Monday, June 18, 2012

Rodney King key figure in LA riots dead at 47 whose beating led to L.A. found pool Victim of Police Brutality That Spurned Riots Dead [Rip] Dies Beating Comment on dies EXCLUSIVE Demoted Bluray Clip Plea who died Sunday still echoes 20 years after focal point shift race relations pool; by police helped spark 1992 Man Center Los Angeles

Rodney King, whose 1991 police beating sparked LA riots, dies at 47 LOS ANGELES, Calif. - After his beating by police stunned the country and a jury's decision not to hold them responsible sparked a deadly race riot that left Los Angeles smouldering, Rodney King in a quavering voice pleaded on national television for peace while the city burned. Rodney King: Beating victim fails to calm riot within The national symbol of police brutality is pulled from the bottom of his swimming pool. Rodney King, key figure in LA riots, dies at 47 LOS ANGELES - His beating stunned the nation, left Los Angeles smoldering and helped reshape race relations and police tactics. And in a quavering voice on national television, Rodney King pleaded for peace while the city burned. Rodney King, whose beating led to LA riots, dies Rodney King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers led to some of the nation's most destructive race riots, has died at age 47. Rodney King dies after incident in pool LOS ANGELES - His beating stunned the nation, left Los Angeles smoldering and helped reshape race re ... Rodney King dead at 47, key figure in LA riots Rodney King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers led to some of the nation's most destructive race riots, has died at age 47. Rodney King remembered as 'a sad figure' LOS ANGELES -- His beating stunned the nation, left Los Angeles smoldering and helped reshape race relations and police tactics. And in a quavering voice on national television, Rodney King pleaded for peace while the city burned. Rodney King dies at 47 Rodney King, the black motorist whose videotaped beating by LA police led to race riots, has died at 47. Rodney King: His Race, His Plea, His Death I awoke early Sunday to the sad news that Rodney King was found dead at the bottom of his swimming pool in Rialta, California. Rodney King Found Dead In Swimming Pool 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 found at the bottom of his swimming pool early Sunday and later pronounced dead. He was 47.
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