Rodney King No Hero — But Beating Opened Eyes When they arrested her in the Jackson, Miss., bus terminal, she was dressed in her Sunday best. Article: Rodney King Dead At 47 Rodney King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in the nation's history, was declared dead early Sunday after being pulled from the bottom of his swimming pool. He was 47. Rodney King and the beautiful plea of a flawed man Rodney King used to tell a harrowing story about growing up outside Pasadena, Calif., where he and his three brothers rode their bicycles through the vacant hills behind the nearby Jet Propulsion Laboratory on the weekends. When he was 9, he and his older brother sat astride their Sting-Rays on a rise in the San Gabriel Mountains when they saw a Los Angeles County sheriff's squad car roll to a ... Rodney King's Fiancee to 911: 'I Heard Something Fall' From Stan Wilson CNN LOS ANGELES (CNN) — In a frantic 911 call early Sunday, Rodney King's fiancee, Cynthia Kelley,... Rodney King: Legacy of a flawed martyr Rodney King used to tell a harrowing story about growing up in Altadena, Calif., where he and his th The death of Rodney King: a hapless icon's defining question "Can we all get along?" It is telling that more of us seemed to deride Rodney King's question than sought to answer it, writes Leonard Pitts Jr. Rodney King was haunted by memories, daunted by pain The 1991 beating by LAPD officers and years of drug and alcohol abuse left Rodney King unmoored. But he sought a new beginning. Rodney King's simple question lingers There was always something hapless about Rodney King. He entered the nation's consciousness - and i ... 911 call details moments after Rodney King found in pool Rodney King's fiancée made a frantic 911 call after finding him at the bottom of his pool. Dennis McDougal: Rodney King: Legacy of a flawed martyr Rodney King used to tell a harrowing story about growing up in Altadena, Calif., where he and his three brothers rode their bicycles through the vacant hills behind the nearby Jet Propulsion Laboratory on the weekends. When he was 9, he and his older brother sat astride their Sting-Rays on a rise in the San Gabriels where they saw a Los Angeles County sheriff's squad car roll to a stop on a dead ...
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