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About time we had a rodney king day?

cannon | 21.01.2003 23:05

Rodney King perhaps sums up best what it means to be black in america.

Rodney King perhaps sums up best what it means to be black in america.
You lie, you steal, you attack officers, you nearly kill dozens of
people with your dangerous driving on PCP, and you get 3 million
dollars, and become a national celebrity to be quoted by World Leaders
down through the ages. Yes, Rodney King is a true American Hero.
It's time

cannon

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spaceman

22.01.2003 00:08

What planet does cannon live on I wonder? Certainly not this one. Keep your racist shit to yourself. Rodney King was just one of many police beatings, but the cowardly event just happened to have been captured on a home video. If the man committed crimes, he should have been arrested and tried in court, not nearly beaten to death by thugs. Don't tell me there haven't been deaths at the hands of the cops. There are many. The cops were guilty of assault.

Get a life dickhead. The police kill and beat black men and even women over here in the UK too.

You are one sad person.

andyC

andyC

2nd attempt

22.01.2003 00:52

I don’t know what planet cannon inhabits, but he’s not on ours. Rodney King was beaten, unarmed, almost to death by a gang of thuggish cops with clubs and batons. The response of the people of LA, black, latino and white, was fury; after years of maltreatment by the force – particularly aimed at black men. Unfortunately for the police this one was caught on video, hence the outcry. This goes on all the time. They weren’t jailed for their disgusting behaviour. For the one caught on video, there must be dozens unseen. It’s an outrage.

We have deaths and beatings in police cells/hands here too in the UK; even shootings of innocent people. If someone is guilty/suspected of a crime they should be arrested and tried before a jury, not have the police carry out their violent ‘justice’. We have even had black women killed or seriously injured by the force over here. No cop is ever charged.

The allegations cannon makes about RK are spurious, unless you can present some evidence for your allegations.

So cannon get a life, or get lost you racist idiot.

andyC