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.
Rodney KingAs a black man, you run from the cops. It's different now, but back when I was coming up, you run.
Rodney KingI sometimes feel like I'm caught in a vise. Some people feel like I'm some kind of hero. Others hate me.
Rodney KingI don't see how you can grow as a world without being able to get along with people. So many people is hating out there and it's not making a difference.
Rodney KingObama, he wouldn't have been in office without what happened to me and a lot of black people before me. He would never have been in that situation, no doubt in my mind. He would get there eventually, but it would have been a lot longer. So I am glad for what I went through. It opened the doors for a lot of people.
Rodney King