No one knew what Rodney King had done beforehand to be stopped. No one realized that he was a parolee and that he was violating his parole. No one knew any of those things. All they saw was this grainy film and police officers hitting him over the head.
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Nationality: American Type: Public Servant Born: August 30, 1926 |
If you write, one of the questions you're always trying to answer is, Where do you get your ideas? And, if you write, you know how pointless a question this is and how difficult it is to answer.
I was very young. I thought I knew a lot and I really didn't. I trusted the wrong people.

