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LA 92- Rodney King

Posted on 5/1/17 at 10:51 am
Posted by RandySavage
Member since May 2012
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Posted on 5/1/17 at 10:51 am
I'm not sure if this is new or old but I got roped into last night on Nat Geo. Anybody else seen it?

I thought it was awesome all the footage they had and stuff I hadn't seen before. Crazy times.
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 5/1/17 at 10:54 am to
Watched last night. Felt for the people getting drug out of their cars at that intersection.
Posted by LSUstudent2006
Member since Jun 2005
758 posts
Posted on 5/1/17 at 10:56 am to
Watched it last night but didn't see a thread

I was only a little kid at the time so no personal perspective but it made me pretty angry and also sad to see so many innocent people brutally killed like that. I understand the LAPD had brutal tactics at times but what does burning half your city solve?

The Koreans were pretty awesome
Posted by Kracka
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Aug 2004
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Posted on 5/1/17 at 11:18 am to
1992 - Rodney King gets pulled over, resists arrest & gets the shite beat out of him, survives the beating. People riot.

2017 - Rodney King - Rodney King gets pulled over at gunpoint, resists arrest & gets 3 or 4 clips emptied into him. People riot.
This post was edited on 5/1/17 at 11:20 am
Posted by JBeam
Guns,Germs & Steel
Member since Jan 2011
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Posted on 5/2/17 at 8:57 am to
I thought it was an interesting documentary. Almost like a distanced cousin to the OJ 30/30. I will say that the 30/30 documentary put more of the violence and looting on the hands of the LAPD Chief of Police. I never knew that the reserve army was not deployed until later on.

Posted by Kracka
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Aug 2004
40909 posts
Posted on 5/2/17 at 9:11 am to
I watched yesterday after reading this thread. I thought it was well done. A lot of the Korean stuff I knew nothing about, never even knew it happened. It was wild how they were just having shootouts with people passing by. I like documentaries that is just footage with sound. Makes you feel like you are witnessing it as it happens.
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