[Weenerz]

This is all I have for now, seems it just broke.

https://twitter.com/BreakingNews/sta...74261861793792

Seems he was found in a swimming pool, police say no foul play as of yet.

https://twitter.com/BreakingNews/sta...80199008153600

[Previous]

CNN just confirmed on air.

He was found in a swimming pool unresponsive.

edit: http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/17/us/obit-rodney-king/

[Dead Man]

Poor dumb bastard.

[ReBurn]

Goodbye Rodney King. Your dream of everyone getting along never came true.

[Steelrain]

Damn. I just saw him in a doc.

He seemed like he was pulling it together too.

[Akainu]

Goodbye Rodney King. Your dream of everyone getting along never came true.

Well, they did for a few seconds after 9-11.

[Hero_of_the_Day]

That's a sad ending to a sad story. He has had drug problems, right? Hope I'm not making shit up in my head.

[~Devil Trigger~]

Well, they did for a few seconds after 9-11.

get along to kill the enemy.

[Nakazato]

damn.... I hope it wasnt because of his drug addiction

[Diablos]

Poor dumb bastard.

What?

No matter what you may feel about him personally, there was absolutely no justification whatsoever for how he was beaten back in '91. That was just fucking ridiculous.

RIP.

[LQX]

Wow, still relatively very young.

[Dead Man]

What? No matter what you may feel about him personally, there was absolutely no justification whatsoever for how he was beaten back in '91. That was just fucking ridiculous. RIP.

I never said there was? I was referring to his personal difficulties and his poor fortune at having a nation riot in his name. It was a statement of sympathy for the man.

[Diablos]

That's an interesting way to show sympathy.

[Phantast2k]

I just looked for a documentary to review the images, etc.
Rodney King beating and riots -- CNN doccumentary (Full length)
He says here he was drunk & speeding. I thought he was completely innocent :/
I'm obviously not trying to say it was righteous or anything like that, just a fact I learned today.

/edit
also had no idea most of it took place in Ktown.

[Dead Man]

That's an interesting way to show sympathy.

If someone is a poor bastard, at least where I live, it is a statement they have had bad luck and carried an assumption of sympathy. A poor dumb bastard is one who was unable to do anything about it.

[Ultima_5]

I'll assume i'm just to young as I've never heard of this guy....

RIP though. Sad when people die and all that

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

I'll assume i'm just to young as I've never heard of this guy.... RIP though. Sad when people die and all that

They don't discuss this in social studies?

[shadyspace]

I'll assume i'm just to young as I've never heard of this guy.... RIP though. Sad when people die and all that

[Agnostic]

I'll assume i'm just to young as I've never heard of this guy.... RIP though. Sad when people die and all that

This is acceptable if you don't live in the USA.

Where do you live?

[CrazyDogg77]

I'll assume i'm just to young as I've never heard of this guy.... RIP though. Sad when people die and all that

Wait you've never heard of Rodney King? Where are you from?

[Hero_of_the_Day]

I'll assume i'm just to young as I've never heard of this guy.... RIP though. Sad when people die and all that

How old are you, and do you live in the US? Serious question, just curious.


EDIT: Lol at this post doubling the length of the thread.

[Steelrain]

If someone is a poor bastard, at least where I live, it is a statement they have had bad luck and carried an assumption of sympathy. A poor dumb bastard is one who was unable to do anything about it.

Sounds like there's some smart assholes where you live.

[Zoramon089]

They don't discuss this in social studies?

I'm guessing racism only goes up till when MLK died

[Ultima_5]

They don't discuss this in social studies?

This is acceptable if you don't live in the USA. Where do you live?

Wait you've never heard of Rodney King? Where are you from?

I can answer these all at once... Missouri Public Education.

We just learned about the civil war, lewis and clark, and missouri history.

edit - Also 20

[Steelrain]

I can answer these all at once... Missouri Public Education.

Wow.

Even Florida's shitty education system teaches this.

[shadyspace]

That's no excuse, man. We didn't talk about Rodney King and the LA Riots in school but everyone I know in my age group (early 20s) knows about it. It was a pivotal moment in US history. You were even alive when it happened, for Christ's sake.

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

I can answer these all at once... Missouri Public Education. edit - Also 20

What a damn shame.

[Rygar 8 Bit]

your 20 and never heard of the rodney king beating? what?

[Ash Sparrow]

Sad to read of his death, even if he did remind me of a living version of that black people stop making me look bad gif.

[CrazyDogg77]

I can answer these all at once... Missouri Public Education. edit - Also 20

Man I thought you were from somewhere outside the US to not know of Rodney King.

[Hehateme]

Strange Im 18 and I've heard of him.

[Az]

Pretty messed up. Last I heard of him, he was battling with alcoholism I believe.

[CrazyDogg77]

Sad to read of his death, even if he did remind me of a living version of that black people stop making me look bad gif.

How? He really did nothing to warrant what happened to him.

[shadyspace]

It was the largest and costliest riot in American history.

[Skiesofwonder]

That's no excuse, man. We didn't talk about Rodney King and the LA Riots in school but everyone I know in my age group (early 20s) knows about it. It was a pivotal moment in US history. You were even alive when it happened, for Christ's sake.

I was a year old. The name is familiar, but I was never taught about it in school or even college (so far). I live in GA btw.

[woolley]

That's a sad ending to a sad story. He has had drug problems, right? Hope I'm not making shit up in my head.

I'm pretty sure he was on Celebrity Rehab but I'm not sure if it was for. I was thinking it was an alcohol problem.

[Hero_of_the_Day]

I'm guessing racism only goes up till when MLK died

Honestly, I think that's when our history stopped. Pretty sure we never learned shit about him in school either.

My niece who is in fifth grade has brought some of the same books home from school I did, even had one with my signature in the front. I'm 26.

[Dead Man]

Sounds like there's some smart assholes where you live.

Is 'poor bastard' really that localised?

[Diablos]

I'll assume i'm just to young as I've never heard of this guy.... RIP though. Sad when people die and all that

Strange Im 18 and I've heard of him.

He was a victim of police brutality. A bystander just happened to have a video camera and captured him getting beaten on tape.

Three of the four cops were acquitted and a verdict was never reached for the fourth.

The result? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gCHS7CsjsE
Mass violence and rioting in LA.

Later, two of the cops were sent to prison but the other two were acquitted in a federal trial.

[Ken Masters]

I'll assume i'm just to young as I've never heard of this guy.... RIP though. Sad when people die and all that

I know you're too young but have you heard of JFK?

[Ultima_5]

Strange Im 18 and I've heard of him.

Well I didn't say I was the standard of comparison for our age demographic or anything.

Sorry people, didn't want to derail a death thread. Maybe one day I'll make a great thread about my public education experience and you can all be mystified about how I learned more about dachshunds having bad backs than spelling in first grade or how my chemistry teacher told us more about the bible than atoms. Sorry

[Lucky Gonk]

Very sad to hear this. The Guardian interviewed him recently to mark the 20th anniversary of the L.A. riots:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012...arn-to-forgive

[Dishwalla]

I don't recall ever talking about the incident in school, but I always knew what it was(aside from the fact that I was old enough to remember when it was actually happening) simply because of the mark it left on popular culture. There are many references to Rodney King and the LA Riots peppered in movies, music, and TV shows all throughout the 90s and even into the 2000s. It's a similar situation to the OJ case, or Michael Jackson's legal troubles in the early 90s, it's just that ubiquitous.

[Ultima_5]

I know you're too young but have you heard of JFK?

Yes, but not in school. Mainly from documentaries and movies.

He was a victim of police brutality. A bystander just happened to have a video camera and captured him getting beaten on tape. Three of the four cops were acquitted and a verdict was never reached for the fourth. The result? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gCHS7CsjsE Mass violence and rioting in LA. Later, two of the cops were sent to prison but the other two were acquitted in a federal trial.

Thank you for a quick summary!

[Steelrain]

Is 'poor bastard' really that localised?

Yeah i'm pretty sure calling people poor bastards when they die isn't a widespread thing.

[Ace Harding]

I just looked for a documentary to review the images, etc. Rodney King beating and riots -- CNN doccumentary (Full length) He says here he was drunk & speeding. I thought he was completely innocent :/ I'm obviously not trying to say it was righteous or anything like that, just a fact I learned today. /edit also had no idea most of it took place in Ktown.

I learned something from this doc too.

Rodney King was a skater. Rad.

[Hero_of_the_Day]

Yes, but not in school. Mainly from documentaries and movies.

What the shit? I guess we do have you guys beat in Illinois. We learned all about JFK, watched him get shot in the face and everything. No Rodney King, though.

[Phantast2k]

Never steal from Koreans:
Crazy L.A. Gun Fight Erupts During Riot
LA Riots - Armed store owners deter rioters

/edit
long video of the live coverage back then:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gCHS7CsjsE

[Dishwalla]

I learned something from this doc too. Rodney King was a skater. Rad.

...Rodney Mullen?

[shadyspace]

Thank you based Northeast childhood.