Tragic news again came today on the Rodney King saga. He was found drowned in his home swimming pool in California. If you remember back in March 3, 1991, he was pulled over by the LAPD police dept. for drunken driving. He had been recently released from jail and was on parole. Of course he was riding in a white car. This one was a Hyundai.
Rodney King with his high profile beating at the hands of 4 white police officers was pushed into the worldwide spotlight and his name has always stayed in the conscious minds of the world, even 21 years 3 months and 15 days to this date. Today is June 18, 2012.
He stood for so many things. Hopelessness, another unemployed minority, a criminal background, driving while black and the list can go on and on. All he wanted for everybody he once said was to, " Can't we all just get along." There is much you can say about this man that comes along with conversation pro and con. I'm sure there is as many people on both sides of the seesaw. One thing you can say is anyone who saw that brutal beating he took on March 3, 1991, the video will forever stay embedded in the minds of everyone who saw it, forever.
Rodney King has gone on into infamy along with others before him in the civil rights movement. Not on purpose but accidently because he was in the right place at the wrong time.
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