Rodney King is an American hero.
Not to me, he isn't.
I was just kidding.
I sincerely doubt you were. What I think you are doing is backpedaling after gauging the overwhelmingly negative reaction your first post on this thread has provoked. For the record, Rodney King's a convicted armed robber who's been eating-out on that notorious ordeal for longer than I care to remember. He's no hero, by any stretch of the imagination.