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- DeviantDragon, on 11/29/2007, -3/+350"King was shot in the face and arm with a pellet gun (LA Times) or perhaps a shotgun (KNX, USA Today)" That's a pretty big ***** difference there.
- inactive, on 11/29/2007, -24/+194dick cheney did it
- FeartheKnighted, on 11/29/2007, -0/+90"Injuries are minor -- King, 42, completed his ride home before calling police."
I'm guessing it was a pellet gun. - inactive, on 11/29/2007, -9/+99BREAKING LA IS BURNING
- MattL920, on 11/29/2007, -5/+81Can't we all just get along?
- iPissExcellence, on 11/29/2007, -0/+70"Injuries are minor -- King, 42, completed his ride home before calling police. Not much else is known at this point."
After getting shot in the face!? - iamdb, on 03/26/2008, -3/+73Brother can't catch a break!
- ted_hosmann, on 11/29/2007, -1/+60Ill bet those cops were very very nice when they showed up at his house...
- Pake, on 11/29/2007, -3/+54Anyone else find it funny that he called the police?
- sailadayaway, on 11/29/2007, -2/+53In other news:
"Man scrapes knee after falling off bicycle" - FortyCaliber, on 11/29/2007, -12/+53Hey Digg-hippies... AT LEAST HE WASN'T TASERED!
- AshamedAmerican, on 11/29/2007, -3/+42On tape or it didn't happen.
- hokeywebb22, on 11/29/2007, -4/+40Oh no. Here we go again.
- mrogi, on 11/30/2007, -3/+37Rodney King was awarded a $3.8 million tax free settlement for his 1991 beat down. The money did not change Rodney one tiny bit. He was a no good scumbag before he got rich, a pus-filled tumor when he was rich, and a pile of rat ***** now that his dumb ass is dead broke again.
- SkippyDoorknob, on 11/29/2007, -1/+33...with a pellet gun
- inactive, on 11/29/2007, -13/+38Rodney King > Chuck Norris. He got shot in the face and hand, still rode his bike home, got or had been intoxicated, and then called the police to report the crime. I want to be just like Rodney King.
- Neiby, on 11/29/2007, -2/+26"Can't we all just get al....." BANG!
- gn0stik, on 11/29/2007, -0/+23No, right guy. King said that.
http://www.mediate.com/articles/noll9.cfm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King - EdgarVerona, on 11/29/2007, -1/+21I heard it was a shotgun filled with pellets.
- mablco, on 11/29/2007, -1/+20and george bush doesnt care about black people.
- mongoloidplease, on 11/30/2007, -0/+17He's a classy guy.
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Domestic Violence allegedly punched girlfriend Joanne Naser in the stomach, 11-Oct-2003 - inactive, on 11/30/2007, -1/+17The cake is a lie!
- MalDON, on 11/30/2007, -1/+16Birds?
- Trumane, on 11/29/2007, -0/+14I used to work in that area, I think people just get shot at random around there. One if the worst parts of one of the worst cities in So Cal.
- TedTschopp, on 11/30/2007, -1/+14That was a couple weeks ago....
- OverkillTASF, on 11/30/2007, -1/+14Ok, since most of you seem to have gotten a firearms education from right clicking in Half-Life and watching the shottie plaster some poor sap on the wall... Shotguns can fire many different size munitions. From big 1 oz full-bore slugs to the well-known 00 buckshot, all the way down to almost a fine dust, "rat shot". Shot actually loses velocity pretty quickly once it exits the barrel. Just like with Cheney's news-item, being "shot by a shotgun" doesn't mean someone jammed a double barreled 12 gauge under some guys chin and pulled the trigger. If you've ever seen a skeet field, there's not a whole lot of distance between the field and civilization, despite the fact that most shots are taken at a high angle, which would lend to long trajectories. This is because shot does not hold on to its kinetic energy for long. Since they're not sure if it was a pellet gun or a shot gun, it was probably bird shot (As buck shot is significantly bigger than a standard .177 pellet or bb). A shotgun with a wide choke firing fine bird shot, you're only going to get hit with a few pellets and they're not going to get a whole lot of penetration. So, just because he wasn't a smear on the pavement doesn't mean he wasn't shot at and "hit" by a shotgun.
- djphatjive, on 11/30/2007, -2/+15He then called the police and they said "HAHAhahahahahahahahhahahaaa!!!!!!" And hung up!
- gn0stik, on 11/29/2007, -4/+17man, if it's just a pellet gun, this is a non issue, and is being reported why? Because he's Rodney king. An ex con who already had his 15 minutes, and can get his life together enough to buy a ***** car.
- danwallace, on 11/29/2007, -3/+16Dippies?
- rajun50, on 11/30/2007, -0/+12...smaller pellets
- inactive, on 11/29/2007, -1/+13...with a pellet gun
- johnn11238, on 11/29/2007, -3/+15If I was Rodney King, I'd have made sure I got home and LOCKED MY ***** DOOR before calling the LAPD. If I called them at all...
- Nougat, on 11/29/2007, -2/+14Or a really distant shotgun.
- digggggggggg, on 11/30/2007, -0/+12" Mike Davis of Stockton was riding home from work on Thursday when a pothole in the road caused him to lose control of his bicycle. Davis suffered a minor abrasion to his right knee. His injuries are not expected to be life threatening. "
- krahzee, on 11/30/2007, -0/+12That kid from A Christmas Story is sooo screwed
- Tabris, on 11/30/2007, -0/+11Yeah, that offensive jokes are funny.
- Yaanu, on 11/29/2007, -0/+11I see nobody appreciates classic Bill Hicks.
- weeeezzll, on 11/30/2007, -0/+11People didn't riot because King was a good man done wrong, they started the riot because bad cops (who committed a crime) were acquitted in light of clear evidence of their wrong doing.
For years minorities have taken beating from cops and had little recourse other than their word against a cops, and we all know how that ends. When the video of King's beating came out it appeared to be a open and shut case. Needless to say, the minority community across the country was just a little upset at the lack of justice.
There is never a good reason for a riot, and I'm not going to sit here and condone one, but don't try to trivialize what actually happened. - djh816, on 11/29/2007, -0/+11or possibly a shotgun.
- weeeezzll, on 11/30/2007, -1/+11a joke...it was a ***** joke...you humorless turd....
- weeeezzll, on 11/30/2007, -1/+11Apparently the LAPD's tactic of beating sense into criminals isn't panning out as well as hoped...
(Wow....has it been 15 years since the LA riots? Man...i'm getting sooooo old....) - sundancekid503, on 11/30/2007, -0/+10Can someone grab me a new DVD player?
- chrisinsocalif, on 11/30/2007, -3/+12Who are Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton going to blame for this one?
- thejamabides, on 11/30/2007, -2/+11From what I understand, his inability to cooperate with police officers the first time around is what got his ass beat.
This is why his inability to cooperate now isn't so surprising. - ngmcs8203, on 11/30/2007, -0/+8Sure can catch a bullet though... zing!
- getoffmybridge, on 05/05/2009, -1/+9What a scumbag. "And now it's hands across America for this ***** total....son of a bitch! It blows my mind! And he walked!!!!"
- Agrajag, on 11/29/2007, -0/+8He didn't call the LAPD, since he lives in Rialto.
- DrewBlood, on 11/29/2007, -0/+7Pellet gun or shotgun...headline definitely sounds worse than it probably is though.
- portableteejay, on 11/30/2007, -0/+7BIll Hicks FTW. Can no one identify satire?
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