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OT: Rodney King found dead

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12 months ago

It's all over twitter. One example:
The Root ‏@TheRoot247
BREAKING: Rodney King, whose brutal treatment by LAPD spurned the 1992 Los Angeles riots, is dead at 47.
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Now the bigger news sources have picked it up:
CNN Newsource ‏@CNNNewsource
CNN confirms Rodney King dead at age 47. Police found King at the bottom of his swimming pool.
FOX News Radio ‏@foxnewsradio
Reports: Rodney King, the police brutality victim that led to the #LA riots, dies. He was 47.
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Probably died after a night of clubbing.
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arfabe16 said...
It's all over twitter. One example:
The Root ‏@TheRoot247 BREAKING: Rodney King, whose brutal treatment by LAPD spurned the 1992 Los Angeles riots, is dead at 47.

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. "

This post has been edited 2 times, most recently by Turf on 6/17/2012 at 10:25 AM
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tGreenWay said...
Probably died after a night of clubbing.

Great. Now people can beat this joke like a dead horse.
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Turf said...
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. "

"Hello..."
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
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UNST UNST UNST said...
Good riddance.

Spoken by someone who obviously doesn't have any comprehension of the significance of his story.
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Vegas Vic said...
Spoken by someone who obviously doesn't have any comprehension of the significance of his story.

That's Nucky you've responded to, so yeah.
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Vegas Vic said...
Spoken by someone who obviously doesn't have any comprehension of the significance of his story.

Not true. And the fact that blacks in LA used his beating as carte blanche to create public mayhem is even more a reason that I'm happy to see him go.
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12 months ago via 247Sports Mobile

From what I've heard that guy was a real riot.
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UNST UNST UNST said...
Not true. And the fact that blacks in LA used his beating as carte blanche to create public mayhem is even more a reason that I'm happy to see him go.

black people suck.
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tGreenWay said...
Probably died after a night of clubbing.

Post of the month, possibly of the year.
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12 months ago

His heart did what the LAPD couldn't...stopped beating.
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I saw him on one of those Celebrity Rehab shows. He was the most likeable guy on the show. RIP
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Big Ten Referee said...
black people suck.

Can't we all just get along?
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DesertSpartan said...
Can't we all just get along?

Play
We're All Black Friends

Ernie says it. Genius
http://www.youtube.com/v/44KaXg25h9Q
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When I think of Rodney King, I think of free TVs.
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Gob_Bluth said...
That's Nucky you've responded to, so yeah.

It's Ed's Medicine, imo.
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mpcoan said...
It's Ed's Medicine, imo.

I couldn't tell so I banned him just because.
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UNST UNST UNST said...
Not true. And the fact that blacks in LA used his beating as carte blanche to create public mayhem is even more a reason that I'm happy to see him go.

That's a pretty good over simplification, which proves you don't have any idea what it was actually all about.
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Completely inappropriate smiley.
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Where is poster Reginald Denny when you need him?
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CivilEGR said...
Completely inappropriate smiley.

Yup. Who would have such an image in this thread (note: may not immediately make sense on mobile).
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