View From Bennett Avenue

How bizarre was the beating Patti LaBelle's body guards gave Army CB Richard King recently? And his reward? Being ordered to active duty. This was a non story before the video was released and is now being spun by King's lawyers as a celebrity using her power to dump on a regular guy. If that is the case then I hope LaBelle has to pay up. If King is the one with the problem--and West Point's alacrity in booting him does not look good--then it is telling that the first side to YouTube can win the debate. The most eye opening part of the video is LaBelle posing with Houston police after the incident. They must not have been impressed with King's four INTs last year.