re kyle k on rodney king in article apr nntpserver chevron com jviv usmi midland chevron com john viveiros writes in article c peay m news cso uiuc edu kkopp uxh cso uiuc edu koppenhoefer kyle cramm writes the entire second trial was about race ted i don t feel compelled to discuss mr king s racial background but had mr king been white there would not have been a second trial you probably are saying that the beating would not have occurred if he were white but that is an extremely difficult call to make it is possible the case but not definately one could easily point out that the jury decided that this extremely difficult call could be made which is why the two of the defendants were found guilty one could also make some interesting observations on our system of justice where the men were not guilty of excessive force but guilty enough to have violated his civil rights by use of the non existant excessive force it is also interesting to note that powell and maybe koons were found guilty of aiding and abetting the deprival of king s civil rights but two others who also beat king and all the others who watched were not go figure can you say sacraficial lambs can you say appeal john viveiros jviv chevron com chevron usa standard disclaimer applies midland tx jsl
