Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Rodney King

  • Rialto police on Tuesday released recordings of the 911 call made by Rodney King's fiancée Sunday morning, when she found the 47 year old at the bottom of their backyard swimming pool.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • Rodney Kings closest friend tells TMZ hes asked cops to take a closer look at Kings fiancée -- because their relationship was volatile to the point King wanted to break up with her.
  • (TMZ.com)
  • The death of Rodney Glen King this weekend brought to an end an era that defined modern Los Angeles and affected any person who lived through it.
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • On Sunday, a few hours after he was found dead in his California swimming pool at age 47, Rodney King—a central figure in the 1992 Los Angeles riots—began trending on Twitter.
  • (YAHOO!)
  •  Join Times columnists Patt Morrison and Sandy Banks for a live video discussion about Rodney King -- his life, his legacy and the heavy burden he carried in the 20 years after the beating that led to the L.A. riots.
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • Rodney King, 47, who died Sunday in his swimming pool, didnt ask to wear the heavy mantle of an upstanding civil rights leader -- and it was always an ill fit for the self-described recovering addict.
  • (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
  • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Newly released audio reveals that Rodney Kings fiancee told authorities she was sleeping when she heard something fall and then found him at the bottom of a pool.
  • (Cincinnati.com)
  • Investigators performed an autopsy to determine the cause of death of Rodney King, whose 1991 beating at the hands of the police sparked a national debate about police brutality and sparked the L.A. riots.
  • (Huffington Post)

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