Sure looks like the way this is being spun, even on Fox, is that the guy is downright heroic.
But here are some quotes worth noting from the article Goldwoldnet just posted here.
(One wonders how much of his crap the police had already put up with when this happened):
King was 25 and on parole after a robbery conviction in March 1991. In an interview in 2011, he recalled he had been drinking and was headed home from a friend's house when he saw a police car following him and panicked, thinking he would be sent back to prison. So he attempted to flee.
"I had a job to go to that Monday, and I knew I was on parole, and I knew I wasn't supposed to be drinking, and I'm like 'Oh, my God,'" he told CNN.
He realized he couldn't outrun the police, but looked for a public place to stop. "I saw all those apartments over there, so I said, 'I'm gonna stop right there,'" he said. "'If it goes down, somebody will see it.'"
King also sued the city of Los Angeles......The other jurors came around, and King was awarded $3.8 million in damages.
In later years, King had several more run-ins with the law, including a 90-day jail stint in 1996 for a hit-and-run involving his wife at the time. On the 20th anniversary of the beating in 2011, he was pulled over and ticketed for a minor traffic violation.
No doubt that $3.8 million helped him with this attitude: He said: "My country's been good to me ... This country is my house, it's the only home I know, so I have to be able to forgive....." |
