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From: jlinder@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Jeffrey S Linder)
Subject: Re: Kyle K. on Rodney King
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In article <1993Apr19.141933.29924@nntpserver.chevron.com> jviv@usmi01.midland.
chevron.com (John Viveiros) writes:
>In article <C5pEAy.M15@news.cso.uiuc.edu> kkopp@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (koppenhoefer
 kyle cramm) writes:
>>
>>      The entire second trial was about race, Ted.  I don't feel compelled to
>>discuss Mr. King's racial background, but had Mr. King been white there would
>>not have been a second trial.  You probably are saying that the beating would
>>not have occurred if he were white, but that is an extremely difficult call
>>to make.  It is possible the case, but not definately.
>>
>One could easily point out that the jury decided that this "extremely
>difficult call" could be made, which is why the two of the defendants
>were found guilty.  One could also make some interesting observations on
>our system of justice, where the men were not guilty of excessive force,
>but guilty enough to have violated his civil rights by use of the
>(non-existant) excessive force.
>--

It is also interesting to note that Powell (and maybe Koons) were found
guilty of aiding and abetting the deprival of King's civil rights...but,
two others who also beat King and all the others who watched were not.
Go figure?  Can you say sacraficial lambs?  Can you say appeal?

>John Viveiros     (jviv@chevron.com)
>Chevron USA        Standard disclaimer applies
>Midland TX


JSL.
