I have to disagree with the idea of putting this new book on a bibliography about "bullying." I remember the riots following the trial & verdict featured the shooting of innocent Korean-Americans and torching their businesses. I'd call that a lot more than bullying. As for the verdict on the policemen, similar to a case in today's news, it turned out that news media edited the tape, they omitted a chunk of it, when Mr. King, hopped up on drugs and alcohol fought off all efforts of the police to confine him; the jury saw the entire tape, the rest of us didn't - maybe that affected their verdict, or maybe all 12 jurors were racists, I don't know, but I don't think it's a good idea to excuse or explain the days of massive rioting and pulling of innocent passer-bys from their cars and beating them and to teach kids that it was all a response to the bullying of Rodney King. Andrea Rapp
--- On Tue, 5/1/12, Amalia Warshenbrot <[email protected]> wrote: From: Amalia Warshenbrot <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Can we all just get along ? To: "Hasafran" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 12:34 PM This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Rodney King story. Bookstores and libraries display his new book THE RIOT WITHIN (Harper One, NY 2012). For those who are too young to remember, he was the victim of police brutality towards an Afro American in Los Angeles. Riots erupted when the policemen, who beat him till he almost died, were acquitted. I suggest adding King’s new book to the bibliography on bullying but, I post this on Ha-Safran for a different reason. Shortly after the riots I visited Los Angeles for one of my first AJL conventions. The memory of damage to the city as a result of the riots and the convention are still fresh on my mind. The convention committee elected amazing local talents as presenters. The friends that I made in LA 20 years ago are still my best source for Information for resources that cannot be found on the internet. I encourage all of you to come to the convention. The networking as well as the sessions that are offered for this year promise to stay with you for years to come. Amalia Warshenbrot Charlotte, NC -----Inline Attachment Follows----- __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) ================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [email protected] To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: [email protected] Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list [email protected] https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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