopped and the baton blows stopped, and he was taken into custody. It didn't look pretty, but a jury of twelve people failed to find it to be criminal on the part of the police officers. Then a federal "civil rights" trial was held in a different location and the police officers were convicted of violating King’s civil rights... by... doing something that wasn't criminal. Whatever. It was seen as a necessary verdict to avoid more riots, which opportunists and violent criminal wastes of human potential perpetuated after the not guilty verdicts in the first criminal trial. Oh, and look, one of the jurors became his "fiancée". Nothing shady there, right?
This also helped to bring more political meddling into the LAPD.
Rodney King was not a hero. He did nothing heroic.
The best thing I can say about him is that he at least he didn't die as I thought he might: in a horrible incident of vehicular manslaughter, killing innocent people as he killed himself.
Instead, it appears that his substance abuse did him in.
Sad. Not heroic. Don't let the activists hide the truth.
UPDATE: King's family wants donations for his funeral. The guy was awarded 3,800,000 million dollars of taxpayer money about 20 years ago. Nobody should give a dime for his funeral.
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