title: Lying Eyes: The Truth Behind the Corruption and Brutality of the Lapd and the Beating of Rodney King
author:  Tom Owens 
description: As Owens, a private investigator who worked for the Rodney King defense, observes here: "Almost everyone associated with this case is now a former this or ex-that." The list includes L.A. police chief Daryl Gates and King's lawyer Steve Lerman--who has yet to compensate Owens. Milt Grimes, Lerman's replacement, has also been dilatory about paying Owens, resulting in a still unresolved suit and counter-suit. That element of griping, legitimate but ultimately tedious, pervades Owens's book, coauthored with Hollywood screenwriter Browning. Not surprisingly, there are no heroes: King is characterized as "self-destructive" and juvenile; the LAPD as callous; George Holliday, whose videotape of the 1991 beating thrust the case into the public eye, as intent on maximizing his video-licensing profits with myriad suits against TV stations that aired his tape without permission. Given the media coverage of the King case, one doubts that there are many readers who will learn anything new here, or even want to rake through these events again. Photos. <br />Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
zlib_text: Gay Roadhouse Brawler
  Alexis Raye
  
  Gay Roadhouse Brawler
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  Gay Roadhouse Brawler
  Ricky was cruising down the highway on his Harley. It felt good to feel
  the roar of the engine and the wind in his hair. His leather jacket was starting
  to break in again and shake off the must of storage. The emblem on the back
  wasn't just some design. It was a skull struck through with by an x cross of
  lightning and a sword. It had "Sons of Mayhem" embroidered across the
  bottom. It was the most vicious motorcycle club in the state. If it involved
  something illegal, nothing happened without the Sons getting a cut of the
  action.
  He just got done serving a year for gun running charge. Despite the flimsy
  evidence he got tripped up by a technicality uncovered by the DA. All he
  could think about during the trial was bending that DA over right in front of
  the judge and jury.
  Prison was like a boot camp for gang members like him. It was a place to
  catch up wi