In class today we talked about the riots that followed the Rodney King verdict. The city was pretty much living in an anarchy because the police wasn't present. Watching the people destroy their own city really amazed me. I really don't see how ruining their own city makes sense. I understand that the blacks were tired of watching white officers getting away with so much stuff but violence can't beat violence- it only makes things worse. That only made people think worse about blacks, especially the ones who took advantage of the riots and started stealing stuff. Really? So much for the cause.. One of the victims I won't forget from that case is Reginald Denny (the guy who was pulled out of the red truck and beat). I actually did some more research on him and found out that he had to go through years of rehabilitative therapy and his speech and ability to walk were permanently damaged. Denny had been unjustly beat just like Rodney King had been? I find that very hypocritical. That doesn't make any of them better than the officers who had beat Rodney King. I feel that Martin Luther King's quote I put above really sums up my opinion on this. I fully agree with his idea that violence is not the way to go when you seek change. Change is suppose to be progress but there can't be progress when you destroy the little that your people have built up over the past years.
This shows some of his face wounds.
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