Thursday, June 21, 2012

Rodney King key figure in LA riots dead at 47 King's peaceful message outlasts him L.A. whose beating led to found pool autopsy set today Plea of who died Sunday still echoes 20 years after Victim Police Brutality That Spurned Riots Dead [Rip] Dies Beating had long line runins with police Man Center Los Angeles EXCLUSIVE Demoted Bluray Clip At Age Leonard Pitts Jr. On the death a hapless icon flawed martyr Comment on 911 call details moments Editorial | Profiling study welcome move

Article: Rodney King Dead At 47 Rodney King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in the nation's history, was declared dead early Sunday after being pulled from the bottom of his swimming pool. He was 47. Rodney King and the beautiful plea of a flawed man Rodney King used to tell a harrowing story about growing up outside Pasadena, Calif., where he and his three brothers rode their bicycles through the vacant hills behind the nearby Jet Propulsion Laboratory on the weekends. When he was 9, he and his older brother sat astride their Sting-Rays on a rise in the San Gabriel Mountains when they saw a Los Angeles County sheriff's squad car roll to a ... Rodney King No Hero — But Beating Opened Eyes When they arrested her in the Jackson, Miss., bus terminal, she was dressed in her Sunday best. Rodney King's Fiancee to 911: 'I Heard Something Fall' From Stan Wilson CNN LOS ANGELES (CNN) — In a frantic 911 call early Sunday, Rodney King's fiancee, Cynthia Kelley,... Rodney King was haunted by memories, daunted by pain The 1991 beating by LAPD officers and years of drug and alcohol abuse left Rodney King unmoored. But he sought a new beginning. Rodney King: Legacy of a flawed martyr Rodney King used to tell a harrowing story about growing up in Altadena, Calif., where he and his th Rodney King, key figure in LA riots, dead at 47 Rodney King, whose videotaped beating by police in 1991 led to LA race riots, has died at 47. Rodney King's fiancee frantic in 911 call In a frantic 911 call early Sunday, Rodney King's fiancee, Cynthia Kelley, described how she discovered King's body at the bottom of his pool and made repeated efforts "to wake him up," but there was no response to her efforts. Rodney King 911 audio released by police he Rialto Police Department has released the audio from the frantic 911 call by Rodney King's fiancée, Cynthia Kelley. Rodney King's fiancee to 911: 'He's at the bottom of the pool ... oh my God!' RIALTO, CA - JUNE 17: Detective Carla McCullough with Rialto Police investigates the death of Rodney King who was found in his pool on June 17, 2012 in Rialto, California.
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