European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday april 14,1991 the stars and stripes rage 13 commentary Mike Royko an upbeat sense of values the police chief of los Angeles is being widely condemned because of the now famous videotaped flogging of a traffic offender. But chief Daryl Gates while refusing to resign suggests that the brutal beating might have been an uplifting act that could bring Long Range positive results for the beating victim. As the chief put it at a news conference a Vve regret what took place. I Hope he the beating victim a gets his life straightened out. Perhaps this will be the vehicle to move him Down the Road to a Good life instead of the life he a been involved in for such a Long i Hadnot thought of it that Way but there could be something in what chief Gates says. \ a a a a a a a a. There a no doubt that Rodney King 25, Hadnot been an exemplary citizen although he a no John Dill Ger. When the police stopped him for speeding he was on parole for using a tire Iron to threaten and Rob a grocer. But As chief Gates said the experience of being beaten kicked and shot with an electric stun gun might be what it takes to a move him Down the Road to a Good who knows in a few years when All of this is forgotten a reporter might drive put to a Nice House in a California suburb Quot and find a peaceful Rodney King pushing a Mower across his Lawn. The reporter might ask a emr. King what is it that moved you Down the Road to a Good life a a a that a a Good question a or. King might reply a and ill be glad to explain it to you. You la have to excuse me if i wobble and drool a bit my face has nerve damage and my coordination Hasni to been the same since they damaged my a of a but to get Back to your question i think it was after finest hit me about 50 or 55 times with their clubs. As you recall some of the fillings flew out of my Teeth and one of my Eye sockets sort of a must have been a Tad /. A a a. A. / a yes. And at that Point in a pretty sure that those nine Skull fractures and internal injuries had already occurred my Check William Safi re Ipp umut broken eve socket Rodney King brain damage do. Civil suit Dow get \ fractured cheekbone internal injuries damage fractured syntax inner Mcnare a we Nowart or. Damage a lame Bone was fractured one of my legs was broken and i had this burning sensation from being zapped with the electric stun gun. I was feeling kind of a a that a to be a right. But As i was lying there and they were getting in a few final kicks and then sort of hog tying my hands to my legs and dragging me along the ground i said to myself a Why not try to look at the Bright Side a a a and did you a a yes. a a a. A. A a a then later when police chief Gates said that the beating although regrettable could be the vehicle that would get me on the Road to the Good life everything became Clear i realized that the beating would turn my life around and be a one Way ticket to the Good life a a the chief s words inspired you Quot a not exactly. To be honest chief Gates words convinced me that he had to be As dumb an sob As Ever opened his Mouth at a news conference a a but you said he helped you to a Good a a that a right he a How a a when i took his police department to court that jury awarded me a couple of million in damages and in be been leading the Good life Ever a i done to think that a what the chief had in a i done to think the chief had anything in ,. C Chicago Tribune. A. I do not believe that the first lady of the land had an affair in the family quarters of the White House with a septuagenarian crooner. Nor do i believe that the patriarch of today a Kennedy clan participated in Date rape or steered himself into Chappaquiddick and Frank and Ted have been excoriated in this space for decades in their current Travail i Rise to their defense. First Ted. Instead of Fritt ering away his life at Liberal seminars about child care he takes his son and Nephew out for a few drinks at the local Palm Beach hangout. They pick up a couple of thirty ish women buy them drinks for three hours and take them Home. Quot apparently neither of these women was la4s to iat drinking All night and going to a Many a Home at 3 30 . Places one in what used to be called an occasion of sin. One now alleges rape by the Nephew reportedly out of sight or earshot of Ali the others she grabbed an urn grecian Beauty is truth and went to the police who then failed to descend on the Kennedy a in True Daryl Gates suggests sen. Kennedy was present at the Al. Legend attack the Only sin charged to him was appearing in a to shirt elsewhere on the estate before the woman and his son. That woman w As shocked Ang leu before Dawn unhurt. I know this for a fact the Only to shirts that tit Paunchy dodgers come Down nearly to the Knees. Homeowner or patriarch has a right to wander around his House dressed that Way in the Middle of the night moreover such attire is More modest than the tight fitting jeans of youth. It investigators will determine if the Nephew should be charged from what we now know the senators conduct however anathema to the abstemious was neither illegal nor immoral. Everybody was single and adult in his bumbling Boozy Way Ted Kennedy was trying to be a buddy to his son and Nephew. In getting the full court tabloid press the senator is serving his in sentenced sentence for slipping past the Law on another night 22 years ago. But lets not confuse poetic Justice with real Justice Ted Kennedy is being made to squirm for what he did not face then not for what he did now. Nancy Reagan is being hit so hard for the playing around she did not do that a backlash of sympathy May conceal the improper Power playing and perk abusing she did do. Her sex life should be her own business mostly. I put in that qualifier because history has some demands on privacy if there was a Shotgun element to her marriage to the Man who later become president that a relevant. But the latter Day groupies who claimed to have a iad relations with her contribute nothing but bad taste to Kitty Kelley a biography. And the innuendo unpacked by sources or evidence of Dalliance with Frank Sinatra demeans the research elsewhere. Frank previously skewered by a courageous Kelley biography must love the newest a a conquests credited to. Him. This Good actor is a bad actor in 1980 i zapped the Reagan attorney general designate for attending a party thrown by this longtime associate of mobsters and the president elect genially told me a a we be heard those things about Frank for years. We just Hope none of them Are apparently the Fri thought differently and sent along a summary of its damning file which one Day Well All see a Low Point of the Reagan presidency was reached when the medal of Freedom was besmirched by its award to this lifelong abuser of women and tool of the mafia. That was Nancy a doing but it does not justify assuming private luncheons to be matinees. A serious examination of Nancy Reagan a intrusion into the presidential office would show How a mrs. President Quot satisfied. Her own Power needs a More executive than advisory a behind Reagan s Back her flagrant dominance of the White House staff made the aging president at his most vulnerable during the Iran Contra scandal appear to be impish and ineffectual. Kick Mem when they re up see i but not when late Hiticas pile on. A c the Mew York times
