Rodney King Dead: Do You Believe in Karma?
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kar·ma/ˈkärmə/ Noun:
1. in Hinduism and Buddhism) The sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in...
2. Destiny or fate, following as effect from cause.
1. in Hinduism and Buddhism) The sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in...
2. Destiny or fate, following as effect from cause.
Rodney King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in the nation's history, died Sunday. He was 47.
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GuruA2J~#IOKIYAR~612 BLOCKT 2012/06/18 02:54:23Nah
+30Fef, this sounds like you're almost dancing on this man's grave. It sounds like you support police brutality.
Well, that's good to hear but I'm sure if you were you wouldn't want people calling you a scum bag. Also, the world didn't suddenly become a better place after his death. Actually, there are still MANY criminal elements existing in society and those numbers are bound to increase in the future.
Look, I really don't mean to insult or offend you. You seem to be an OK person and I hope we may find some middle ground and stay civil. K?
I didn't feel as though you were insulting me or offending me. I wasn't under the impression that we were ''arguing'' in the first place. We were simply exchanging opinions on the topic at hand.
Cheers! lol
And for that matter, what about how what happened to Denney(the truck driver that was beaten by "protesters") that got conveniently swept under the rug.
It doesn't matter whether you liked him or not, leave that judgement for the Creator.
Don't forget he was a hero to many black people! Go figure.
Atlanta Race Riot: 1906
http://mgagnon.myweb.uga.edu/...
East St. Louis Riot:1917
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
1917: Chester, Pennsylvania
1917: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Red Summer of 1919
1919: Washington, D.C.
1919: Chicago Race Riot of 1919[41]
1919: Omaha Race Riot of 1919
1919: Charleston, South Carolina
1919: Longview, Texas
1919: Knoxville Riot of 1919
1919: Elaine Race Riot
1921: Tulsa race riot (Tulsa, Oklahoma)[42]
1923: Rosewood massacre (Rosewood, Florida)[43]
1927: Yakima Valley Anti-Filipino Riot[44]
1928: Wenatchee Valley Anti-Filipino Riot[44]
1929: Exeter Anti-Filipino Riot[45]
1930: Watsonville Anti-Filipino Riots, which inspired race riots in San Francisco, Salinas and San Jose and attacks elsewhere.[45]
1921: Tulsa race riot (Tulsa, Oklahoma)[42]
1923: Rosewood massacre (Rosewood, Florida)[43]
1927: Yakima Valley Anti-Filipino Riot[44]
1928: Wenatchee Valley Anti-Filipino Riot[44]
1929: Exeter Anti-Filipino Riot[45]
1930: Watsonville Anti-Filipino Riots, which inspired race riots in San Francisco, Salinas and San Jose and attacks elsewhere.[45]
Civil Rights and Black Power Movement's Period: 1955 - 1977
1958: Battle of Hayes Pond (Maxton, North Carolina)
1963: Cambridge riot of 1963 (Cambridge, Maryland)
1964: Harlem Riot of 1964 ...
Atlanta Race Riot: 1906
http://mgagnon.myweb.uga.edu/...
East St. Louis Riot:1917
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
1917: Chester, Pennsylvania
1917: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Red Summer of 1919
1919: Washington, D.C.
1919: Chicago Race Riot of 1919[41]
1919: Omaha Race Riot of 1919
1919: Charleston, South Carolina
1919: Longview, Texas
1919: Knoxville Riot of 1919
1919: Elaine Race Riot
1921: Tulsa race riot (Tulsa, Oklahoma)[42]
1923: Rosewood massacre (Rosewood, Florida)[43]
1927: Yakima Valley Anti-Filipino Riot[44]
1928: Wenatchee Valley Anti-Filipino Riot[44]
1929: Exeter Anti-Filipino Riot[45]
1930: Watsonville Anti-Filipino Riots, which inspired race riots in San Francisco, Salinas and San Jose and attacks elsewhere.[45]
1921: Tulsa race riot (Tulsa, Oklahoma)[42]
1923: Rosewood massacre (Rosewood, Florida)[43]
1927: Yakima Valley Anti-Filipino Riot[44]
1928: Wenatchee Valley Anti-Filipino Riot[44]
1929: Exeter Anti-Filipino Riot[45]
1930: Watsonville Anti-Filipino Riots, which inspired race riots in San Francisco, Salinas and San Jose and attacks elsewhere.[45]
Civil Rights and Black Power Movement's Period: 1955 - 1977
1958: Battle of Hayes Pond (Maxton, North Carolina)
1963: Cambridge riot of 1963 (Cambridge, Maryland)
1964: Harlem Riot of 1964 (Harlem neighborhood, Manhattan, New York City)
1964: Rochester riot (Rochester, New York)
1964: Philadelphia 1964 race riot (North Philadelphia section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
1965: Watts Riots (Watts neighborhood, Los Angeles, California)
1966: Division Street Riots (Humboldt Park neighborhood, Chicago, Illinois)
1966: Hough Riots (Hough community, Cleveland, Ohio)
1966: North Omaha, Nebraska (North Omaha community, Omaha, Nebraska)
Long Hot Summer of 1967
1967: Tampa Riots, (Tampa, Florida)
1967: Texas Southern University Riot (Houston, Texas)
1967: 1967 Detroit riot (Detroit, Michigan)
1967: Buffalo riot (Buffalo, NewYork)
1967: Milwaukee Riot (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
1967: Minneapolis North Side Riots (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
1967: 1967 Newark riots (Newark, New Jersey)
1967: Plainfield riots (Plainfield, New Jersey)
1968: Orangeburg massacre (Orangeburg, South Carolina)
1968: Nationwide riots following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
1968: Baltimore riot of 1968 (Baltimore, Maryland)
1968: Chicago (April 1968) (Chicago, Illinois)
1968: Louisville riots of 1968 (Louisville, Kentucky)
1968: 1968 Washington, D.C. riots (Washington, D.C.)
1969: 1969 York Race Riot (York, Pennsylvania
1969: Stonewall riots (Greenwich Village neighborhood, Manhattan, New York City, New York)
1970: May 11th Race Riot (Augusta, Georgia)
1970: Jackson State killings (Jackson, Mississippi)
1971: Camden Riots (Camden, New Jersey)
1972-1977: Escambia High School riots (Pensacola, Florida)
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Remember when Charles Barkley assured Chicago business owners that they won't have to worry about boarding up their windows in anticipation of a riot because his Phoenix Suns were going to beat the Chicago Bulls? Pretty craven boast but kind of funny and pure Barkley.
When you are any white person is constantly harassed by the the police, beaten and thrown in jail for trumped up charges, then yeah you can make comments like the ones i see here.
If white parents had to face what black parents face everyday from the moment their children walk out the door, and nothing was done i bet you would riot. If your child is stopped and frisked for no other reason but because they are white then you can talk. When your child is seen as suspect just for being who they are then yeah you can comment.
When you do not experience any of these issues , then how in the hell can you know what state of mind these people who participated in the riot were in. Now i am not condoning what they did, but as a person who lived in South Central and spent a good part of my life living in LA i can tell you this, you will be hard pressed to find any black man who is not rich who has not experienced police harassment or brutality.
But dont fell bad.
makes it sound like everything is the fault of white people, and black people are just victims of being treated bad for no other reason but racial ones. That is not true. We all have to take responsibility for our own actions, but looking back does nothing but keep our future from moving forward. What are our communities TOGETHER doing to make life better for the future generations, THAT is what people need to worry about. All of the arrests, all of the charges, can't possibly be trumped up 'aneedtoknow' and to imply they are is just baffling to me. You said "When you do not experience any of these issues , then how in the hell can you know what state of mind these people who participated in the riot were in." That is excusing the rioting behavior. You say you aren't condoning it, but you are still excusing it as "justifiable". I don't understand how destroying their own neighborhoods is ever ...
makes it sound like everything is the fault of white people, and black people are just victims of being treated bad for no other reason but racial ones. That is not true. We all have to take responsibility for our own actions, but looking back does nothing but keep our future from moving forward. What are our communities TOGETHER doing to make life better for the future generations, THAT is what people need to worry about. All of the arrests, all of the charges, can't possibly be trumped up 'aneedtoknow' and to imply they are is just baffling to me. You said "When you do not experience any of these issues , then how in the hell can you know what state of mind these people who participated in the riot were in." That is excusing the rioting behavior. You say you aren't condoning it, but you are still excusing it as "justifiable". I don't understand how destroying their own neighborhoods is ever justifiable. NO one can ever give me an answer, why?
It is very frustrating, as a 27 year old, to see so many people complain about the corruption in our Federal, State, and local governments but continue to see the utter lack of action to stop it. Where is the push to remove the corruption, and put people who care in charge? Instead, people become more and more bitter and take that bitterness out on complete strangers who have no knowledge of the injustices. IT MAKES NO SENSE PEOPLE.
As a matter of fact you look Hispanic so why is it that all Hispanics jump boarders or come over in boats?
Doesn't sound to good when its put like that does it?
People like you piss me the "F" off,n and its a good dam thing you are not in face at this moment.
What? What would you do? Hit a girl? Because I have a different opinion? Just because my opinion is different doesn't make me racist, or deserve to be threatened online like you just did. You are lucky we aren't face to face, because I would say the very same thing I just wrote. I'm not afraid of angry black guys like yourself. Maybe you should reassess how you perceive the world