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Nebor

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Originally posted by: KK
No, I think he is saying that the world would be better off without this Rodney King. I would happen to agree with that.

He isn't saying that any black man should be shot riding a bike drunk, and for you to assume that, would that make you a racist in that rodney king equals all black men based on his skin color?

I didn't even know Rodney King was black until Stoneburner brought it up.
 

Vic

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Originally posted by: teclis1023
What idiotic drivel you're spouting, rpanic. The guy may be a jerk, but he doesn't deserve to be killed for riding a bicycle.

Was he riding the bicycle at 120 mph? ;)
 
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Originally posted by: Nebor
Originally posted by: KK
No, I think he is saying that the world would be better off without this Rodney King. I would happen to agree with that.

He isn't saying that any black man should be shot riding a bike drunk, and for you to assume that, would that make you a racist in that rodney king equals all black men based on his skin color?

I didn't even know Rodney King was black until Stoneburner brought it up.

And one of the officers who whooped on him was named my excellent compatriot.
 

Stoneburner

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I think the world would be better off without several people in this thread. You know who you are... proceed to the nearest electrical outlet and stick a paper clip in it :)
 

rpanic

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Originally posted by: Stoneburner
OKay you twit, you're saying that being a black man riding a bike drunk he's clearly guilty of something so he should be shot?

And they say racism is dead.

Did I ever say anything about race, aside from my reply which was not raciest to Narmer? Not caring about some loser?s life is my opinion and has nothing to do with race. I guess I would have to be talking about a white guy for it to be ok.

Would anyone here really care if the guy died tomorrow? I doubt anyone would seriously care if one of us died tomorrow on this board, aside from typing a emote sad face or something, and all of us are probably good people when it comes down to it.

And as far as this incident goes, does anyone really believe that King was just riding his bicycle and out of nowhere was shot by someone with a shotgun? If that was the case why were all the drunks and King at his home being uncooperative with the police? I think King is in his 40's now and is still a thug you would think the guy would learn by now.
 

Stoneburner

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Hey moron, do you know what happened? You actively are saying that:

1) Cops should kill people that run from them and are generally bad people
2) Cops should freely beat people

Despite both things being AGAINST THE FUCKIN LAW.

Even worse, these things are against the fundamental laws set forth by the founders of this country.

How about you STFU now. I can easily say that you are such an idiot your continued existence is a grave threat to humanity at large. Do you like where that's going?
 

rpanic

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Originally posted by: Stoneburner
Hey moron, do you know what happened? You actively are saying that:

1) Cops should kill people that run from them and are generally bad people

No, but looking back on it and seeing everything that has happened and seeing what kind of person King is I think things would have been better off if they had shot him. Also King had no regard to life when he was trying to get away from the police; he could have killed someone with his car.

2) Cops should freely beat people

No.

Despite both things being AGAINST THE FUCKIN LAW.

Even worse, these things are against the fundamental laws set forth by the founders of this country.


How about you STFU now. I can easily say that you are such an idiot your continued existence is a grave threat to humanity at large. Do you like where that's going?

Lets see you have told me to STFU, called me raciest, moron, twit and a idiot all for expressing my opinion that you don?t agree with good for you, anything else that you want to call me. And as far as our founders go do you think they would have put up with anyone acting like King?

If he just listened to the police like the other two passengers in his car nothing would have happened, but as King himself said ?I didn?t want to go back to jail?. Hey why would he have gone to jail, that?s right because he was on parole for a robbery, what a great guy.


 

rpanic

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Arrest Record of Rodney King up to 2001, I know there is more but this is all I could find.

July 27, 1987: According to a complaint filed by his wife, King beat her while she was sleeping, then dragged her outside the house and beat her again. King was charged with battery and pleaded "no contest." He was placed on probation and ordered to obtain counseling. He never got the counseling.

November 3, 1989: King, brandishing a tire iron, ordered a convenience store clerk to empty the cash register. The clerk grabbed the tire iron, causing King to fall backwards and knock over a pie rack. King swung the rack at the clerk and fled the store with $200. King was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon, second-degree robbery, and intent to commit great bodily injury. In a plea agreement, King pleaded guilty to the robbery charge and the other charges were dropped. He was sentenced to two years in prison, but was paroled on December 27, 1990.

March 3, 1991: After being seen speeding on the 210 freeway by CHP officers, King led them on a chase at speeds estimated at up to 110 to 115 mph. When finally stopped, King refused requests to get into the prone position and appeared to charge one of the officers. He was beaten and arrested. King was charged with felony evading. Charges were later dropped.

May 11, 1991: King was pulled over for having an excessively tinted windshield. Although King was driving without a license and his car registration had expired, King was not charged.

May 28, 1991: King picked up a transvestite prostitute in Hollywood who happened to be under surveillance by LAPD officers. King and the prostitute were observed in an alley engaging in sexual activity. When the prostitute spotted the officers, King sped away, nearly hitting one of them. King later explained that he thought the vice officers were robbers trying to kill him. No charges were filed.

June 26, 1992: King's second wife reported to police that King had hit her and she feared for her life. King was handcuffed and taken to a police station, but his wife then decided against pressing charges.

July 16, 1992: King was arrested at 1:40 A.M. for driving while intoxicated. No charges were filed.

August 21, 1993: King crashed into a wall near a downtown Los Angeles nightclub. He had a blood alcohol level of 0.19. King was charged with violating his parole and sent for sixty day to an alcohol treatment center. He was also convicted on the DUI charge and ordered to perform twenty days of community service.

May 21, 1995: King was arrested for DUI while on a trip to Pennsylvania. King failed field sobriety tests, but refused to submit to a blood test. He was tried and acquitted.

July 14, 1995: King got into an argument with his wife while he was driving, pulled off the freeway and ordered her out of the car. When she started to get out, King sped off, leaving her on the highway with a bruised arm. King was charged with assault with a deadly weapon (his car), reckless driving, spousal abuse, and hit-and-run. King was tried on all four charges, but found guilty only of hit-and-run driving.

March 3, 1999: King allegedly injured the sixteen-year-old girl that he had fathered out of wedlock when he was seventeen, as well as the girl's mother. King was arrested for injuring the woman, the girl, and for vandalizing property. King claimed that the incident was simply "a family misunderstanding."

September 29, 2001: King was arrested for indecent exposure and use of the hallucinogenic drug PCP.


Mr. King has no regard for life as you can see. I hope next time he is out on the road he doesn?t run into any of your family members.
 

fskimospy

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Originally posted by: rpanic
Arrest Record of Rodney King up to 2001, I know there is more but this is all I could find.

July 27, 1987: According to a complaint filed by his wife, King beat her while she was sleeping, then dragged her outside the house and beat her again. King was charged with battery and pleaded "no contest." He was placed on probation and ordered to obtain counseling. He never got the counseling.

November 3, 1989: King, brandishing a tire iron, ordered a convenience store clerk to empty the cash register. The clerk grabbed the tire iron, causing King to fall backwards and knock over a pie rack. King swung the rack at the clerk and fled the store with $200. King was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon, second-degree robbery, and intent to commit great bodily injury. In a plea agreement, King pleaded guilty to the robbery charge and the other charges were dropped. He was sentenced to two years in prison, but was paroled on December 27, 1990.

March 3, 1991: After being seen speeding on the 210 freeway by CHP officers, King led them on a chase at speeds estimated at up to 110 to 115 mph. When finally stopped, King refused requests to get into the prone position and appeared to charge one of the officers. He was beaten and arrested. King was charged with felony evading. Charges were later dropped.

May 11, 1991: King was pulled over for having an excessively tinted windshield. Although King was driving without a license and his car registration had expired, King was not charged.

May 28, 1991: King picked up a transvestite prostitute in Hollywood who happened to be under surveillance by LAPD officers. King and the prostitute were observed in an alley engaging in sexual activity. When the prostitute spotted the officers, King sped away, nearly hitting one of them. King later explained that he thought the vice officers were robbers trying to kill him. No charges were filed.

June 26, 1992: King's second wife reported to police that King had hit her and she feared for her life. King was handcuffed and taken to a police station, but his wife then decided against pressing charges.

July 16, 1992: King was arrested at 1:40 A.M. for driving while intoxicated. No charges were filed.

August 21, 1993: King crashed into a wall near a downtown Los Angeles nightclub. He had a blood alcohol level of 0.19. King was charged with violating his parole and sent for sixty day to an alcohol treatment center. He was also convicted on the DUI charge and ordered to perform twenty days of community service.

May 21, 1995: King was arrested for DUI while on a trip to Pennsylvania. King failed field sobriety tests, but refused to submit to a blood test. He was tried and acquitted.

July 14, 1995: King got into an argument with his wife while he was driving, pulled off the freeway and ordered her out of the car. When she started to get out, King sped off, leaving her on the highway with a bruised arm. King was charged with assault with a deadly weapon (his car), reckless driving, spousal abuse, and hit-and-run. King was tried on all four charges, but found guilty only of hit-and-run driving.

March 3, 1999: King allegedly injured the sixteen-year-old girl that he had fathered out of wedlock when he was seventeen, as well as the girl's mother. King was arrested for injuring the woman, the girl, and for vandalizing property. King claimed that the incident was simply "a family misunderstanding."

September 29, 2001: King was arrested for indecent exposure and use of the hallucinogenic drug PCP.


Mr. King has no regard for life as you can see. I hope next time he is out on the road he doesn?t run into any of your family members.

Okay, so at what point in his arrest record would you recommend summary execution?
 

miketheidiot

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Originally posted by: rpanic
Arrest Record of Rodney King up to 2001, I know there is more but this is all I could find.

July 27, 1987: According to a complaint filed by his wife, King beat her while she was sleeping, then dragged her outside the house and beat her again. King was charged with battery and pleaded "no contest." He was placed on probation and ordered to obtain counseling. He never got the counseling.

November 3, 1989: King, brandishing a tire iron, ordered a convenience store clerk to empty the cash register. The clerk grabbed the tire iron, causing King to fall backwards and knock over a pie rack. King swung the rack at the clerk and fled the store with $200. King was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon, second-degree robbery, and intent to commit great bodily injury. In a plea agreement, King pleaded guilty to the robbery charge and the other charges were dropped. He was sentenced to two years in prison, but was paroled on December 27, 1990.

March 3, 1991: After being seen speeding on the 210 freeway by CHP officers, King led them on a chase at speeds estimated at up to 110 to 115 mph. When finally stopped, King refused requests to get into the prone position and appeared to charge one of the officers. He was beaten and arrested. King was charged with felony evading. Charges were later dropped.

May 11, 1991: King was pulled over for having an excessively tinted windshield. Although King was driving without a license and his car registration had expired, King was not charged.

May 28, 1991: King picked up a transvestite prostitute in Hollywood who happened to be under surveillance by LAPD officers. King and the prostitute were observed in an alley engaging in sexual activity. When the prostitute spotted the officers, King sped away, nearly hitting one of them. King later explained that he thought the vice officers were robbers trying to kill him. No charges were filed.

June 26, 1992: King's second wife reported to police that King had hit her and she feared for her life. King was handcuffed and taken to a police station, but his wife then decided against pressing charges.

July 16, 1992: King was arrested at 1:40 A.M. for driving while intoxicated. No charges were filed.

August 21, 1993: King crashed into a wall near a downtown Los Angeles nightclub. He had a blood alcohol level of 0.19. King was charged with violating his parole and sent for sixty day to an alcohol treatment center. He was also convicted on the DUI charge and ordered to perform twenty days of community service.

May 21, 1995: King was arrested for DUI while on a trip to Pennsylvania. King failed field sobriety tests, but refused to submit to a blood test. He was tried and acquitted.

July 14, 1995: King got into an argument with his wife while he was driving, pulled off the freeway and ordered her out of the car. When she started to get out, King sped off, leaving her on the highway with a bruised arm. King was charged with assault with a deadly weapon (his car), reckless driving, spousal abuse, and hit-and-run. King was tried on all four charges, but found guilty only of hit-and-run driving.

March 3, 1999: King allegedly injured the sixteen-year-old girl that he had fathered out of wedlock when he was seventeen, as well as the girl's mother. King was arrested for injuring the woman, the girl, and for vandalizing property. King claimed that the incident was simply "a family misunderstanding."

September 29, 2001: King was arrested for indecent exposure and use of the hallucinogenic drug PCP.


Mr. King has no regard for life as you can see. I hope next time he is out on the road he doesn?t run into any of your family members.


so the fact that justice was never done and he kept getting away with crap means he needs to die? If anything, the morons that didn't punish hiim in the first place should be reprimanded.
 

rpanic

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Originally posted by: eskimospy


Okay, so at what point in his arrest record would you recommend summary execution?

No just pointing out why I could care less if the police or anyone else for that matter had killed him, if I heard someone that someone had killed him tomorrow I would be thinking it was good thing. He probably well eventually get someone else killed with his history.
 

Stoneburner

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No you liar you said the police should have killed him not that you wouldn't mind if he died. Those are two different things.

And some of the founders were criminals.
 

Nitemare

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"May 28, 1991: King picked up a transvestite prostitute in Hollywood who happened to be under surveillance by LAPD officers. King and the prostitute were observed in an alley engaging in sexual activity. When the prostitute spotted the officers, King sped away, nearly hitting one of them. King later explained that he thought the vice officers were robbers trying to kill him. No charges were filed."

Roffles, He likes teh cawk
 

rpanic

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Originally posted by: Stoneburner
No you liar you said the police should have killed him not that you wouldn't mind if he died. Those are two different things.

And some of the founders were criminals.

Where did I lie, I was responding to eskimospy question, that doesn?t change the fact that I would have been just as happy if they shot him after his car chase and resisting arrest.

Can?t you come up with something better than calling me names, have I called you one thing?

Some of are founders were criminals, your point?
 

Stoneburner

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Originally posted by: rpanic
I wish the cops just shot this thug instead of giving him the well deserved beat down. ]


There you go. You see the problem here? Saying you don't mind if somebody dies is distinct from wanting them to be killed. It's all besides the point since this thread proves you are hormonally imbalanced or something.

 

rpanic

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Originally posted by: Stoneburner
Originally posted by: rpanic
I wish the cops just shot this thug instead of giving him the well deserved beat down. ]


There you go. You see the problem here? Saying you don't mind if somebody dies is distinct from wanting them to be killed. It's all besides the point since this thread proves you are hormonally imbalanced or something.

All you do is attempt to insult me, without saying much of anything else but things out of context, good for you.
 

Stoneburner

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Originally posted by: rpanic
Originally posted by: Stoneburner
Originally posted by: rpanic
I wish the cops just shot this thug instead of giving him the well deserved beat down. ]


There you go. You see the problem here? Saying you don't mind if somebody dies is distinct from wanting them to be killed. It's all besides the point since this thread proves you are hormonally imbalanced or something.

All you do is attempt to insult me, without saying much of anything else but things out of context, good for you.

What does that even mean? You said you wanted him killed then claimed you only said you wouldn't mind if he died.

Here's a hint: Just because you got your card pulled for blatant stupidity and contradictory statements, does not mean somebody is "taking you out of context."

As for the insults, you find them worse than casually calling for people to be killed? If so ... jeebus be with you.
 

rpanic

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Originally posted by: Stoneburner
Originally posted by: rpanic
Originally posted by: Stoneburner
Originally posted by: rpanic
I wish the cops just shot this thug instead of giving him the well deserved beat down. ]


There you go. You see the problem here? Saying you don't mind if somebody dies is distinct from wanting them to be killed. It's all besides the point since this thread proves you are hormonally imbalanced or something.

All you do is attempt to insult me, without saying much of anything else but things out of context, good for you.

What does that even mean? You said you wanted him killed then claimed you only said you wouldn't mind if he died.

Here's a hint: Just because you got your card pulled for blatant stupidity and contradictory statements, does not mean somebody is "taking you out of context."

As for the insults, you find them worse than casually calling for people to be killed? If so ... jeebus be with you.

Is there much of a difference between wanting someone to get killed and thinking that if that person was killed it would be a good thing, I don?t really think there is.

If you think the world is a better place because Rodney King is in it that is you opinion not mine. Everyone is allowed to have their own opinion I am not attacking you for yours, I am just trying to be honest about how I feel about it whether its right or wrong that how I feel. King has already proved to me that he is a hazard to rest of the human race. I am sure everyone can think of at least one person that they would just assume seeing dead one way or another.
 

Stoneburner

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I think a country with cops that shoot and beat people they think are assholes is much worse than a nation full of rodney kings. I'm old fashioned that way.
 

Nitemare

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Originally posted by: Stoneburner
I think a country with cops that shoot and beat people they think are assholes is much worse than a nation full of rodney kings. I'm old fashioned that way.

I think all degenerate scum should just get beat downs because they are worthless POS...until they stop becoming degenerate scum


but then again I'm also a wacko that believes in morality, humanity and punishing teh wicked...
 

Stoneburner

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Originally posted by: Nitemare
Originally posted by: Stoneburner
I think a country with cops that shoot and beat people they think are assholes is much worse than a nation full of rodney kings. I'm old fashioned that way.

I think all degenerate scum should just get beat downs because they are worthless POS...until they stop becoming degenerate scum


but then again I'm also a wacko that believes in morality, humanity and punishing teh wicked...

Which unfortunately means you are the wicked so you should go beat yourself.... and not in THAT way... you've done enough of that i'm sure.