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  1. Go ahead, call me a cynic:

    “Happiness: Rodney King with fiancee Cynthia Kelley – one of the jurors responsible for awarding him a multi-million dollar compensation settlement”

    Comment by mojo — June 17, 2012 @ 10:26 am

  2. It’s all whitey’s fault for not teaching a deprived youth to swim.
    Now the ‘hood will expect the LA City Council to erect a monument to him with the money they saved by not incarcerating that thug for life.

    Comment by dick, not quite dead white guy — June 17, 2012 @ 11:25 am

  3. It doesn’t matter how much money you give a man in the gutter.

    He was in the gutter because he belonged there. He will find a way to return.

    Comment by Kristophr — June 17, 2012 @ 11:44 am

  4. Police Digest headline: RODNEY KING FIGURES OUT HOW TO “GET ALONG.”

    Comment by Colonel Jerry USMC — June 17, 2012 @ 12:53 pm

  5. ^ OWIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Comment by SondraK, Queen of my domain — June 17, 2012 @ 1:03 pm

  6. And the word is: fuckinwastrel. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Los Angeles City Council names a municipal pool after him (with nothing but a deep end).

    Comment by Thunderbottom — June 17, 2012 @ 1:45 pm

  7. Death by misadventure… Lucky he lived as long as he did. Wastrel is a perfect word…..

    Comment by Wollf — June 17, 2012 @ 1:49 pm

  8. I’m reminded of the Baby Ruth scene in Caddyshack.

    Yeah, go ahead, call me raaaaaacist.

    Jim
    Sunk New Dawn
    Galveston, TX

    Comment by Jim — June 17, 2012 @ 3:24 pm

  9. I love a happy ending.

    Comment by Alan outback bacon czar — June 17, 2012 @ 3:40 pm

  10. It doesn’t say….was there water in the pool?

    Comment by Holger — June 17, 2012 @ 3:53 pm

  11. My reaction (and word) was Schadenfreude, but wastrel works, too…

    Comment by SharkBait — June 17, 2012 @ 4:06 pm

  12. I hope for Cynthia’s sake he left a will… I would hate to think she perverted justice for nothing.

    Comment by Freddie Sykes — June 17, 2012 @ 4:46 pm

  13. …… Dammit, I apologize, but reading up on him…. Well I hope he has a just reward. While all the others were fanning the flames, he did his simple best to quell them. Troubled Soul.

    Comment by Wollf — June 17, 2012 @ 6:45 pm

  14. Bet the guy didn’t intend his release to be a cautionary song:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCocpyV53iY

    Comment by S2 — June 17, 2012 @ 6:48 pm

  15. I don’t care what anybody says! I still believe people have the right to keep and maintain swimming pools! Oughtta be writ in that Constitution thingy.

    Comment by accipiter NW — June 17, 2012 @ 11:28 pm

  16. “After stopping his two passengers Bryant Allen and Freddie Helms were arrested without incident. King was reportedly two times over the drink-drive limit at this point.”

    Not in either the Los Angeles Times or the AP stories about his death.

    Can I hear The original Trayvon?

    Comment by Stick — June 18, 2012 @ 4:21 am

  17. “Can’t we all just learn to swim??!?”

    Comment by Bessie May Mucho — June 18, 2012 @ 6:30 am

  18. Another victim of the Too Much Money Syndrome.

    Comment by rickn8or — June 18, 2012 @ 7:41 am

  19. No mention of his ELEVEN additional arrests after the famous incident?

    Comment by Cheesy — June 19, 2012 @ 3:38 pm

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