I told you guys, and I told all you guys,
And just look at what y'all gots now…..
"I felt beat up and like a crushed can. That's what I felt like, like a crushed can all over, and my spirits were down real low."
–Rodney King (grand jury testimony)
"People, I just want to say, can we all just get along? Can we stop making it horrible? We're all stuck here for a while. Let's try to work it out."
–Rodney King
"I was scared of going back to prison and I just kind of thought the problem would just go away."
–Rodney King explaining why he led officers on a high-speed chase (trial testimony)