Rodney King Quotes

Rodney King — American Celebrity born on April 02, 1965, died on June 17, 2012

Rodney Glen King III was an American taxi driver who became nationally known after being beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers following a high-speed car chase on March 3, 1991. A local witness, George Holliday, videotaped much of it from his balcony, and sent the footage to local news station KTLA. The footage shows four officers surrounding King, several of them striking him repeatedly, while other officers stood by. Parts of the footage were aired around the world, inflaming outrage in cities where racial tensions were high, and raising public concern about police treatment of minorities... (wikipedia)

As far as having peace within myself, the one way I can do that is forgiving the people who have done wrong to me. It causes more stress to build up anger. Peace is more productive.

People, I just want to say, can we all get along? Can we get along?

I'm a religious person. I remember my mom told me: 'Vengeance belongs to God. It's up to him to wreak vengeance.' It's hard for me to get to that point, but that's the work of God.

I realize I will always be the poster child for police brutality, but I can try to use that as a positive force for healing and restraint.

Anybody can get bigheaded once they know the seat cannot be pulled out from under them.