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Jun 24, 2020 · In November 1989, he was arrested for assault and robbery and sentenced to two years in prison. After one year, King was released on parole and a found part-time job as a construction worker at the LA Dodgers' baseball stadium. Events leading up to Rodney King's assault. Shutterstock.
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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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- Rodney Glen King, April 2, 1965, Sacramento, California, U.S.
- Victim of a police brutality case that led to public protests, riots, and police reform
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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.
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Apr 28, 2022 · Thirty years ago this week, widespread violence erupted in Los Angeles in the aftermath of the acquittal of four white Los Angeles Police Department officers in the videotaped beating of Rodney...
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Apr 2, 2014 · In a final tragic twist, Rodney King's life ended on June 17, 2012. His fiancee, Cynthia Kelley, found him at the bottom of a swimming pool in Rialto, California.
Apr 18, 2017 · The 1992 Los Angeles riots—also called the Los Angeles uprising—sprung from years of rising tensions between the LAPD and the city’s African Americans, highlighted by the 1991 videotaped beating...
Jun 17, 2012 · Rodney King, whose beating by Los Angeles police in 1991 sparked riots after the acquittal of the officers, died early Sunday.
