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Re: Rodney King Found Dead In A Swimming Pool by DaRapture: 9:22pm On Jun 17, 2012
crackhouse: Did they say fianceé? Oh come on, at 47 u were still doing fiancee thing?. Anyway, i smoke & puff my weed for ya{coughing cos of weed}. U can RIP my nigga.

Smoke and Puff your weed? Don't you mean, your crack, crackhouse? cheesy
Re: Rodney King Found Dead In A Swimming Pool by cap28: 9:45pm On Jun 17, 2012
RIP man.

if not for you, we wouldnt have known that the LAPD are the KKK in police uniform:




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW1ZDIXiuS4

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Re: Rodney King Found Dead In A Swimming Pool by cap28: 9:53pm On Jun 17, 2012
hatred begets hatred - black americans responded to rodney king's beating with this:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDWNB01xGj4
Re: Rodney King Found Dead In A Swimming Pool by trigar12(m): 9:53pm On Jun 17, 2012
This has illuminati written all over it. They kill n make it look like an accident.
Re: Rodney King Found Dead In A Swimming Pool by blocker: 10:07pm On Jun 17, 2012
cry cry cry cry cryRodney King
Last updated 7 minutes agoFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search This article is about a person who has recently died. Some information, such as that pertaining to the circumstances of the person's death and surrounding events, may change as more facts become known.
Rodney Glen King
Born Rodney Glen King
(1965-04-02)April 2, 1965
Sacramento, California
Died June 17, 2012(2012-06-17) (aged 47)[1]
Rialto, California
Nationality American
Ethnicity African-American
Known for Victim of civil rights violation involving police brutality
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[2]
Criminal charge Robbery
Criminal penalty 2 years
Partner Cynthia Kelley (engaged)[3]
Children 3
Parents Ronald King (deceased)
Odessa King

Rodney Glen King (April 2, 1965 – June 17, 2012)[1] was the victim in a police brutality case involving the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) on March 3, 1991. A bystander, George Holliday, videotaped much of the incident from a distance.

The footage showed seven officers surrounding the solitary King, with several LAPD officers repeatedly striking a helpless King with their batons while the other officers stood by watching, without taking any action to stop the beating. A portion of this footage was aired by news agencies around the world, causing public outrage that increased tension between the local black community and the LAPD and increased anger over police brutality, racism and social inequalities in Los Angeles.

Four LAPD officers were later tried in a state court for the beating; three were acquitted and the jury failed to reach a verdict for the fourth. The announcement of the acquittals sparked the 1992 Los Angeles riots. A later federal trial for civil rights violations ended with two of the officers found guilty and sent to prison and the other two officers acquitted.

Contents [hide]
1 Early life
2 Incident
2.1 High speed chase
2.2 Confrontation
2.3 Use of the Taser
2.4 Beating with batons: events on the Holliday video
3 Post-arrest events
4 The officers
5 Los Angeles riots and the aftermath
6 Federal trial of officers
7 Later life
8 Death
9 See also
10 Notes
11 References
12 External links


Early lifeKing was born in Sacramento, California, to Odessa King, who had four other children. His father died at age 42. King grew up in Pasadena, California.[4]

In November 1989, King robbed a store in Monterey Park, California. He threatened to hit the Korean store owner with an iron bar he was carrying, then hit him with a pole. King stole US$200 in the robbery. He was convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment.[4]

At the time of the beating, King was twice divorced and had three children.[4] His ex-wives were (firstly) Crystal Waters and Danetta.[5]

IncidentHigh speed chaseOn the night of March 2, 1991, King and two passengers, Bryant Allen and Freddie Helms, were driving west on Foothill Freeway (Interstate 210) in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles. Prior to driving on the Foothill Freeway, the three men had spent the night watching a basketball game and drinking at a friend's house in Los Angeles.[6] After being tested five hours after the incident, King's blood-alcohol level was found to be just under the legal limit. This meant that his blood alcohol level can be estimated at approximately 0.19—which is almost two and a half times the legal limit in California—when he was driving.[7] At 12:30 am, Officers Tim and Melanie Singer, a husband-and-wife duo of the California Highway Patrol, spotted King's car speeding. The officers then pursued King at high speeds, though the exact speed of the car is disputed. The initial police report stated that King had reached a speed of 117 miles per hour, but an LAPD officer later told reporters that the exact speed of King's car was closer to 90 miles per hour.[8][9] According to King's own statements, he refused to pull the car over because he thought a driving under the influence test would violate his parole for a previous robbery conviction.[10]

King exited the freeway, and the chase continued through residential streets at speeds allegedly ranging from 55 to 80 mph.[11][12] By this point, several police cars and a helicopter had joined in the pursuit. After approximately eight miles, officers cornered King's car. The first five LAPD officers to arrive at the scene were Stacey Koon, Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind, Theodore Briseno and Rolando Solano.

Confrontation
Screenshots of King lying down and being approached by LAPD officersOfficer Tim Singer ordered King and his two passengers to exit the vehicle and lie face down on the ground. The two passengers complied and were taken into custody without incident.[6] King initially remained in the car. When he finally did emerge, he acted bizarrely: giggling; patting the ground; and waving to the police helicopter overhead.[12] King then grabbed his buttocks. Officer Melanie Singer momentarily thought he was reaching for a gun.[13] She drew her gun and pointed it at King, ordering him to lie on the ground. King complied. Singer approached King with her gun drawn, preparing to make the arrest.

At this point, Sergeant Stacey Koon intervened and ordered Officer Melanie Singer to holster her weapon. LAPD officers are taught not to approach a suspect with a drawn gun, as there is a risk of the suspect gaining control of it if they get too close.[14] Koon then ordered the four other LAPD officers at the scene—Briseno, Powell, Solano and Wind—to subdue and handcuff King in a manner called a "swarm", a technique that involves multiple officers grabbing a suspect with empty hands. As the officers attempted to do so, King physically resisted. King rose up, tossing Officers Powell and Briseno off his back. King then struck Officer Briseno in the chest.[15] Seeing this, Koon ordered all of the officers to fall back. The officers later testified that they believed King was under the influence of the dissociative drug phencyclidine (PCP).[16] King's toxicology results tested negative for PCP.[17]

Use of the TaserSergeant Koon then ordered the officers to "stand clear." King was standing and was not responding to Koon's commands. Koon then fired a Taser into King's back. King groaned; momentarily fell to his knees; then stood back and yelled for almost five seconds".[18]

Beating with batons: events on the Holliday video
Screenshot of King being beaten by LAPD officersAs George Holliday's videotape begins, King is on the ground. He rises and moves toward Powell. (Solano termed it a "lunge," and said it was in the direction of Koon.)[18] At this time, taser wires can be seen coming from King's body. As King moves forward, Officer Powell strikes King with his baton. The blow hits King's head, knocking him to the ground immediately.[19] Powell hits King several additional times with his baton. The videotape shows Briseno moving in to try and stop Powell from swinging, and Powell then backing up. (Koon reportedly yelled "that's enough."wink King then rises to his knees; Powell and Wind continue to hit King with their batons while he is on the ground.[20]

Koon acknowledged that he ordered the baton blows, directing Powell and Wind to hit King with "power strokes." According to Koon, Powell and Wind used "bursts of power strokes, then backed off." The videotape shows King apparently continuing to try to get up. Koon orders the officers to "hit his joints, hit the wrists, hit his elbows, hit his knees, hit his ankles."[20] Finally, after 56 baton blows and six kicks, five or six officers swarm in and place King in both handcuffs and cordcuffs, restraining his arms and legs. King is dragged on his stomach to the side of the road to await arrival of a rescue ambulance.[20]

Unseen by those involved, George Holliday, a private citizen, caught the lengthy beating on video from his apartment near the intersection of Foothill Blvd and Osborne St. in Lake View Terrace. He contacted the police about a videotape of the incident but was dismissed. He then went to KTLA television with his videotape, which broadcast it on air in its entirety.[21] The footage became a media sensation. Portions of it were aired hundreds, if not thousands, of times around the world, and it "turned what would otherwise have been a violent, but soon forgotten, encounter between Los Angeles police and Rodney King into one of the most widely watched and discussed incidents of its kind."[22]

The video of the beating is an example of sousveillance — that is, of citizens watching police. Several copwatch organizations were subsequently organized nationally to safeguard against police abuse, including an umbrella group, October 22 Coalition to Stop Police Brutality.[23]

Post-arrest eventsKing was taken to Pacifica Hospital immediately after his arrest. He suffered a fractured facial bone, a broken right ankle, and numerous bruises and lacerations.[24] In a negligence claim filed with the city, King alleged he had suffered "11 skull fractures, permanent brain damage, broken [bones and teeth], kidney damage [and] emotional and physical trauma."[25] Blood and urine samples taken from King five hours after his arrest showed that he could be presumed intoxicated under California law. The tests also showed traces of marijuana (26 ng/ml), but no indication of PCP or any other illegal drug.[25] At Pacifica Hospital, where King was taken for initial treatment, nurses reported that the officers who accompanied King (including Wind) openly joked and bragged about the number of times King had been hit.[26] King sued the city over the beating, settling for $3.8 million.[27]

The officersThe Los Angeles district attorney charged officers Koon, Powell, Briseno and Wind with use of excessive force. While Sergeant Koon did not strike King and had only used the Taser, he was the supervisory officer at the scene and was charged for "willfully permitting and failing to take action to stop the unlawful assault." The initial judge was replaced, and the new judge changed the venue, as well as the jury pool, citing contamination of the jury pool by the media coverage. The new venue was a new courthouse in Simi Valley in neighboring Ventura County. The jury consisted of Ventura County residents—ten white, one Latino and one Asian. The prosecutor, Terry White, was African American. On April 29, 1992, the jury acquitted three of the officers, but could not agree about one of the charges for Powell.[6]

Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley said, "the jury's verdict will not blind us to what we saw on that videotape. The men who beat Rodney King do not deserve to wear the uniform of the L.A.P.D."[28] President George H. W. Bush said, "viewed from outside the trial, it was hard to understand how the verdict could possibly square with the video. Those civil rights leaders with whom I met were stunned. And so was I and so was Barbara and so were my kids."[29]

Los Angeles riots and the aftermathMain article: 1992 Los Angeles riots
The news of acquittal triggered the Los Angeles riots of 1992. By the time the police, the U.S. Army, Marines and National Guard restored order, the casualties included 53 deaths, 2,383 injuries, more than 7,000 fires, damages to 3,100 businesses, and nearly $1 billion in financial losses. Smaller riots occurred in other cities such as San Francisco, Las Vegas in neighboring Nevada and as far east as Atlanta, Georgia.

Federal trial of officersAfter the riots, the United States Department of Justice reinstated the investigation and obtained an indictment of violations of federal civil rights against the four officers in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. The federal trial focused more on the evidence as to the training of officers instead of just relying on the videotape of the incident. On March 9 of the 1993 trial, King took the witness stand and described to the jury the events as he remembered them.[30] The jury found Officer Laurence Powell and Sergeant Stacey Koon guilty, and they were subsequently sentenced to 32 months in prison, while Timothy Wind and Theodore Briseño were acquitted of all charges.[6]

Later lifeIn 1993, King entered an alcohol rehabilitation program and was placed on probation after crashing his vehicle into a block wall in downtown Los Angeles. In July 1995, he was arrested by Alhambra police, who alleged that he hit his wife with his car, knocking her to the ground. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail after being convicted of hit and run.[31] On August 27, 2003, King was arrested again for speeding and running a red light while under the influence of alcohol. He failed to yield to police officers and slammed his vehicle into a house, breaking his pelvis.[32] On November 29, 2007, while riding home on his bicycle, King was shot in the face, arms, and back with pellets from a shotgun. He reported that it was done by a man and a woman who demanded his bicycle and shot him when he rode away.[31] Police described the wounds as looking like they came from birdshot, and said King offered few details about the suspects. In May 2008 King checked into the Pasadena Recovery Center in Pasadena, California, which was filmed as part of the second season of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, which premiered in October 2008. Dr. Drew Pinsky, who runs the facility, showed concern for King's lifestyle and said that King would die unless his addiction was treated.[33] He also appeared on Sober House, a Celebrity Rehab spin-off focusing on a sober living environment, which aired in early 2009. Both shows filmed King's quest not only to achieve sobriety, but to reestablish a relationship with his family, which had been severely damaged due to his drinking.[34]

During his time on Celebrity Rehab and Sober House, King worked not only on his addiction, but on the lingering trauma of the beating. He and Pinsky retraced his path from the night of his beating, eventually reaching the spot where it happened, the site of the Children's Museum of Los Angeles.[35]

King won[36] a celebrity boxing match against ex-Chester City (Delaware County, Pennsylvania) police officer Simon Aouad on Friday, September 11, 2009, at the Ramada Philadelphia Airport in Essington, Pennsylvania.[37]

In 2009, King and other alumni of Celebrity Rehab appeared as panel speakers to a new group of addicts at the Pasadena Recovery Center, marking 11 months of sobriety for him. His appearance was aired in the third season episode "Triggers".[38]

On September 9, 2010, it was confirmed that King was to marry Cynthia Kelley, who was a juror in the civil suit he brought against the City of Los Angeles.[39]

On March 3, 2011, King was stopped by Los Angeles police for driving erratically. He was issued a citation for driving with an expired license.[40][41][42] This arrest led to his February 2012 misdemeanor conviction for reckless driving.[43]

On April 12, 2012, King released a statement to the media regarding the Trayvon Martin shooting. King said he was "grieving for Trayvon Martin" and stated how the scream on the audio of George Zimmerman's 911 call reminded him of his own screaming during his beating by the LAPD.[44]

DeathOn June 17, 2012, King's fiancée Cynthia Kelly found him dead in his swimming pool. Police in Rialto received a 911 call from Kelly at about 5:25 am. Responding officers found King at the bottom of the pool, removed him, and attempted to revive him. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital. The Rialto Police Department began a standard drowning investigation, and stated that there did not appear to be any foul play, particularly noting King's self admitted problems with drinking. The Rialto Police promised a complete investigation.[45][46][47]

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Trayvon Martin



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2.^ "Rodney King Height". Talltask.com. http://www.talltask.com/Rodney-King-height-8525.html. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
3.^ "Rodney King to marry juror from LA police beating case". BBC News. September 9, 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11245542.
4.^ a b c Independent profile
5.^ "Rodney King". BuddyTV.com. http://www.buddytv.com/info/rodney-king-info.aspx. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
6.^ a b c d Linder, Douglas (December 2001). "The Rodney King Beating Trials". JURIST. http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/trials24.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
7.^ Cannon. Official Negligence: p. 39.
8.^ http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/lapd/lapdaccount.html
9.^ Koon v. United States 518 U.S. 81 (1996)
10.^ Cannon. Official Negligence: p. 43.
11.^ Stevenson, Richard W.; Egan, Timothy (March 18, 1991). "Seven Minutes in Los Angeles – A special report.; Videotaped Beating by Officers Puts Full Glare on Brutality Issue". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE5DE1539F93BA25750C0A967958260. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
12.^ a b Whitman, David (May 23, 1993). "US News and World Report: May 23, 1993, The Untold Story of the LA Riot". U.S. News & World Report. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/930531/archive_015229.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
13.^ Cannon. Official Negligence: p. 27.
14.^ Cannon. Official Negligence: p. 28.
15.^ Cannon. Official Negligence: p. 31.
16.^ Cannon. Official Negligence:[page needed]
17.^ Cannon, Lou (March 16, 1993). "Prosecution Rests Case in Rodney King Beating". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
18.^ a b "Chapter 1: The Rodney King Beating". Report of the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department: p. 6. 1991.
19.^ "Chapter 1: The Rodney King Beating". Report of the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department: p. 7. 1991. "The blow hit King's head, and he went down immediately."
20.^ a b c "Chapter 1: The Rodney King Beating". Report of the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department: p. 7. 1991.
21.^ Michael Goldstein (February 19, 2006), The Other Beating, Los Angeles Times
22.^ [1]
23.^ PBS.org and the ACLU [2] draw connections between the event and the subsequent activities of many organizations.
24.^ Cannon. Official Negligence: p. 205.
25.^ a b "Chapter 1: The Rodney King Beating". Report of the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department: p. 8. 1991.
26.^ "Chapter 1: The Rodney King Beating". Report of the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department: p. 15. 1991.
27.^ http://articles.latimes.com/2005/sep/30/local/me-king30
28.^ Mydans, Seth (April 30, 1992). "The Police Verdict; Los Angeles Policemen Acquitted in Taped Beating". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
29.^ Fiske, John "Media matters: race and gender in U.S. politics" page 188, "Bush on LA, extracts from his speech to the nation, May 1st, 1992".
30.^ Mydans, Seth (March 10, 2003). "Rodney King Testifies on Beating: 'I Was Just Trying to Stay Alive'". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/10/us/rodney-king-testifies-on-beating-i-was-just-trying-to-stay-alive.html. Retrieved March 5, 2009.
31.^ a b Reston, Maeve (November 30, 2007). "Rodney King shot while riding bike". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
32.^ "Rodney King slams SUV into house, breaks pelvis". CNN. April 16, 2003. Archived from the original on 2007-12-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20071211205000/http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/04/15/rodney.king.ap/.
33.^ TV Guide: page 8. June 23, 2008.
34.^ "Sober House Will Follow Celebrity Rehab Cast, Andy Dick in Sober Living". RealityBlurred.com. December 19, 2008.
35.^ Thompson, Elise. "Rodney King Forgives Officers Who Beat Him — LAist". http://laist.com/2009/02/22/rodney_king_forgives.php. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
36.^ "Rodney King Fight Results". BittenAndBound.com. September 12, 2009.
37.^ Stamm, Dan (August 19, 2009). "No Plan to 'Get Along' When Rodney King Takes on Former Cop". NBC Philadelphia. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
38.^ Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew Episode 3.6 ("Triggers"wink VH1; February 11, 2010
39.^ Rodney King to marry juror from LA police beating case
40.^ "L.A. Now". Los Angeles Times. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/03/rodney-king-stopped.html.
41.^ http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_17540843
42.^ Hartley-Parkinson, Richard (July 13, 2011). "CNN". CNN (London). http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1362952/Rodney-King-arrested-skipping-red-light-20-years-LA-riots.html.
43.^ Stan Wilson (April 12, 2012). "Rodney King pleads for calm in Trayvon Martin case". CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/12/us/trayvon-case-rodney-king/?hpt=hp_t1. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
44.^ "Rodney King: "I'm grieving for Trayvon Martin"". Los Angeles Times. April 12, 2012. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/04/rodney-king-speaks-out-on-trayvon-martin.html.
45.^ "Rodney King dead at 47". CNN. June 17,2012. http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/17/us/obit-rodney-king/index.html.
46.^ http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/17/us/obit-rodney-king/index.html CNN This Just In
47.^ http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/06/rodney-king-whose-beating-by-los-angeles-police-helped-spark-the-1992-los-angeles-riots-died-sunday-at-his-home-in-rialto.html
ReferencesThe "Rodney King Beating video" is under copyright. For authorization contact www.rodneykingvideo.com.ar
Cannon, Lou (1999). Official Negligence: How Rodney King and the riots changed Los Angeles and the LAPD. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press. ISBN 0-8133-3725-9. http://books.google.com/books?id=C0tWztU6f0sC&printsec=frontcover&cad=0.
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Last updated 7 minutes agoFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search This article is about a person who has recently died. Some information, such as that pertaining to the circumstances of the person's death and surrounding events, may change as more facts become known.
Rodney Glen King
Born Rodney Glen King
(1965-04-02)April 2, 1965
Sacramento, California
Died June 17, 2012(2012-06-17) (aged 47)[1]
Rialto, California
Nationality American
Ethnicity African-American
Known for Victim of civil rights violation involving police brutality
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[2]
Criminal charge Robbery
Criminal penalty 2 years
Partner Cynthia Kelley (engaged)[3]
Children 3
Parents Ronald King (deceased)
Odessa King

Rodney Glen King (April 2, 1965 – June 17, 2012)[1] was the victim in a police brutality case involving the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) on March 3, 1991. A bystander, George Holliday, videotaped much of the incident from a distance.

The footage showed seven officers surrounding the solitary King, with several LAPD officers repeatedly striking a helpless King with their batons while the other officers stood by watching, without taking any action to stop the beating. A portion of this footage was aired by news agencies around the world, causing public outrage that increased tension between the local black community and the LAPD and increased anger over police brutality, racism and social inequalities in Los Angeles.

Four LAPD officers were later tried in a state court for the beating; three were acquitted and the jury failed to reach a verdict for the fourth. The announcement of the acquittals sparked the 1992 Los Angeles riots. A later federal trial for civil rights violations ended with two of the officers found guilty and sent to prison and the other two officers acquitted.

Contents [hide]
1 Early life
2 Incident
2.1 High speed chase
2.2 Confrontation
2.3 Use of the Taser
2.4 Beating with batons: events on the Holliday video
3 Post-arrest events
4 The officers
5 Los Angeles riots and the aftermath
6 Federal trial of officers
7 Later life
8 Death
9 See also
10 Notes
11 References
12 External links


Early lifeKing was born in Sacramento, California, to Odessa King, who had four other children. His father died at age 42. King grew up in Pasadena, California.[4]

In November 1989, King robbed a store in Monterey Park, California. He threatened to hit the Korean store owner with an iron bar he was carrying, then hit him with a pole. King stole US$200 in the robbery. He was convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment.[4]

At the time of the beating, King was twice divorced and had three children.[4] His ex-wives were (firstly) Crystal Waters and Danetta.[5]

IncidentHigh speed chaseOn the night of March 2, 1991, King and two passengers, Bryant Allen and Freddie Helms, were driving west on Foothill Freeway (Interstate 210) in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles. Prior to driving on the Foothill Freeway, the three men had spent the night watching a basketball game and drinking at a friend's house in Los Angeles.[6] After being tested five hours after the incident, King's blood-alcohol level was found to be just under the legal limit. This meant that his blood alcohol level can be estimated at approximately 0.19—which is almost two and a half times the legal limit in California—when he was driving.[7] At 12:30 am, Officers Tim and Melanie Singer, a husband-and-wife duo of the California Highway Patrol, spotted King's car speeding. The officers then pursued King at high speeds, though the exact speed of the car is disputed. The initial police report stated that King had reached a speed of 117 miles per hour, but an LAPD officer later told reporters that the exact speed of King's car was closer to 90 miles per hour.[8][9] According to King's own statements, he refused to pull the car over because he thought a driving under the influence test would violate his parole for a previous robbery conviction.[10]

King exited the freeway, and the chase continued through residential streets at speeds allegedly ranging from 55 to 80 mph.[11][12] By this point, several police cars and a helicopter had joined in the pursuit. After approximately eight miles, officers cornered King's car. The first five LAPD officers to arrive at the scene were Stacey Koon, Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind, Theodore Briseno and Rolando Solano.

Confrontation
Screenshots of King lying down and being approached by LAPD officersOfficer Tim Singer ordered King and his two passengers to exit the vehicle and lie face down on the ground. The two passengers complied and were taken into custody without incident.[6] King initially remained in the car. When he finally did emerge, he acted bizarrely: giggling; patting the ground; and waving to the police helicopter overhead.[12] King then grabbed his buttocks. Officer Melanie Singer momentarily thought he was reaching for a gun.[13] She drew her gun and pointed it at King, ordering him to lie on the ground. King complied. Singer approached King with her gun drawn, preparing to make the arrest.

At this point, Sergeant Stacey Koon intervened and ordered Officer Melanie Singer to holster her weapon. LAPD officers are taught not to approach a suspect with a drawn gun, as there is a risk of the suspect gaining control of it if they get too close.[14] Koon then ordered the four other LAPD officers at the scene—Briseno, Powell, Solano and Wind—to subdue and handcuff King in a manner called a "swarm", a technique that involves multiple officers grabbing a suspect with empty hands. As the officers attempted to do so, King physically resisted. King rose up, tossing Officers Powell and Briseno off his back. King then struck Officer Briseno in the chest.[15] Seeing this, Koon ordered all of the officers to fall back. The officers later testified that they believed King was under the influence of the dissociative drug phencyclidine (PCP).[16] King's toxicology results tested negative for PCP.[17]

Use of the TaserSergeant Koon then ordered the officers to "stand clear." King was standing and was not responding to Koon's commands. Koon then fired a Taser into King's back. King groaned; momentarily fell to his knees; then stood back and yelled for almost five seconds".[18]

Beating with batons: events on the Holliday video
Screenshot of King being beaten by LAPD officersAs George Holliday's videotape begins, King is on the ground. He rises and moves toward Powell. (Solano termed it a "lunge," and said it was in the direction of Koon.)[18] At this time, taser wires can be seen coming from King's body. As King moves forward, Officer Powell strikes King with his baton. The blow hits King's head, knocking him to the ground immediately.[19] Powell hits King several additional times with his baton. The videotape shows Briseno moving in to try and stop Powell from swinging, and Powell then backing up. (Koon reportedly yelled "that's enough."wink King then rises to his knees; Powell and Wind continue to hit King with their batons while he is on the ground.[20]

Koon acknowledged that he ordered the baton blows, directing Powell and Wind to hit King with "power strokes." According to Koon, Powell and Wind used "bursts of power strokes, then backed off." The videotape shows King apparently continuing to try to get up. Koon orders the officers to "hit his joints, hit the wrists, hit his elbows, hit his knees, hit his ankles."[20] Finally, after 56 baton blows and six kicks, five or six officers swarm in and place King in both handcuffs and cordcuffs, restraining his arms and legs. King is dragged on his stomach to the side of the road to await arrival of a rescue ambulance.[20]

Unseen by those involved, George Holliday, a private citizen, caught the lengthy beating on video from his apartment near the intersection of Foothill Blvd and Osborne St. in Lake View Terrace. He contacted the police about a videotape of the incident but was dismissed. He then went to KTLA television with his videotape, which broadcast it on air in its entirety.[21] The footage became a media sensation. Portions of it were aired hundreds, if not thousands, of times around the world, and it "turned what would otherwise have been a violent, but soon forgotten, encounter between Los Angeles police and Rodney King into one of the most widely watched and discussed incidents of its kind."[22]

The video of the beating is an example of sousveillance — that is, of citizens watching police. Several copwatch organizations were subsequently organized nationally to safeguard against police abuse, including an umbrella group, October 22 Coalition to Stop Police Brutality.[23]

Post-arrest eventsKing was taken to Pacifica Hospital immediately after his arrest. He suffered a fractured facial bone, a broken right ankle, and numerous bruises and lacerations.[24] In a negligence claim filed with the city, King alleged he had suffered "11 skull fractures, permanent brain damage, broken [bones and teeth], kidney damage [and] emotional and physical trauma."[25] Blood and urine samples taken from King five hours after his arrest showed that he could be presumed intoxicated under California law. The tests also showed traces of marijuana (26 ng/ml), but no indication of PCP or any other illegal drug.[25] At Pacifica Hospital, where King was taken for initial treatment, nurses reported that the officers who accompanied King (including Wind) openly joked and bragged about the number of times King had been hit.[26] King sued the city over the beating, settling for $3.8 million.[27]

The officersThe Los Angeles district attorney charged officers Koon, Powell, Briseno and Wind with use of excessive force. While Sergeant Koon did not strike King and had only used the Taser, he was the supervisory officer at the scene and was charged for "willfully permitting and failing to take action to stop the unlawful assault." The initial judge was replaced, and the new judge changed the venue, as well as the jury pool, citing contamination of the jury pool by the media coverage. The new venue was a new courthouse in Simi Valley in neighboring Ventura County. The jury consisted of Ventura County residents—ten white, one Latino and one Asian. The prosecutor, Terry White, was African American. On April 29, 1992, the jury acquitted three of the officers, but could not agree about one of the charges for Powell.[6]

Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley said, "the jury's verdict will not blind us to what we saw on that videotape. The men who beat Rodney King do not deserve to wear the uniform of the L.A.P.D."[28] President George H. W. Bush said, "viewed from outside the trial, it was hard to understand how the verdict could possibly square with the video. Those civil rights leaders with whom I met were stunned. And so was I and so was Barbara and so were my kids."[29]

Los Angeles riots and the aftermathMain article: 1992 Los Angeles riots
The news of acquittal triggered the Los Angeles riots of 1992. By the time the police, the U.S. Army, Marines and National Guard restored order, the casualties included 53 deaths, 2,383 injuries, more than 7,000 fires, damages to 3,100 businesses, and nearly $1 billion in financial losses. Smaller riots occurred in other cities such as San Francisco, Las Vegas in neighboring Nevada and as far east as Atlanta, Georgia.

Federal trial of officersAfter the riots, the United States Department of Justice reinstated the investigation and obtained an indictment of violations of federal civil rights against the four officers in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. The federal trial focused more on the evidence as to the training of officers instead of just relying on the videotape of the incident. On March 9 of the 1993 trial, King took the witness stand and described to the jury the events as he remembered them.[30] The jury found Officer Laurence Powell and Sergeant Stacey Koon guilty, and they were subsequently sentenced to 32 months in prison, while Timothy Wind and Theodore Briseño were acquitted of all charges.[6]

Later lifeIn 1993, King entered an alcohol rehabilitation program and was placed on probation after crashing his vehicle into a block wall in downtown Los Angeles. In July 1995, he was arrested by Alhambra police, who alleged that he hit his wife with his car, knocking her to the ground. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail after being convicted of hit and run.[31] On August 27, 2003, King was arrested again for speeding and running a red light while under the influence of alcohol. He failed to yield to police officers and slammed his vehicle into a house, breaking his pelvis.[32] On November 29, 2007, while riding home on his bicycle, King was shot in the face, arms, and back with pellets from a shotgun. He reported that it was done by a man and a woman who demanded his bicycle and shot him when he rode away.[31] Police described the wounds as looking like they came from birdshot, and said King offered few details about the suspects. In May 2008 King checked into the Pasadena Recovery Center in Pasadena, California, which was filmed as part of the second season of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, which premiered in October 2008. Dr. Drew Pinsky, who runs the facility, showed concern for King's lifestyle and said that King would die unless his addiction was treated.[33] He also appeared on Sober House, a Celebrity Rehab spin-off focusing on a sober living environment, which aired in early 2009. Both shows filmed King's quest not only to achieve sobriety, but to reestablish a relationship with his family, which had been severely damaged due to his drinking.[34]

During his time on Celebrity Rehab and Sober House, King worked not only on his addiction, but on the lingering trauma of the beating. He and Pinsky retraced his path from the night of his beating, eventually reaching the spot where it happened, the site of the Children's Museum of Los Angeles.[35]

King won[36] a celebrity boxing match against ex-Chester City (Delaware County, Pennsylvania) police officer Simon Aouad on Friday, September 11, 2009, at the Ramada Philadelphia Airport in Essington, Pennsylvania.[37]

In 2009, King and other alumni of Celebrity Rehab appeared as panel speakers to a new group of addicts at the Pasadena Recovery Center, marking 11 months of sobriety for him. His appearance was aired in the third season episode "Triggers".[38]

On September 9, 2010, it was confirmed that King was to marry Cynthia Kelley, who was a juror in the civil suit he brought against the City of Los Angeles.[39]

On March 3, 2011, King was stopped by Los Angeles police for driving erratically. He was issued a citation for driving with an expired license.[40][41][42] This arrest led to his February 2012 misdemeanor conviction for reckless driving.[43]

On April 12, 2012, King released a statement to the media regarding the Trayvon Martin shooting. King said he was "grieving for Trayvon Martin" and stated how the scream on the audio of George Zimmerman's 911 call reminded him of his own screaming during his beating by the LAPD.[44]

DeathOn June 17, 2012, King's fiancée Cynthia Kelly found him dead in his swimming pool. Police in Rialto received a 911 call from Kelly at about 5:25 am. Responding officers found King at the bottom of the pool, removed him, and attempted to revive him. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital. The Rialto Police Department began a standard drowning investigation, and stated that there did not appear to be any foul play, particularly noting King's self admitted problems with drinking. The Rialto Police promised a complete investigation.[45][46][47]

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2.^ "Rodney King Height". Talltask.com. http://www.talltask.com/Rodney-King-height-8525.html. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
3.^ "Rodney King to marry juror from LA police beating case". BBC News. September 9, 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11245542.
4.^ a b c Independent profile
5.^ "Rodney King". BuddyTV.com. http://www.buddytv.com/info/rodney-king-info.aspx. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
6.^ a b c d Linder, Douglas (December 2001). "The Rodney King Beating Trials". JURIST. http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/trials24.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
7.^ Cannon. Official Negligence: p. 39.
8.^ http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/lapd/lapdaccount.html
9.^ Koon v. United States 518 U.S. 81 (1996)
10.^ Cannon. Official Negligence: p. 43.
11.^ Stevenson, Richard W.; Egan, Timothy (March 18, 1991). "Seven Minutes in Los Angeles – A special report.; Videotaped Beating by Officers Puts Full Glare on Brutality Issue". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE5DE1539F93BA25750C0A967958260. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
12.^ a b Whitman, David (May 23, 1993). "US News and World Report: May 23, 1993, The Untold Story of the LA Riot". U.S. News & World Report. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/930531/archive_015229.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
13.^ Cannon. Official Negligence: p. 27.
14.^ Cannon. Official Negligence: p. 28.
15.^ Cannon. Official Negligence: p. 31.
16.^ Cannon. Official Negligence:[page needed]
17.^ Cannon, Lou (March 16, 1993). "Prosecution Rests Case in Rodney King Beating". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
18.^ a b "Chapter 1: The Rodney King Beating". Report of the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department: p. 6. 1991.
19.^ "Chapter 1: The Rodney King Beating". Report of the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department: p. 7. 1991. "The blow hit King's head, and he went down immediately."
20.^ a b c "Chapter 1: The Rodney King Beating". Report of the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department: p. 7. 1991.
21.^ Michael Goldstein (February 19, 2006), The Other Beating, Los Angeles Times
22.^ [1]
23.^ PBS.org and the ACLU [2] draw connections between the event and the subsequent activities of many organizations.
24.^ Cannon. Official Negligence: p. 205.
25.^ a b "Chapter 1: The Rodney King Beating". Report of the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department: p. 8. 1991.
26.^ "Chapter 1: The Rodney King Beating". Report of the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department: p. 15. 1991.
27.^ http://articles.latimes.com/2005/sep/30/local/me-king30
28.^ Mydans, Seth (April 30, 1992). "The Police Verdict; Los Angeles Policemen Acquitted in Taped Beating". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
29.^ Fiske, John "Media matters: race and gender in U.S. politics" page 188, "Bush on LA, extracts from his speech to the nation, May 1st, 1992".
30.^ Mydans, Seth (March 10, 2003). "Rodney King Testifies on Beating: 'I Was Just Trying to Stay Alive'". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/10/us/rodney-king-testifies-on-beating-i-was-just-trying-to-stay-alive.html. Retrieved March 5, 2009.
31.^ a b Reston, Maeve (November 30, 2007). "Rodney King shot while riding bike". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
32.^ "Rodney King slams SUV into house, breaks pelvis". CNN. April 16, 2003. Archived from the original on 2007-12-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20071211205000/http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/04/15/rodney.king.ap/.
33.^ TV Guide: page 8. June 23, 2008.
34.^ "Sober House Will Follow Celebrity Rehab Cast, Andy Dick in Sober Living". RealityBlurred.com. December 19, 2008.
35.^ Thompson, Elise. "Rodney King Forgives Officers Who Beat Him — LAist". http://laist.com/2009/02/22/rodney_king_forgives.php. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
36.^ "Rodney King Fight Results". BittenAndBound.com. September 12, 2009.
37.^ Stamm, Dan (August 19, 2009). "No Plan to 'Get Along' When Rodney King Takes on Former Cop". NBC Philadelphia. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
38.^ Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew Episode 3.6 ("Triggers"wink VH1; February 11, 2010
39.^ Rodney King to marry juror from LA police beating case
40.^ "L.A. Now". Los Angeles Times. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/03/rodney-king-stopped.html.
41.^ http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_17540843
42.^ Hartley-Parkinson, Richard (July 13, 2011). "CNN". CNN (London). http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1362952/Rodney-King-arrested-skipping-red-light-20-years-LA-riots.html.
43.^ Stan Wilson (April 12, 2012). "Rodney King pleads for calm in Trayvon Martin case". CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/12/us/trayvon-case-rodney-king/?hpt=hp_t1. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
44.^ "Rodney King: "I'm grieving for Trayvon Martin"". Los Angeles Times. April 12, 2012. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/04/rodney-king-speaks-out-on-trayvon-martin.html.
45.^ "Rodney King dead at 47". CNN. June 17,2012. http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/17/us/obit-rodney-king/index.html.
46.^ http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/17/us/obit-rodney-king/index.html CNN This Just In
47.^ http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/06/rodney-king-whose-beating-by-los-angeles-police-helped-spark-the-1992-los-angeles-riots-died-sunday-at-his-home-in-rialto.html
ReferencesThe "Rodney King Beating video" is under copyright. For authorization contact www.rodneykingvideo.com.ar
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Re: Rodney King Found Dead In A Swimming Pool by waja(m): 10:07pm On Jun 17, 2012
I have not heard of U b4 now, but above all, may ur soul R.I.P.
Re: Rodney King Found Dead In A Swimming Pool by olawahle: 10:17pm On Jun 17, 2012
am very sorry i dont knw this man
Re: Rodney King Found Dead In A Swimming Pool by cap28: 10:31pm On Jun 17, 2012
Re: Rodney King Found Dead In A Swimming Pool by mikron(m): 11:50pm On Jun 17, 2012
sorry mike no know dis guy
Re: Rodney King Found Dead In A Swimming Pool by donel2012: 12:57am On Jun 18, 2012
PICTURES OF OJUKWU B IN CHINA.CELEBRATION OF LIFE,LATE CHIEF CHUKWUEMEKA ODUMEGWU OJUKWU.YOUR MEMORY IS STILL NEW TO US.FROM CHINA RIP
Re: Rodney King Found Dead In A Swimming Pool by olafolarin(m): 5:20am On Jun 18, 2012
pistol: Who is rodney king?

I have never heard of him..
What did he do in california 20 years ago?

I guess whatever he did then kept him in bachelorhood till death.

Chei,this fiancee don wait tire o.

Rip sha....


OlBoy.. Na wa oooo

Rodney King was the racially-abused driver in the 90s.The Police Officers were caught on tape and subsequently charged.
Re: Rodney King Found Dead In A Swimming Pool by BaBaMike: 8:19am On Jun 18, 2012
Yeah. Rest in peace.U.S. racial tensions
Re: Rodney King Found Dead In A Swimming Pool by SuyaEater(m): 8:19am On Jun 18, 2012
If that white guy didn't bring his camera out to record this, the cops would have gotten away with this. It brought out the true colors of the LAPD.

Also the riots was also justified after latasha harlings was murdered and the asian lady got 5 months probabtion and fined 500 dollars....yet a man got 30 days in jail for kicking his dog....showing how they value black life.
Re: Rodney King Found Dead In A Swimming Pool by ULSHERLAN(m): 8:32am On Jun 18, 2012
Billyonaire: D.O.A; Apparently drowned during a swimming session on overdose of meth
Exactly what they want you to believe
Re: Rodney King Found Dead In A Swimming Pool by free2ryhme: 10:34am On Jun 18, 2012
illuminati Hit
Re: Rodney King Found Dead In A Swimming Pool by Zilja(f): 9:49pm On Jun 18, 2012
wandeay: is he one of the Illuminati? Cos Whitney Houston died almost the same way, nd is said dat her contract wit illuminati had expired, mayb ....


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Re: Rodney King Found Dead In A Swimming Pool by ayobase(m): 12:11am On Jun 19, 2012
Found at the bottom of the pool.....
RIP!
Re: Rodney King Found Dead In A Swimming Pool by snthesis(m): 9:46am On Jun 19, 2012
wen will dis junkies ever learn undecided
Re: Rodney King Found Dead In A Swimming Pool by anonymous6(f): 10:47am On Jun 19, 2012
sad to die like that after what he has been through
Re: Rodney King Found Dead In A Swimming Pool by kagel: 4:55pm On Jun 19, 2012
[b][/b]
Illuminati? Hard to believe. But ever so true. Its simple. All that we listen to advertises illuminati. Almost every single pop artist out there has sold their soul to the devil himself. They want fame and fortune. Lucifer has given it to them. In return they carry him out through music. Still hard to believe? Jay Z and beyonces daughter is almost definitely illuminati. “Blue Ivy”. Which fool would name their child that? B.L.U.E = Born Living Under Evil. I.V.Y = illuminatis Very Youngest. Blue Ivy spelt backwards[eulb yvi] in latin language means Lucifers daughter. :O. Rihannas album “Good girl Gone bad” chronicles just watch the title states. Rihannas transformation from good to a bad girl who promotes sexual immorality lust and violence. One of rihannas biggest hits Disturbia. In the vid rihanna and her back up singers depict being demon possed. Rihanna in the s&m vid with “Princess of illumaniti” written behind her. Still hard to believe? Google it. The song empire state of mind. Jayz states the world begins when the church is gone. Lady gaga? The illuminati eye? The eye of satan? Almost every pose you see her in she's depicting the eye of lucifer. There's so much more to this. It becomes more scary when you research it. Music has taken the world by storm. Youngsters want to be like lil wayne. Look ugly. Wear massive shirts. Swear. Be violent. Music is now promoting it all. Youngsters want to become thugs. As 2pac states“Thug Life”. But it only ends u of in prison. Or it gets you killed. And satan laughs. Cause its one more down for him. What we listen to is vital. It can make us. Or break us. Music is satans main tool. Don't be fooled. What you listen to eventually becomes you. “Be sober. Be vigilant. Because your adversary the devil as a roaring lion walketh about seeking whom he may devour” 2 Peter 5:8. Broadcast this to all your contacts. It may make a difference in ones life. make people aware of how satan creeps into our lives as the generation of tomorrow
Re: Rodney King Found Dead In A Swimming Pool by chic2pimp(m): 5:18pm On Jun 19, 2012
SuyaEater: If that white guy didn't bring his camera out to record this, the cops would have gotten away with this. It brought out the true colors of the LAPD.

Also the riots was also justified after latasha harlings was murdered and the asian lady got 5 months probabtion and fined 500 dollars ....yet a man got 30 days in jail for kicking his dog....showing how they value black life.

Latasha Harlins......What a waste of a Young Life.
Re: Rodney King Found Dead In A Swimming Pool by kagel: 9:13am On Jun 20, 2012
kagel: [b][/b]
Illuminati? Hard to believe. But ever so true. Its simple. All that we listen to advertises illuminati. Almost every single pop artist out there has sold their soul to the devil himself. They want fame and fortune. Lucifer has given it to them. In return they carry him out through music. Still hard to believe? Jay Z and beyonces daughter is almost definitely illuminati. “Blue Ivy”. Which fool would name their child that? B.L.U.E = Born Living Under Evil. I.V.Y = illuminatis Very Youngest. Blue Ivy spelt backwards[eulb yvi] in latin language means Lucifers daughter. :O. Rihannas album “Good girl Gone bad” chronicles just watch the title states. Rihannas transformation from good to a bad girl who promotes sexual immorality lust and violence. One of rihannas biggest hits Disturbia. In the vid rihanna and her back up singers depict being demon possed. Rihanna in the s&m vid with “Princess of illumaniti” written behind her. Still hard to believe? Google it. The song empire state of mind. Jayz states the world begins when the church is gone. Lady gaga? The illuminati eye? The eye of satan? Almost every pose you see her in she's depicting the eye of lucifer. There's so much more to this. It becomes more scary when you research it. Music has taken the world by storm. Youngsters want to be like lil wayne. Look ugly. Wear massive shirts. Swear. Be violent. Music is now promoting it all. Youngsters want to become thugs. As 2pac states“Thug Life”. But it only ends u of in prison. Or it gets you killed. And satan laughs. Cause its one more down for him. What we listen to is vital. It can make us. Or break us. Music is satans main tool. Don't be fooled. What you listen to eventually becomes you. “Be sober. Be vigilant. Because your adversary the devil as a roaring lion walketh about seeking whom he may devour” 2 Peter 5:8. Broadcast this to all your contacts. It may make a difference in ones life. make people aware of how satan creeps into our lives as the generation of tomorrow

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