PrimeWire

“April 29, 1992. There was a riot on the streets. Tell me, where were you?” Civil Rights have been an issue for every decade since the Civil War. It’s 2 steps forward, 1 step back. In the 90s cops used a technique called “profiling” where, basically, if you looked a certain way you would get stopped for a fishing expedition. And if they didn’t find anything, they’d antagonize you until you lost your temper, rough you up, toss you in a cell and drag you in front of the magistrate the next day. Things eventually reached a boiling point. Rodney King, a dude who was too drunk to be driving, led police on a high speed chase for a good minute before they stopped him, dragged him bodily from his car and took turns beating on him for 10 minutes. Someone happened to video tape it and the result was a firestorm in Los Angeles. Ice Cube said, in his song called “Wicked” we’d see a sequel to April 29th. And we sure did.