Rodney King Back w/o BEAT

Not only is Tupac Back but so is all of your favorite cultural icons from the ’90s. Rodney King wishes he was having a dream when he saw those cherries and berries in his rearview this week.

Apparently, this guy was busted in Cali after cops said he appeared to be high or drunk. They could easily just be making excuses but obviously this guy is struggling with his addiction more than others. He’s even appeared on celebrity rehab shows but this is the reality: Speeding or on speed, slow down son, you’re killing yourself!

Brief Black History For 21 and Under: All four officers that were charged in the beating of Rodney King were acquitted, sparking riots across L.A. that killed 55 people and caused more than $1 billion in property damage. Two of the officers were later found guilty of federal civil rights violations; two were acquitted. King was awarded $3.8 million in damages. He became engaged last year to a juror from that federal trial.

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Teen Involved In Derrion Albert Beating Pledges To Turn Life Around

Teen Involved In Derrion Albert Beating Pledges To Turn Life Around

This is an interesting perspective.

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WTF?! Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Abusive Cop in Frank Jude Case

In a victory for the City of Milwaukee, a federal judge has ruled that former police officer Joseph Schabel might not have been acting as an officer for a key moment at the scene where Frank Jude was beaten – even though Schabel was on duty, in uniform and arrived in a squad car.

U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman wrote in an order that a jury might find Schabel was not acting “under the scope of his employment,” but it also could find that Schabel was acting as a police officer at the time.

Schabel lied for months about his actions when arresting Jude outside an off-duty police party in October 2004. He later admitted he joined in the beating with the drunken off-duty officers, “stomping” Jude’s head before arresting him. Schabel was convicted along with six other former officers in federal court.

Because there are facts in dispute, Adelman said, he must leave those issues to a jury, which may ultimately decide Jude’s federal civil-rights lawsuit against the city, with millions riding on the outcome.

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Pittsburgh Teen Gets His Day In Court!!

A Pittsburgh teenager at the center of a racially charged police brutality investigation celebrated with his family Thursday after a judge dismissed charges from his arrest by officers he says beat him.

“This proves I was telling the truth. I didn’t want people to look at me negatively,” Jordan Miles, 18, said after a contentious hearing in Pittsburgh Municipal Court. “They asked me, ‘Where’s your gun, money and drugs?’ All kinds of thoughts went through my head. I thought I was going to get robbed.”im during an arrest on January 12th, 2010, finally faced Magisterial District Judge Oscar Petite Jr. jacked via the Pittsburgh Tribune

Onehood’s DJ Paradise was on the scene and captured the video above. Check Paradise’s blog here.

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