Rodney King, whose beating by Los Angeles police in 1991 was caught
on camera and sparked riots after the acquittal of the four officers
involved, was found dead in his swimming pool Sunday, authorities and
his fiancee said. He was 47.
Police in Rialto,
California, received a 911 call from King's fiancee, Cynthia Kelly,
about 5:25 a.m., said Capt. Randy DeAnda. Responding officers found King
at the bottom of the pool, removed him and attempted to revive him. He
was pronounced dead at a local hospital, DeAnda said.
There were no preliminary
signs of foul play, he said, and no obvious injuries on King's body.
Police are conducting a drowning investigation, DeAnda said, and King's
body would be autopsy.
OK, now lets get to the REAL Facts!
King spent Saturday at the house drinking and smoking marijuana, and his "Girl-Friend" said that she went to bed WITHOUT him at 2:00 a.m.
No big loss...
ReplyDeleteCoffeypot
ReplyDeleteNo big loss...
Well to be perfectly honest. This should be the news of the day!:
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Sgt. Nicholas C. Fredsti, 30, of San Diego, Calif., died June 15, in Spedar, Afghanistan, when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Kind of ironic, don't you think?
Tell me DD, how long do you think it will be before we have a Rodney King Day?
ReplyDelete"Kind of ironic, don't you think?"
ReplyDeleteYes, except IRONY (incongruity) is becoming the new NORMAL!
DB,
ReplyDelete.........and statues of him along "Rodney King Drive"!
(Just as a lead-in --- after King's 15 minutes of fame [and damn near getting LA burned down,] he sued and got 3.8 million, was arrested "several" more times on "alcohol" related incidents and went on to live the life of the worthless scum bag that he was before the LA thing -- only, this time, richer.)
ReplyDelete"Can't we just all get along?"
Yeah, we can get along just fine if you comply with my directions the first time I give them to you. I've got X amount of citizens that I'm responsible for on my watch... and pretty much all of 'em are works of art in the asshole department. I don't have time to play patty-cake with you. You do what I say when I say it, otherwise you get jerked out of the vehicle, thrown on the asphalt, a knee goes on your neck and you get cuffed and it's gonna happen so fast that you won't even remember getting booked. If you resist and I find I can't handle the situation, I'll call for backup and I'll keep calling for backup until I can get your happy ass in the back seat of my patrol vehicle. At least that's the way it was done when I was doing it, and it worked just fine. There weren't all that many altercations because the perps knew what was going to happen and he/she knew they weren't going to win anyway.
I turned in my badge when law enforcement became "kinder and gentler." You can only take getting 5 point enemas for so long before it starts to wear on you.
Here's to ya, Rodney King, and your second 15 minutes of fame. This time you ain't around to enjoy, though. At least, maybe, your kids will be taken care of with that 3.8 million... if it hasn't already gone up your nose.
"Can't we all just get along?"
Not when you start a ration of shit with me. Rodney King only thought he got his ass kicked.