What's your take on the Rodney King case of the early '90s?

Question

If you remember it. I thought that it was appalling that several cops could be caught on tape beating this man and still be found innocent. Please do not answer if your answer is "Who is Rodney King?", find another question to get your points on.
Here's the video if you've never seen it before: http://www.afrostyly.com/uk-us/afro/diverse/rodney_king.htm
The cops in the video were found innocent.

So, answerer number two, you feel that wrongdoers should be beaten into submission. Yes, Rodney King had been in trouble before, but in way does that warrant the treatment that he received. Everything the cops claimed he had done to "deserve" what he got was in no way apparent on the video.

I'd like to why some of you think that someone who has been running from the police and all that deserve that amount of punishment. It didn't take long for King to pretty much be helpless. They went overboard, and there is no excuse for that. I've seen videos of people evading police that didn't get anywhere near that treatment.

What should they have done; they should have used less force. I'm sure we've all seen videos or heard of people being taken down with significantly less force. 5-10 minutes of straight beating is not appropriate action.

I understand what you're all saying, I know what the cops say happened before the incident. But I still do not see how anything he could have done would deserve THAT level of abuse. He is being beat for several minutes. He's not getting up, he's barely moving. They could have stopped long before they did. Also, a cop should know where to swing the baton to get a person down immediately, it's possible, even if the person is inebriated.

Answer 1

it was shame what happen thy don't care about people and there right

Answer 2

I think the officers went too far, but I also think that he was culpable. He ran fro pm the police both in the car and on foot. Then tried to fight before he was subdued. I still think the cops went overboard, but when your adrenalin is up, your scared, and mad, it is hard to control. Cops are humans. Simple solution. Don't get high, drive like a maniac on the street, run from the cops at high speed, fight the cop when he catches you and you won't have to worry about the cop being pissed off and beating the hell out of you.

Answer 3

A cop tells you to stop, you don't. A cop tells you you're under arrest, you resist. A cop orders you against his car, you grab his nuts. A cop pushes you to the ground and orders you to stay there, you try to get up. More cops show up while they are continuing to attempt to put handcuffs on you, you continue to try to fight them off. A cop hits you with a nightstick to get his point across and you're too stoned to figure this out so you still try to get up. More cops make their point and are finally able to get the cuffs on and put you in their car.

Let's see if I get this right, cops doing their job trying to get a drug crazed idiot off the street to protect the neighborhood and you're upset because they didn't get in trouble for doing what they are paid to do. Are you as upset about the white guy that was pulled from his truck and had a cement brick smashed on his skull by a dancing, pointing n*gger? My brother-in-law is Black and we get along great so don't call me a racist. That individual was a n*gger, even my bro-in-law knows the difference.

Of course the cops were found innocent, they were just doing their job. It was Rodney himself that caused the reaction by resisting arrest. Do a search on Chris Rock, find his how not to get arrested video, it's funny and informative at the same time. Now, "Can't we all just get along?"

Answer 4

My take is that the liberal media had the wrong focus and blew it all out of proportion. King was loaded on crack and PCP. Tazers and normal takedown procedures could not bring this druggie down. He ran. He did everything possible to avoid apprehension. But the liberal media would refuse to show the parts of the video that showed that, they were only interested in the sensationalism and the possibility of showing the big-bad cops oppressing a minority. It was shameful how the media handled it.

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Lady... it is law ENFORCEMENT, not law 'patty cake'.... King was on heavy drugs, and out of control. HE endangered the lives of others while trying to flee. The cops were justified to use big time force to subdue this creep. With him being blitzed out of his gourd on multiple hard drugs, you need to ensure he is going to stay down. Have you ever seen someone on PCP and what they can do when to take apprehension half-assed???

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What the cops 'say' happened??? Girl, IT DID HAPPEN. IT WAS ALSO ON TAPE, but the liberal media would not show it because they simply wanted the sensationalism of the 'racism beating' story. It was also proven in court, what King was on and what he had done.

What did you expect the cops to use to subdue this guy completely (remember he had already endangered others, hurt cops, and showed how stoned he was and not responsive to normal apprehension attempts)??? Harsh Language????

Answer 5

Did you know that he ran from the police before he was caught? Any suspect who runs is seen as a very dangerous threat, and is treated as such. If he had just pulled over, none of this would have happened.

When you disobey the police and refuse to follow their orders, they have every right to see you as a threat to their safety. Rodney King was no angel. He had troubles with the law before and after this incident.

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/lapd/kingarrests.html

The part of the video that they don't like to show is where the officers tell King repeatedly to lie down, yet he continues to get up over and over again. The audio that they don't include is the officers repeatedly telling King to put his hands behind his back.

They have to treat every suspect that does not cooperate as a threat. They didn't know whether or not he was armed. Perhaps he had a knife or gun and was hoping to hurt or kill an officer as soon as they got close enough.

Again, if he had just pulled over instead of running, none of this would have happened. Where is King's responsibility for his own fate?

Answer 6

Rodney King turned right into a actual troule maker. straightforward, regulation abiding voters in no way get into those kinds of scraps with the police. He has been in problem time and time back, he does not care about his fellow human beings.He deserved what he were given and larger!

Answer 7

****What's your take on the Rodney King case of the early '90s? *****

Apparently Mr. King was vindicated, after all he did win a judgment against the government.
Maybe he was running from that beating he eventually received anyway. Any atrocity can be
accepted if you close your eyes and say " i didn't see nothing ".
Substitute your grandmother for Mr. King, now do you feel the same. Would you say maybe now that your grandmother deserved it, possibly or not.

Have a pleasant day.

Answer 8

Another example of how the media manipulates the masses. Never believe what you see in a video. The media has an agenda, and what ever sells is game.

Answer 9

The video is missing the 8 mile, 110mph car chase, his attempts to escape, and his resisting arrest. It's unfair to judge without seeing the entire video.

Answer 10

It is my understanding that Rodney has been in trouble since. I am not Law Enforcement's biggest fan, but what do you think they should have done? I would have probably done worse.

Answer 11

it was like two bigots pounding at each other. has hollywood made a movie out of it? it has all the ingrefients hollywood & a degenerate society yearns for: action violence & all. to further illustrate & understand the black issues few know that black slavery started in africa by an african king who sold his own people to slavery. i am not black but that makes me sick to my bones. auto discrimination & black genocide continues in africa by its own black aristocrats to this date. one in a million afluent american blacks have shown interest in addressing those issues. africa gets more money from whites than from blacks, irionic,right?