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    American police brutality victim

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  1. Jun 17, 2012 · Los Angeles CNN —. Rodney King, whose beating by Los Angeles police in 1991 was caught on camera and sparked riots after the acquittal of the four officers involved, was found dead in his ...

  2. Mar 3, 2021 · On 3 March 1991, just after midnight, 25-year-old Rodney King was pulled over, and four white LAPD officers brutally kicked and beat him on the pavement. The officers struck King 56 times with...

  3. The 1992 Los Angeles riots (also called the Rodney King riots or the 1992 Los Angeles uprising [4] [5]) were a series of riots and civil disturbances that occurred in Los Angeles County, California, United States, during April and May 1992.

  4. 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 ...

  5. Jan 27, 2023 · Rodney King, the Black motorist whose violent encounter with White Los Angeles police officers after a car chase in 1991 was captured on home video and helped prompt one of the worst race riots...

  6. Jun 18, 2012 · Rodney King, whose video-taped beating by Los Angeles police in 1991 launched a public dialogue about race relations in the United States, died Sunday at age 47. Jeffrey Brown, Patt Morrison of...

  7. Jun 17, 2012 · LOS ANGELES — Rodney King, whose beating by Los Angeles police helped spark the 1992 L.A. riots, died Sunday at his home in Rialto, Calif. He was 47.

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