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30 years after Rodney King’s beating by police, George Floyd’s friends see similiarities in historic cases
Updated Mar 03, 2021;
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George Floyd and his childhood friends spoke of the video with astonishment.
The year was 1991, and images of Los Angeles cops beating Rodney King, a Black motorist, were sparking a national firestorm over police brutality. Floyd was a 16-year-old student in an impoverished Black neighborhood in Houston, a city with its own accusations of authorities using excessive force against people of color.
“There was a level of excitement, like finally it’s caught on camera,” said Floyd’s friend Jonathan Veal, recalling their group discussions. “But then later, the verdict came back, the police were acquitted and there was just a level of disgust, shame and, really, disappointment in the justice system.”
30 years after Rodney King’s beating, George Floyd’s friends see similiarities in historic cases
Updated Mar 03, 2021;
Facebook Share
George Floyd and his childhood friends spoke of the video with astonishment.
The year was 1991, and images of Los Angeles cops beating Rodney King, a Black motorist, were sparking a national firestorm over police brutality. Floyd was a 16-year-old student in an impoverished Black neighborhood in Houston, a city with its own accusations of authorities using excessive force against people of color.
“There was a level of excitement, like finally it’s caught on camera,” said Floyd’s friend Jonathan Veal, recalling their group discussions. “But then later, the verdict came back, the police were acquitted and there was just a level of disgust, shame and, really, disappointment in the justice system.”
FX s Hip-Hop Uncovered misses an important region of music
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FX s Hip-Hop Uncovered Docuseries.Via FX Networks
The docuseries is nothing short of informative and I even enjoyed watching the stories unfold of powerful music executives and their respective journeys to the top of the ladder. Hip-Hop Uncovered features Deb Antney, mother to Atlanta rapper Waka Flocka Flame, who also worked as Gucci Mane s and Nicki Minaj s former manager. In Detroit, Trick Trick, the founder of the Goon Sqwad and collaborators with Eminem was the focus. Los Angeles takes a look at Big U, the street-gang-leader-turned-music-executive whose proteges include the late Nipsey Hussle. Last but not least, the show highlights the man and the myth, Haitian Jack the public figure who can be closely tied to many mega-celebrities like Madonna and Tupac.