Taped Beating of Rodney King
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There’s cruel irony in witnessing the sadistic beating of an African-American by members of the LAPD for a speeding violation at the same moment that Kuwaiti sovereignty is being restored half a world away. It’s almost as if the “new world order” has meant the restoration of the same old order of racial and gender hierarchies, sanctioned lynchings and the like. Without his uniform and medals, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Colin Powell would’ve suffered the same fate as King.
VICENTE L. RAFAEL
La Jolla
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