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== Likely typo reverses the intended meaning? ==
== The video and Rush Limbaugh ==


From the section "Aftermath":
Rush Limbaugh was the first (probably only) person in the media in 1992 to show the complete, unedited video which showed King attacking the police officers. I saw it on his short lived 30 minute late night TV show. Seeing the *complete* video changed my mind about the incident, like the article mentions was the jurors reaction to it.] (]) 06:01, 17 May 2019 (UTC)


"Blood and urine samples were taken from King five hours after his arrest. The ] (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."
== Better video of news conference ==


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. ] (]) 14:13, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
The current cited video of the news conference is , which is a brief excerpt. Recently was added, but I removed it because it the video has been edited to remove the middle of the statement. shows the entire statement, but it's hosted at a personal YouTube account. Can anybody find archival footage directly from news media that shows the entire statement? I didn't find any on archive.org. —] (]) 17:29, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

: {{u|Longitude2}}: ] 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." <span style="font-weight:bold">]]</span> 07:43, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

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{{u|Wafflewombat}}, sorry if I'm misunderstanding - why do we ] the archive bot? ] (]) 21:12, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

:There is very little activity on the talk page, so there's no need to automatically archive. I would say it's better to let the content build up naturally and then manually archive when it feels right to do so, instead of when the bot is programmed to do so. But if you disagree and want to restore the bot, that is 100% okay. It's not very important 🙂 ] (]) 21:36, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
::Yeah, I feel like if a bot can do it, why should we do it manually. I don't think removing these bots is a good thing. I think if your only objection is that it can be done manually, you should either stop or get consensus that it's a good idea. ] (]) 21:39, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
:::No problem. In the future I'll seek consensus about this type of edit. ] (]) 22:28, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

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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)

Longitude2: 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." Rebbing 07:43, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

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Wafflewombat, sorry if I'm misunderstanding - why do we not need the archive bot? Valereee (talk) 21:12, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

There is very little activity on the talk page, so there's no need to automatically archive. I would say it's better to let the content build up naturally and then manually archive when it feels right to do so, instead of when the bot is programmed to do so. But if you disagree and want to restore the bot, that is 100% okay. It's not very important 🙂 Wafflewombat (talk) 21:36, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
Yeah, I feel like if a bot can do it, why should we do it manually. I don't think removing these bots is a good thing. I think if your only objection is that it can be done manually, you should either stop or get consensus that it's a good idea. Valereee (talk) 21:39, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
No problem. In the future I'll seek consensus about this type of edit. Wafflewombat (talk) 22:28, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
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