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King in rehabilitation as fortune drains away
Los Angeles Daily News ^
| Danny Pollock, AP
Posted on 04/28/2002 10:41:39 AM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: hole_n_one
"...Rodney King will spend the 10th anniversary of the Los Angeles riots in a Pomona rehabilitation center..."It's kind of disgusting that a couple TV stations here in L.A.,are showing "10 years later,10 yr. Anniversary(?)" programs.They're so awful now.It's not a G.D. "Anniv."!Everything bad has an "Anniv.".I'm really sick of that 'term'.
Not one of them will mention what has happened to this piece of dirt, a real sorry excuse for a human,Rodney King.As harsh as this sounds,what he should've done was gone to the doctor and received some "shock therapy" when he received all that money, maybe that would've made him lose his biases, or perhaps he would've used that $$$ for better purposes.Nah,what was I thinking,no way.What's he going to do after he gets out of Rehab now,GET A JOB? LOL at the sheer stupidity of humanity.Remember, It all started because "HE" was loaded and refused to stop the car!
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posted on
04/28/2002 1:58:17 PM PDT
by
Pagey
To: hole_n_one
It is proper etiquette to ping freepers when you post about them.
To: Rodney King
My bad........
To: hole_n_one
Just imagine the headlines if these people get reparations:
"Leroy S. Jenkins was arrested on vagrancy charges...Jenkins, who lost his reparations money by playing the lottery, was homeless, blah, blah, blah." It's a never-ending cycle with these people and Rodney King just proves that money will not make a difference in these people's lives.
To: hole_n_one
54 people were killed for this man's sake.
To: Jeremiah Jr; dighton
King in rehabilitation as fortune drains away
"Elvis ain't dead... he just went home."
To: Shooter 2.5
Fox News Channel had on the husband of the husband/wife team who actually videotaped the Reginald Denny beating. They said they feared for their lives because so many of the rioters had guns, they thought they would be shot. It was an act of courage for them to hang in there and get as close as they did so America could see what those animals were doing. There was a LOT more footage to that tape than was EVER shown by the lamestream media at the time of the beating. It was exponentially more horrifying to see the entire tape than the bits the presstitutes allowed us to see 10 years ago. Remember that? Endless showings of the cops trying to subdue Rodney while he repeatedly tried to get up; now we learn that there is more to the Reginald Denny tape than we knew.
The man said that at the time they could not understand why no other news teams seemed interested in videotaping what was going on in South Central L.A. ...... If I remember correctly, he also said he was not called to testify for the trial, or that his tape was not requested for the trial?? Am I dreaming that part? Does anyone else recall seeing that spot on Fox several days ago? I cannot even remember what show he was on - duh... having a senior moment, I guess.
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posted on
04/30/2002 4:21:50 PM PDT
by
PLK
To: Tacis
this just proves that 'RAP-erations' won't help!!
To: martin_fierro
LOL!
that's what Robert Zimmerman used to say!
To: PLK
Those were brave people to shoot that video. The only video I ever saw was the helicopter view. Denny has my sympathy. Not some clown that can't tie his shoelaces without going on a bender.
To: Shooter 2.5
Actually, it was the people who did the helicopter view that were on Fox. Apparently they got down very close, close enough to be within shooting range.
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posted on
04/30/2002 7:26:22 PM PDT
by
PLK
To: PLK
Now I understand. That makes it more dangerous. It wouldn't take much for some fool to think he can take down a helicopter.
To: hole_n_one
the $3.8 million settlement he received from the city of Los Angeles Poverty does not cause crime.
To: RightOnTheLeftCoast
Pull himself up by his own bootstraps? All he had to do was put his money in an S&P index fund and he would have had enough money on which to live the rest of his life. I guess it made more sense to put it into a rap label.
To: thathamiltonwoman
"54 people were killed for this man's sake." The number I remember is 62. I never heard anything about them either. Did you? Who were they and how did they die?
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posted on
04/30/2002 9:35:09 PM PDT
by
blam
To: hole_n_one
Damion 'Football' Williams Surrenders: Suspect Involved In Reginald Denny Beating Booked For Murder07/19/2000
Damion "Football" Williams surrendered Wednesday in connection with the murder of Grover Tinner, whose body was found in an alley. Williams, a 27-year-old known gang member, spent four years in prison for the 1992 beating of trucker Reginald Denny during the Los Angeles riots.
Police believe that drugs were related in the murder of Tinner, 43, CBS 2 News reported. "This morning, knowing that he was wanted, Damien Williams, Damian 'Football' Williams, surrendered with his attorney here at the 77th street station," LAPD Commander David Kalish said at a press conference.
Tinner's body was discovered just after midnight in an alley adjacent to 1749 W. Gage Ave. Witnesses told police that they heard gunshots in the alley. Williams was booked Wednesday without bail. Two other suspects, described as two African-American males in their early 20s, are also being sought by the LAPD, CBS 2 News reported.
To: LarryLied
Many, especially in our universities, now are convinced that
war(crime) always results from
real, rather than perceived, grievances, such as the
poverty arising out of the usual list of sins: colonialism, imperialism,
racism and sexismVictor Davis Hanson, a professor of Classics at California State University
To: hole_n_one
Between scrapes with the law, King, now 36, has tried to make his life better. He earned his high school-equivalency degree, honed his surfing skills and went to work for his brother's construction company. Honed his surfing skills? Way to go Rodney!
That's one stereotype out of the way. I never heard of an African American surfer dude before.
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posted on
05/01/2002 1:57:36 AM PDT
by
Salman
To: LarryLied
Poverty does not cause crime. But the correlation is there. I'd say that crime causes poverty.
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posted on
05/01/2002 2:02:47 AM PDT
by
Salman
To: hole_n_one
Eight arrest or covictions!!!
I think this white guy (myself) would be sitting in prison by now, not at a fancy rehab clinic.
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posted on
05/01/2002 2:08:52 AM PDT
by
JZoback
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