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Rodney King Dead at 47... Victim of Brutal 1991 LA Police Beating... Found Dead at Bottom of Swimming Pool

Submitted by SadInAmerica on Sun, 06/17/2012 - 1:19pm.

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Rodney King dead at 47. His videotaped 1991 beating by Los Angeles police officers led to riots, was found dead Sunday morning, according to a report. He was 47. King's fiancee reportedly found him dead at the bottom of a swimming pool, sources told TMZ.

On March 3, 1991, King was beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers after a high-speed car chase, an infamous case of police brutality that was captured on camera by a bystander and broadcast around the world.

Four officers were tried for the assault but were acquitted, a decision that sparked the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

 

 


Rodney King signs copies of his book "The Riot Within" at the African American Museum of Philadelphia this past April. ~ William T. Wade Jr/startraksphot

 

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Submitted by SadInAmerica on Sun, 06/17/2012 - 1:19pm.

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