Can we all get along?
I saw my hometown burning that day.
It's happening right now... it's just not on film, it's not being recorded.
Nothing has changed in our country, so I am still feeling that same pain and anger.
the 2002 film Dark Blue is based on the Rodney King case.
During the 1992 riots King appeared in front of the cameras and pleaded, "Can we get along here? Can we all get along?"
The videotape of the King beating was made by a man named George Halliday.
The prosecution in the original trial of the four police officers for assaulting King didn't put him on the stand because they didn't think he would make a good witness and they thought that mentioning his prison record might influence the jury in a negative manner.
Many long-time NAACP members criticized the organization when it gave King one of its numerous Image Awards in 1993.
At last report Rodney King is living in Rialto, CA and is bankrupt.
Since the 1991 incident King has been arrested nearly a dozen times for offenses such as spousal abuse, driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, drug possession, and soliciting a transvestite prostitute.
According to King's parole officer he was "basically a decent guy.....His problem was alcoholism."
King's two passengers in his vehicle got out of the car as instructed and caused no problems for the police.
King was pulled over on March 3, 1991 while admittedly driving under the influence of alcohol and probably narcotics too. He had been driving at speeds up to 115 miles per hour.
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