Rodney King dead at 47

[Loosely]

There are wrestlers who take steroids to take a beating and never become famous but Rodney did it overnight by being normally drunk. Cheers Mate! RIP!

 

[rld]

I would have beat him. It should be law to beat drunk drivers.

Even if it was the law to beat drunk drivers, I think it would be prudent to wait until after the conviction to deliver the beating.

 

[needinit]

His beating was excessive but let's not forget that he ignored direct orders to stay on the ground, even after being shot twice with tasers, and hit with batons.

They had tasers in 1991??

 

[GG2]

They had tasers in 1991??

Yes.

 

[GG2]

If this happened today, sadly I think there would have been more camera angles from cell phones and no one to jump in or at the very least try to get the cops to take it easy.

People WOULD be telling the cops to chill, and they'd all be documenting it with their cell phones, likely promopting the cops to be less violent than they would if no cameras were present. Jumping in? Nah, cops will shoot you if you do that.

 

[Old Milwaukee]

I would have beat him. It should be law to beat drunk drivers.

Are you saying, not once, ever in your entire life - maybe even 20 years ago, you ever drove a car above the legal limit?

 

[wigglee]

I would have beat him. It should be law to beat drunk drivers.

every on here who has never driven while drunk doesn't have to shut the fuck up!

 

[fmahovalich]

I get that rodney should not have been beaten..and cops overdid it!

But King was a two bit loser thug..who only was a drag on society...breeding women at will...never carrying his own weight. Sadly he did not disappear long ago....like many other loser thugs in society! I have no time or lost tears for non contributing gangsta thugs in society.

And before you say it...yes police went overboard!