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Rodney Glen King (April 2, 1965 – June 17, 2012) was an African American man who was a victim of police brutality. On March 3, 1991, he was severely beaten by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) during his arrest after a high speed pursuit for driving while intoxicated on the I-210 .
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Apr 2, 2014 · Rodney King was an African American who became a symbol of racial tension in America, after his beating by Los Angeles police officers in 1991 was videotaped and broadcast to the nation. Learn about his life, the L.A. riots, his famous quote, his death and his memoir.
Jun 18, 2012 · Rodney King, whose video-taped beating by Los Angeles police in 1991 sparked the LA riots, died in 2012. Learn about his complicated life, his impact on race relations and his challenges with addiction and violence.
Rodney Glen King (April 2, 1965 - June 17, 2012) was an African-American man who was beat up by police officers on camera in 1991. When a jury did not find the officers guilty of beating him up, large riots started in Los Angeles , California.
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Apr 26, 2017 · Twenty-five years ago this week, four Los Angeles policemen — three of them white — were acquitted of the savage beating of Rodney King, an African-American man. Caught on camera by a ...
Apr 18, 2017 · Learn about the 1992 Los Angeles riots, sparked by the acquittal of four LAPD officers who beat Rodney King, a Black motorist, in 1991. Find out how the riots started, spread and ended, and what impact they had on the city and the nation.
