cerise’s Reviews > Liberals with Attitude: The Rodney King Beating and the Fight for the Soul of Los Angeles > Status Update
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“Yet the primary significance of the video in Los Angeles when it was first broadcast was not the beating itself. It was the culmination of a decade, long battle between Daryl Gates and his allies and those like Maxine Waters and the ACLU who blamed the chief for the culture and the policies that led to the beating and many others like it that had not been captured on camera.”
— Nov 03, 2025 02:38PM
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“After the Rodney King beating, there would be no more “both sides “at the Los Angeles Times about Darrell Gates and the LAPD. It was impossible to see the video. The writers address of the paper or no longer comfortable, ignoring or normalizing such beatings in the name of public safety.” Certainly have retracted from that today. Why?
— Nov 06, 2025 01:37PM
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David Johnston singled out by Gayes at a public meeting, car burglarized and notes stolen
— Nov 06, 2025 01:34PM
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Mentions KPFK, KCRW’s Which Way LA?, KABC’s British host Michael Jackson and Rush Limbaugh as radio influences - which POC radio was influencing LA?
— Nov 06, 2025 01:27PM
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“The challenge for Tom Bradley and his allies was just sustaining the outrage triggered by the Rodney King beating long enough to motivate The otherwise Raquel citrin council members to support meaningful change in the police department.” How does the square with the current media landscape, and what the Los Angeles Times has become?
— Nov 06, 2025 01:24PM
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Gates sent a letter asking for leniency in sentencing michael miliken
— Nov 05, 2025 10:45PM
