The Blame Game
TAGGING RESPONSIBILity for the L.A. riots has spiraled into a full-fledged parlor game. No one can guess who will be "it" with the next flick of the spinner. First it's Daryl Gates, then it's L.B.J. Imagine Murphy Brown's surprise, emerging from the delivery room to find herself a suspect. Who's next, the Japanese? It was, after all, a Sony HandyCam that recorded Rodney King's beating and stirred up this turmoil in the first place.
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