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Rodney King: ‘I am grieving’ for Trayvon Martin
latimes.com ^ | April 11, 2012

Posted on 04/11/2012 6:51:48 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

When Rodney King learned of the killing of unarmed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin by a neighborhood watch volunteer, the news triggered a flashback.

“The horrifying sound of a young black male screaming for his life on a 911 call reminded me of my horrifying scream on a videotape 20 years ago,” King, 46, said in a statement released Wednesday by his publicist.

"At that time, I thought I was going to die. Very, very gratefully, I survived. Unfortunately, Trayvon Martin did not."

It remains unclear -- and a matter of debate -- whether the voice in the background of the Florida 911 call is that of Martin screaming, or George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who was taken into custody Wednesday on suspicion of second-degree murder.

King became a household name after he was beaten in 1991 by four police officers in an incident that was videotaped by George Holliday, who was awakened by helicopters hovering over his Lake View Terrace apartment and decided to try out his new camcorder. The officers were acquitted in 1992, igniting several days of rioting in Los Angeles. April 29 marks the 20-year anniversary of the unrest, which claimed more than 50 lives and caused millions of dollars in property damage. Martin, 17, was returning from a convenience store Feb. 26 when he caught Zimmerman’s attention.

Zimmerman, 28, told police that Martin was acting suspiciously and was possibly on drugs. Ignoring the advice of the police dispatcher, Zimmerman followed Martin. He later told police that he shot the youth in self-defense after Martin struck him, knocked him down and pounded his head into the ground.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: rodneyking; trayvonmartin

1 posted on 04/11/2012 6:51:52 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY
"I grieve for George Zimmerman"-Reginald Denny

This whole thing is a farce....sigh

2 posted on 04/11/2012 6:59:12 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (Tagline removed at the request of someone who doesn't "get" Monty Python or Shakespeare.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
,” King, 46, said in a statement released Wednesday by his publicist.

Just think! If Rodney hadn't had his ass kicked, he would not have a "publicist" today. He wouldn't need one.

3 posted on 04/11/2012 7:01:29 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (ObamaCare is like a stool sample. You have to pass it to find out what's in it.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

And no one grieves for little Aliyah Snell, who was brutally murdered in Chicago relaxing on her porch..they only “Grieve” when they can get something out of it, these so called black leaders are a joke


4 posted on 04/11/2012 7:08:11 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Free ThinkerNY

He is grieving for smack...damn drug addicted thug.


5 posted on 04/11/2012 7:32:08 PM PDT by JohnD9207 (Santorum...the only Conservative in the race.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Wonderful! Have Mumia Abu-Jamal and the ghost of Tookie Williams spoken up yet?


6 posted on 04/11/2012 7:36:56 PM PDT by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

First of all, King was so hyped up on dope and had the crap beat out of him so badly he probably doesn’t remember any part of it. Second, it wasn’t Trayvon screaming. Third, it was cops beating King. Fourth, he shouldn’t have led them on a high speed chase and finally, he’s lucky to be alive and got a of money out of the beating. I’d let the cops beat the crap out of me for a few million bucks.


7 posted on 04/11/2012 8:02:34 PM PDT by Terry Mross ("It happened. And we let it happen." - Peter Griffin, Family Guy)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Maxine Waters on the Los Angeles riots of 1992 (Rodney King riots):

"[Maxine] Waters has been criticized for her comments regarding the Los Angeles riots of 1992. In defense of the people that looted stores and damaged property, Waters said 'If you call it a riot it sounds like it was just a bunch of crazy people who went out and did bad things for no reason. I maintain it was somewhat understandable, if not acceptable. So I call it a rebellion.'[5] She also said it was 'a spontaneous reaction to a lot of injustice' and 'The anger in my district is righteous. I'm just as angry as they are.' She responded to the mass looting of Korean-owned stores by saying: 'There were mothers who took this as an opportunity to take some milk, to take some bread, to take some shoes. They are not crooks. Everybody in the street was not a thug or a hood.'"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxine_Waters#Los_Angeles_riots_of_1992
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From David Horowitz's FrontpageMag.com /DiscoverTheNetworks.org:
"Throughout its history, one of RCP's [Revolutionary Communist Party's] principal objectives has been to foment civil unrest in the United States. The most notable example of such efforts occurred on April 29, 1992, when RCP members looted and trashed the downtown and government districts of Los Angeles, triggering the infamous Rodney King riots. During the days immediately preceding the violence, RCP -- which maintained close ties to the L.A. gangs known as the Crips and the Bloods -- had circulated throughout South Central Los Angeles a leaflet featuring a statement by RCP National Spokesman Carl Dix, titled 'It's Right To Rebel' -- a quote popularized by Mao Zedong.

Encouraged by Dix, RCP activists helped lead the riots that would leave 58 people dead, more than 2,300 people injured, some 5,300 buildings burned, and $1 billion in property damaged or destroyed. On the ten-year anniversary of the rioting, RCP member Joseph Veale fondly recalled the violence as 'the most beautiful, the most heroic civil action in the history of the United States.'"
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6197
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"The RCP [Revolutionary Communist Party] upheld the 1992 sometimes-violent unrest in Los Angeles and nationally as a 'rebellion' in the aftermath of the Rodney King verdicts. Then-LAPD chief Daryl Gates alleged that the RCP was involved in the 'riots'. Los Angeles has long been one of the RCP's larger and more active branches. William 'Mobile' Shaw was a local leader who recently passed and received public commendation from the party."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_Communist_Party%2C_USA
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"I maintain it was somewhat understandable, if not acceptable. So I call it a rebellion."--Maxine Waters

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VAN JONES (Obama's former 'Green Jobs Czar')

Here's the original source for the Van Jones quote about the time he spent in jail following the Rodney King/LA riots (Jones was arrested in "peaceful" protests in San Fran). It was in a 2005 interview he did with East Bay Express. They of course (what else?) claim he "renounced his rowdy Black Nationalist ways" since then (yet he's calling for "complete revolution" in Aug 2009!):

But in jail, he said, "I met all these young radical people of color -- I mean really radical, communists and anarchists. And it was, like, 'This is what I need to be a part of.'" Although he already had a plane ticket, he decided to stay in San Francisco. "I spent the next ten years of my life working with a lot of those people I met in jail, trying to be a revolutionary." In the months that followed, he let go of any lingering thoughts that he might fit in with the status quo. "I was a rowdy nationalist on April 28th, and then the verdicts came down on April 29th," he said. "By August, I was a communist."

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/gyrobase/the-new-face-of-environmentalism/Content?oid=1079539&showFullText=true

8 posted on 04/11/2012 8:15:10 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: RansomOttawa

Looks like they’re bringing out all the great black role models for this farce. Tyson just put his 2 cents in and now Rodney? Priceless.....:(


9 posted on 04/11/2012 8:34:43 PM PDT by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Rodney King: ‘I am grieving’ for Trayvon Martin
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PUL-EEEEZE !!!


10 posted on 04/11/2012 8:49:30 PM PDT by no dems (TED CRUZ: A PROVEN CONSERVATIVE FOR U.S. SENATE FROM TEXAS.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Live like a thug, die like a thug.


11 posted on 04/11/2012 9:18:27 PM PDT by TheDon (The Democrat Party, the party of the KKK (tm))
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Remember watching a looter being asked by a reporter..."are you upset about the Rodney King verdict?" To which the yob replied "Who is Rodney King?"

Here we go again....another excuse for the lowlifes to act out.

12 posted on 04/11/2012 9:25:07 PM PDT by Churchillspirit
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To: Dawgreg

Does Zer0 believe this lynching will play in November?

...yet Chicago’s murder rate is up 60% over last year and not a peep from the Media.


13 posted on 04/11/2012 11:52:53 PM PDT by ChiMark (chewed up his body for a decade)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

you can’t make this sheit up!


14 posted on 04/11/2012 11:54:55 PM PDT by dennisw (A nation of sheep breeds a government of Democrat wolves!)
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To: dennisw
"you can’t make this sheit up!"

Sure you can ...

15 posted on 04/12/2012 12:03:42 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
When did he get out of prison?
16 posted on 04/12/2012 12:05:19 AM PDT by Realman30 ("I've already made a donation to Haiti. It's called taxes". . . . El Rushbo.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Did Rodney take precious time from his male prostitutes to get this out to the world?


17 posted on 04/12/2012 12:07:14 AM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Rotting POS comments on another rotting POS.


18 posted on 04/12/2012 3:55:31 AM PDT by Doc Savage ("I've shot people I like a lot more,...for a lot less!" Raylan Givins)
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To: ChiMark

You got that right about the murder rate in Chi-town and no it won’t be mentioned and with the corrupt media, the Demonrats and more than a few cowardly De-publicans help he may just get back in. They tried to expose (maybe the wrong term to use) CLINTON and his hag but the media and money.....well, you know the rest of the story. I just saw where Trayvon’s mother thinks it was an accident in her son’s shooting. I’ll bet the media and the race pimps who’s names I don’t have to mention crapped their pants on that one.


19 posted on 04/12/2012 8:50:57 AM PDT by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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