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...suspected illegal Mexican immigrants on a Los Angeles freeway Monday led civil right groups to wonder if any progress had been made since the 1991 beating of Rodney King. The arrest of the Mexican man and woman, who were transporting 21 people in the back of their rusty pickup, does have many of the key ingredients of the King arrest: a high speed chase, prolonged use of force by officers after a suspect had collapsed, and a videotaped recording of every baton blow. However, says TIME's Sylvester Monroe, that is where the similarity ends: "It is not Rodney King...
Visibly shaken by this revelation, Earl nonetheless finds himself driving up to Chicago in his pickup truck in search of this unknown brother. He eventually tracks down Ray (Jones), who meets him with barely concealed hostility, and the two part with an apparently mutual desire never to see each other again. However, by a quirk of fate, Earl runs into four black youths who rough him up and make off with his wallet and his truck. Against his will, Ray is forced to take Earl temporarily into his own house...
...suspected illegal Mexican immigrants on a Los Angeles freeway Monday led civil right groups to wonder if any progress had been made since the 1991 beating of Rodney King. The arrest of the Mexican man and woman, who were transporting 21 people in the back of their rusty pickup, does have many of the key ingredients of the King arrest: a high speed chase, prolonged use of force by officers after a suspect had collapsed, and a videotaped recording of every baton blow. However, says TIME's Sylvester Monroe, that is where the similarity ends: "It is not Rodney King...
...suspected illegal Mexican immigrants on a Los Angeles freeway Monday led civil right groups to wonder if any progress had been made since the 1991 beating of Rodney King. The arrest of the Mexican man and woman, who were transporting 21 people in the back of their rusty pickup, does have many of the key ingredients of the King arrest: a high speed chase, prolonged use of force by officers after a suspect had collapsed, and a videotaped recording of every baton blow. However, says TIME's Sylvester Monroe, that is where the similarity ends: "It is not Rodney King...
...modernizing of NASCAR's audience is a reflection of changes in average American income and education level, especially in the Deep South. Almost a third of NASCAR fans have household incomes above $50,000, and more than a quarter are professional or managerial--a far cry from the pickup-truck-and-overalls crowd of the sport's earliest days. Increasingly plush speedway facilities--air-conditioned VIP boxes and gourmet food, anyone?--have helped pull in this more upscale crowd...