Did you believe the los Angeles riot after the Rodney King beating was justified?

Answer 1

Yes, I think you might get better answers if you post in the politics area maybe? That being said, the Rodney King beating was a terrible tragedy. Still to this day, the LAPD is notorious for racism. Of course, though, rioting is never warranted. It seems that very often when there is a social injustice, outrage is misplaced. It is not true, however, to assume that all of the rioting was perpetrated by the African-American community. Riots are the product of mob mentality and opportunists who add fuel to a fire with their behavior in hopes of evading the consequences of their actions by recruiting others in their illegal activities.

In other words, the rioters were bad apples who took advantage of public outrage and things got out of control, and those rioters were of all different races. As with all mob mentality, the first person pushes the envelope and others join in because they are swept up in the moment, or because they were waiting for the opportunity to do something illegal, and they found their opening.

I think it was unfair for the media to portray the looting and vandalism as direct results of the Rodney King verdict, because it made it appear that all of the illegal activities were perpetrated by African-Americans, and the media spin detracted from the focus on the true injustice of what happened to Mr. King.

So, no, the violent outcomes of the riots were not justified, but outrage over the beating/verdict was justified.

Answer 2

No. The riot was after the verdict in Simi Valley, a white suburb of LA.

I think the culprit was that the news really wanted the story and to flare South Central LA during the early 90s recession in LA. I think Rodney King was a punk, and the media ran away with the footage without giving a full review of what happend.

It's horrible that Rodney King was beaten, but it was a media marketing event in my opinion that riled up people who aren't able to know better.

In hindsight, this was the best thing that ever happend to Bll Clinton. It put him in the national spotlight, and he was ahead of the curve of how to play the event with the news media.

Answer 3

i imagine that became extra of a series off. After the civil rights acts being exceeded and nevertheless Black human beings being 2d classification electorate there became very much of unrest. So Rodney King became pretty a lot the perfect straw. notwithstanding this is standard for incidents like Rodney King to spark riots look on the British exectuions after the Easter growing to be and the anger that brought about.

Answer 4

When those thugs drug that truck driver out of his truck and nearly killed him was not justice and they should have went to prison for 20 yrs for attempted murder. Just because they were mad at a verdict, did not give them a right to do this. Hell I was mad after the OJ trial but I did not go out and riot!

Answer 5

No it was'nt & it was also a slap in the face to everyone that has fought for racial equality.(MLK JR. especially) That behavior boosted stereotypes & racist's arguments.Next time you post a question try to do it in the right category.

Answer 6

you mean after the verdict!

during the trial, when confronted with the video of the police pulling King out of his car and beating him, officer Koon(or Coon i forget how it's spelled) said ''it depends on how you look at the video'' and then he said, ''if you play it backwards you see us helping him up, putting him in his car and sending him on his way''

yes, I'd be very mad that he and his @ssh*le friends were acquitted

Answer 7

what the hell does this have to do with dating?