PETA Recap/Summary

[Troubleshooter]

Originally Posted by garnet

"Cool"? I'm not exactly sure what's so "cool" about that video...

Not cool, as in let's do it again, but cool in that it passed procedural guidelines and did not violate his rights...

...until the dumbass with the bright idea to kick RK in the head did so.

[garnet]

Originally Posted by Troubleshooter

...until the dumbass with the bright idea to kick RK in the head did so.

Wasn't there a little more than a kick in the head involved? I remember billy clubs, fists and whole helluva lot of kicks in the head. And parts of the video may be "procedurally correct" but the person making that call isn't the guy being taken down by six pissed off, armed cops.

[Troubleshooter]

Originally Posted by garnet

Wasn't there a little more than a kick in the head involved? I remember billy clubs, fists and whole helluva lot of kicks in the head. And parts of the video may be "procedurally correct" but the person making that call isn't the guy being taken down by six pissed off, armed cops.

True enough, but it was a legal takedown until he was successfully restrained. After that any contact should be only to move him. Any abuse after that should be prosecuted soundly.

[wolf]

Originally Posted by garnet

Wasn't there a little more than a kick in the head involved? I remember billy clubs, fists and whole helluva lot of kicks in the head. And parts of the video may be "procedurally correct" but the person making that call isn't the guy being taken down by six pissed off, armed cops.

Yes, eventually there was more than a kick in the head involved. However, if you have seen the WHOLE video, then you also see what Rodney King did that required the police to take him down.

The Video

After a vehicle chase.

Some additional context.

There is MUCH more to that tape that the few seconds that were shown over and over and over again on the news.

[Cyber Wolf]

Originally Posted by wolf

There is MUCH more to that tape that the few seconds that were shown over and over and over again on the news.

Cuz that's all the public on the whole is interested in. Also it makes for a great story "Black Man Beaten Near Senseless By White Cops". If I remember, there wasn't a whole lot of WHY in the coverage of the story. Just lots of WHO, WHAT, WHEN and WHERE. The standard news broadcast fills a 30 minute slot, half of which is taken by weather, sports, special interest (local pet adoptions, kid wins spelling bee, just LOOK at that sunset, Diane! Indeed it's lovely out there this evening...). In the 10 or so minutes left, after commercials take a chunk of time out, they need to squeeze in what the network feels is noteworthy news for the day and cover local, national and international as needed. That doesn't leave a whole lot of time to go in depth. And even many of the special shows stations have that are supposed to go in depth, they only give more who, what, where and when detail and maybe more, carefully-selected footage, not much why.

[garnet]

Originally Posted by wolf

Yes, eventually there was more than a kick in the head involved. However, if you have seen the WHOLE video, then you also see what Rodney King did that required the police to take him down.

If you want to discuss the Rodney King case, perhaps you should start a new thread...

[wolf]

Originally Posted by garnet

If you want to discuss the Rodney King case, perhaps you should start a new thread...

So thread drift/hijacking is okay when you do it, and not when someone condradicts your belief.

mmmmkay.

[garnet]

Originally Posted by wolf

So thread drift/hijacking is okay when you do it, and not when someone condradicts your belief.

mmmmkay.

When did I hijack this thread? I used the Rodney King video as a an anlogy to make a point about a PETA video. You guys started analyzing the RK video for no particular reason. I think that would qualify as "thread hijacking."