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who turned it on
halfway through...

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so that all we see
is them hitting him.

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You got Powell and Koon
cracking him with billy clubs...

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and Briseno's kicking him
in the back of the skull...

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so it looks severe, you know?
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People are going,
"Oh, this poor guy."

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This poor guy
who attacked four cops...

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and those cops
end up on the stand...

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defending themselves for using
standard textbook procedures.

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I don't think the tapes
showed that at all.

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You didn't think so?
And you're an authority?

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Murray, what do you think?
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I did think the police used
their clubs rather excessively.

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Who are you
to say what's excessive?

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I think it was
totally appropriate.

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They're in a better position
to make that call than you are.

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We, as society, grant cops
a certain amount of authority...

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to make those calls,
because we acknowledge...

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that their job is difficult
and dangerous.

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Very few people respect that
and respect that authority.

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Look who's talking about
respect--Mr. Junior KKK.

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What?
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You want to go to college?
Learn to listen.

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I didn't say I respect the laws.
I acknowledge a cop's authority.

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I don't respect laws that let
Rodney King back on the street.

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Second, I am not a member
of a low-rent...

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disorganized bunch of rednecks
like the fucking KKK. Please.

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So take your head
out of your ass.

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You've gotten off the point.
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I had a point.
That wasn't even the point.

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Do you have one?
What is your point?

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All right, think about this.
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If Danny was walking
across the street that night...

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and Rodney King
plowed into him--

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Can we drop
this Rodney King thing?

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Who would like some dessert?
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We're having a discussion.
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We're having
a nice discussion, right?

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If Rodney King
had been driving along...

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hopped up on PCP
and had killed Danny...

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you'd be singing
a different tune--

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I didn't see him hit anybody,
and neither did you.

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He didn't happen
to kill anybody, thank God.

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Keep it down, OK?
Ally's sleeping.


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