Rodney King

    • Full name: Rodney Glen King
    • Born: April 9, 1965
    • Birthplace: Fort Worth, Texas
    • Date of incident: March 3, 1991
    • Officers involved in incident: Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind, Theodore Briseno, Sergeant Stacey KoonThe Oregonian: Rodney King Beating (March 19, 1991)
    • Verdict handed down/Riots began: April 29, 1992
    • Shot in unrelated incident in November 2007
    • King tried to quell the unrest by appearing on television and asking, "Can we all get along?"RalphKeyes.com: Quote Verifier excerpt
  • Rodney King is an African-American who was at the center of the controversial police-brutality trial that sparked the 1992 Los Angeles riots. King can was on season two of Celebrity Rehab and The Sober House

    Susan Clemmer, an LAPD detective from the Rodney King case committed suicide on July 7, 2009.

  • Rodney King Beating

    King was beaten by four Los Angeles police officers after being stopped for speeding and evading arrest. A video of the incident was used in the trial of the four police officers, who were eventually acquitted.The Oregonian: Rodney King Beating (March 19, 1991)
  • Trial Verdict

    After the verdict was delivered by a suburban jury, anger in the African-American community of South Central Los Angeles boiled over, resulting in a wide-spread riot that claimed more than 50 lives and $1 billion in property.The Oregonian: Rodney King Beating (March 19, 1991)
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