Rodney King Found Dead
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I recall the time when Chattanooga TN changed the name of 9th street to MLK blvd. A single black city councilmen kept proposing it and it kept being defeated. This went on for a long time. Eventually the councilmen resorted to the equivalent of a filibuster. The city council finally relented just to get him to shut up.
My point being the majority of that particular location did NOT choose to honor Dr. King. A very small minority did.
"Matters"? In the scheme of things, not much I suppose. I guess to me it's the principle of not buckling to the demands of a few. The principle of keeping history in its proper perspective. The principle of not showering so much unwarranted praise and recognition on one guy while so many others just as deserving get little or none.
Other than that, I hear ya.
We should have respected and accepted the views of the majority , is that what you're saying , Luke?
Even after the injustice done to him he never called for or incited violence and told people to forgive
RIP Rodney King
RIP Rodney King
Federal Courts Rule it is Not Illegal to Film Police
http://technorati.com/technology/article/federal-courts-rule-it-is-not/
Author: Pace Lattin
Published: September 01, 2011 at 5:54 pm
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"The First Court of Appeals has reached a decision that would allow the general public to video-tape police officers while they are working. This decision comes right after several well-known public cases have come to light involving citizens being arrested for video-taping police.
This specific case in question was Simon Glik vs.The City of Boston (and several police officers), in which a teenage Simon Gilk was arrested after videotaping Boston Police abusing a homeless man. While Mr. Gilk was not interfering with the police, he was arrested on wiretapping charges.
The ACLU had sued on his behalf, even when the charges were dropped, noting that there was a growing epidemic of citizens in the United States being arrested by police for videotaping, even when documenting police brutality and abuse.
The First Court Agreed with the ACLU that this should be legal, and wrote that: "The filming of government officials engaged in their duties in a public place, including police officers performing their responsibilities, fits comfortably within these principles [of protected First Amendment activity].
Gathering information about government officials in a form that can readily be disseminated to others serves a cardinal First Amendment interest in protecting and promoting the free discussion of governmental affairs.â
With the rise of YouTube and other social sharing services, more and more police have been under scrutiny for their public actions and in response have taken to pressing charges against civilians for videotaping them.
Currently there are several other cases still pending around the Country, including that of Khaliah Fitchette who videotaped Newak Police abusing another passenger and was arrested, while the police erased the cell-phone.
Additionally, the case of Michael Allison has made quite a bit of news. In this case, the Illinois Attorney General is trying to impose a 75 year sentence on Mr. Allison for recording police officers who were harassing him, reportedly for filing a lawsuit against the department previously. Charges are still being pursued, even though several similar cases have been thrown out by the Courts in Illinois."