We're not children here. The law is-how should I put it? A convenience. Or a convenience for some people, and an inconvenience for other people.
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.
I sometimes lament the fact that I do not have the benefit of a complete and ailment free body structure.