LOS ANGELES — Nine years ago Thursday, the world lost a man who drew attention to police brutality and the racial divide in America, years before the events of 2020. On March 3, 1991 in Los Angeles, ...

After years of struggling with alcohol and drug abuse, Rodney King was found dead at the bottom of the pool at his Rialto, California home early Sunday morning. His body was discovered by his fiancée, ...

Rodney King, the man whose brutal beating by Los Angeles police officers sparked the Los Angeles race riots, was found dead Sunday at the age of 47. Police responded to a call from King's fiancee who ...

In a Southern California story of national interest, Rodney King was found dead last night in his swimming pool at the age of 47. He was the unarmed, black victim of a savage beating by Los Angeles ...

Police have opened an investigation into the apparent drowning of Rodney King, the man who emerged as a reluctant "countercultural hero" after four LAPD officers brutally beat him in 1991. King, 47, ...

LOS ANGELES (FOX19) – - Rodney King, who became famous when his beating by police was caught on tape, was found dead at the bottom of his swimming pool this morning, according to CNN and TMZ. They are ...

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Rodney King has been called, "an accidental agent of change." His videotaped beating by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department led to what are still called "the Rodney King riots of 1992." As ...