Talk:Rodney King
This is an old revision of this page, as edited by SamuelA (talk | contribs) at 19:06, November 6, 2008. It may differ significantly from current revision.
Are we edit warring about weather the beating was brutal or not? Let's pick bigger battles. (Like the flippant attitude of the article in general, which borders on racism...) HelpJazz 19:00, 5 November 2008 (EST)
- I noticed that myself.... I will work on improving this tomorrow. SamuelA 20:03, 5 November 2008 (EST)
- Not going to enter the edit war unless I have to, but the article really should mention the beating (whether it was justified or not, there's no doubt that there was a beating, by four police officers, of one guy who was on the ground at the time. That's what caused the uproar, not the arrest). And while underlying factors made the riot possible, and maybe even inevitable, the acquittal was THE triggering event, and should be acknowedged as such.--Frey 09:41, 6 November 2008 (EST)
Nov 6 changes
As you can see, I pretty much rewrote the article entirely. I will be coming back later to include more sources, as we currently have...... none. SamuelA 13:59, 6 November 2008 (EST)
- Ok, I won't revert again, because I don't want to be accused of edit warring. But your continued refusal to accept that the man was beat is mind boggling. How many people are arrested everyday? We don't generally care. The whole point of the King story is that the man beaten severly for several minutes. Why do you continue to gloss over this? SamuelA 14:06, 6 November 2008 (EST)