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tifosi77 wrote:That said, I just heard the two 911 recordings from this latest incident (Z also called the cops), and I'm having a really hard time finding a reason to not brand him a complete psycho.
ExPatriatePen wrote:I haven't seen anyone attract trouble like this since Rodney King.
Factorial wrote:ExPatriatePen wrote:I haven't seen anyone attract trouble like this since Rodney King.
The difference is one of these two should have been in jail after being thrust into the national spotlight.
shafnutz05 wrote:Factorial wrote:ExPatriatePen wrote:I haven't seen anyone attract trouble like this since Rodney King.
The difference is one of these two should have been in jail after being thrust into the national spotlight.
In hindsight, I actually think they both should have been. Zimmerman is clearly going mental, I'm just not sure how much of it is the attention from the trial, etc (although he had incidents prior). Either way, Zimmerman clearly has issues.
Rodney King was a two-bit dirtbag that already had a previous robbery conviction. It's a shame the cops acted so stupidly there, because they turned him into a hero he most certainly did not deserve to be.
Factorial wrote:King served time for his prior conviction and his "hero" status was symbolic for hundreds of years of oppression against blacks.
shafnutz05 wrote:Factorial wrote:King served time for his prior conviction and his "hero" status was symbolic for hundreds of years of oppression against blacks.
And then 53 people were symbolically murdered, over 2,000 were symbolically injured, and millions of dollars in property was looted, burned, or destroyed in the aftermath. I suppose it was all worth it in the end though, since the officers were retried.
Factorial wrote:And that's his fault?
Factorial wrote:
King served time for his prior conviction and his "hero" status was symbolic for hundreds of years of oppression against blacks.
ExPatriatePen wrote:Factorial wrote:
King served time for his prior conviction and his "hero" status was symbolic for hundreds of years of oppression against blacks.
Rosa Parks was symbolic. Rodney King was just another rioter.
The police brutality against RK was abhorrent, but RK himself was no Rosa Parks.
Factorial wrote:ExPatriatePen wrote:Factorial wrote:
King served time for his prior conviction and his "hero" status was symbolic for hundreds of years of oppression against blacks.
Rosa Parks was symbolic. Rodney King was just another rioter.
The police brutality against RK was abhorrent, but RK himself was no Rosa Parks.
What are you talking about? Rodney King was rioting in the streets after being beaten by the police?
ExPatriatePen wrote:Factorial wrote:ExPatriatePen wrote:Factorial wrote:
King served time for his prior conviction and his "hero" status was symbolic for hundreds of years of oppression against blacks.
Rosa Parks was symbolic. Rodney King was just another rioter.
The police brutality against RK was abhorrent, but RK himself was no Rosa Parks.
What are you talking about? Rodney King was rioting in the streets after being beaten by the police?
Of course not.
Factorial wrote:ExPatriatePen wrote:Factorial wrote:ExPatriatePen wrote:Factorial wrote:
King served time for his prior conviction and his "hero" status was symbolic for hundreds of years of oppression against blacks.
Rosa Parks was symbolic. Rodney King was just another rioter.
The police brutality against RK was abhorrent, but RK himself was no Rosa Parks.
What are you talking about? Rodney King was rioting in the streets after being beaten by the police?
Of course not.
Of course not. But RK was no different from those that did riot, and he had the arrest record to prove it.
mikey287 wrote:Jesus...
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