Why we shouldn't ever 'get over' the Rodney King beating

To the editor: I am so sorry for reader Linda Loding, whose 24-year-old son died during the 1992 Los Angeles riots trying to save a burning building. It seems to me, and perhaps to her, a senseless tragedy. ("25 years later, Rodney King's beating stirs emotions in L.A.," Readers React, March 5)