Talk:Rodney King

Undid revision 1015022422 by Batreeq
Hi, I just undid the most recent revision, which itself undid a revision which undid a claim which appears to be original research at best.

The content in question was originally added in 1014453158 and 1014453349. "My father Dr. Snowden [...] from the LAPD", as cited in the edit summary, even if true, is not a reliable source. It also contradicts the article body.

Intralexical (talk) 16:13, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Remove Docuseries Reference?
Morgan Freeman and Lori McCreary will be producing a docuseries through their company Revelations Entertainment on the life of Rodney King, to be released in 2018.[95]

"To be released?" Gprobins (talk) 13:07, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

Likely typo reverses the intended meaning?
From the section "Aftermath":

"Blood and urine samples were taken from King five hours after his arrest. The blood alcohol content (BAC) from King's test samples was 0.075%, indicating he would not have been legally intoxicated under California law, BAC legal limit 0.08%, at the time of his arrest."

As it stands, it's nonsense, because a blood alcohol content of 0.075% five hours after arrest would mean a blood alcohol content far over 0.08% at the time of arrest. I can't correct this because I don't know whether it's the "five hours" that is wrong, or the "not" in "not have been intoxicated", or the numbers. Someone who has this info please fix. Longitude2 (talk) 14:13, 29 November 2022 (UTC)


 * : The change introducing the "not" was made on November 10, 2022, with the editor apparently acting in good faith but missing this implication. I checked the source cited earlier in the sentence, which says: "Blood and urine samples taken from King five hours after his arrest showed that his blood-alcohol level was 0.075%, indicating that at the time of his arrest, he was over the level (0.08%) at which one can be presumed intoxicated under California law." Accordingly, I removed the "not." Rebb  ing  07:43, 28 January 2023 (UTC)