Top News
Rodney King Found Dead
June 17, 2012
|
Rodney King, whose videotaped beating by LAPD officers sparked a national debate about police use of force two decades ago, died Sunday at his home in Rialto, Calif.
Investigators with the Rialto Police Department are treating King's death as accidental; he was found submerged in his pool after his fiancee called 911, reports the Los Angeles Times.
In recent years, King had been pulled over several times for driving erratically, and April 29 marked the 20-year anniversary of the Los Angeles riots that followed the acquittal of the officers taped in 1991 beating King.
Related:
LAPD Chief: Rodney King Arrest Wouldn't Happen Today
Lessons Learned from the Rodney King Arrest
Tags: LAPD, Rodney King Arrest
Comments (2)
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2
|
|
Tom Ret @ 6/18/2012 6:25 PM
Anyone want to bet he had drug(s) in his system at the time of death.
|
|
Bob@Az. @ 6/18/2012 6:48 PM
Oh great! Now wait for sharpton & obuma to find out how to blame the LAPD for this. By the way, that wasn't a pool, it was a toilet bowl.
|
Loading...
Join the Discussion
Other Recent News
The armed Fairfield, Conn., man who prompted a lockdown Tuesday at the University of New...
Fewer people are applying to join the LAPD and, of those who do, a significantly higher...
As of Dec. 1, homicides have dropped 20 percent in the city, records show, while...
The city commission in tiny Vicco, Ky., approved a measure this week to begin paying the...
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes has ruled that pensions of city retirees can legally...