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Rodney King found dead
at the bottom of his pool. He was 47.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/17/us/obi...ing/index.html Los Angeles (CNN) -- Rodney King, whose beating by Los Angeles police in 1991 was caught on camera and sparked riots after the acquittal of the four officers involved, was found dead in his swimming pool Sunday, authorities and his fiancee confirmed. He was 47. King's beating after a high-speed car chase and its aftermath forever changed Los Angeles, its police department and the dialogue on race in America. King was 25 and on parole after a robbery conviction in April 1991. In an interview in 2011, he recalled he had been drinking and was headed home from a friend's house when he saw a police car following him and panicked, thinking he would be sent back to prison. So he attempted to flee. "I had a job to go to that Monday, and I knew I was on parole, and I knew I wasn't supposed to be drinking, and I'm like 'Oh, my God,'" he told CNN. Related: Rodney King looks back without anger He realized he couldn't outrun the police, but looked for a public place to stop. "I saw all those apartments over there, so I said, 'I'm gonna stop right there,'" he said. "'If it goes down, somebody will see it.'" An amateur cameraman caught the scene as four white police officers struck King more than 50 times with their wooden batons and used a stun gun on him. 2011: King a symbol of police brutality 2011: Rodney King, 20 years later King said as the officers beat him, they yelled, "We are going to kill you, n***er," although the officers denied using racial slurs. The video shows King cowering on the ground and attempting to crawl away as he is surrounded by a crowd of police officers. Four of them used their nightsticks to strike him. King was beaten nearly to death. Three surgeons operated on him for five hours. The video of the beating appeared on national television two days later, focusing attention on the issue of racially-motivated police brutality. "We finally caught the Loch Ness Monster with a camcorder," King attorney Milton Grimes said. Four LAPD officers -- Theodore Briseno, Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind and Sgt. Stacey Koon -- were indicted on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and excessive use of force by a police officer. But following a three-month trial in the predominantly white Los Angeles suburb of Simi Valley, three of the officers were acquitted of all charges. The jury, which had no white members, deadlocked on one charge of excessive force against Powell, and a mistrial was declared on that charge. Powell's attorney, Michael Stone, said earlier this year the unedited video worked against King and helped prove the officers' case. "Most of the nation only saw a few snippets where it's the most violent," Stone said. "They didn't see (King) get up and run at Powell." But African-Americans in Los Angeles exploded in outrage. Rioters ran through the streets -- looting businesses, torching buildings and attacking those who were in the wrong place at the wrong time. The violence was responsible for more than 50 deaths and $1 billion in property damage. On the third day of rioting, King emerged from seclusion to make a plea: "People, I just want to say, can we all get along? Can we get along?" RIP Rodney |
Is there a conspiracy theory yet?
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Man that guy was unlucky. |
Wonder if he was drunk when he fell in :( He was kool on Celeb Rehab but he went back to drinking later.
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He came across a very genuine, kind and nice guy on Celebrity Rehab. Very likable and personable. He had just always been an addict and couldn't overcome it. Its sad that he died, but its also to be expected.
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"Whitey" killed him with a brick to the head no doubt.
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who cares ?
a scumbag who got famous for getting his ass whooped |
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Heart attack aside, how does anyone drown in a fucking pool?
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My brother was found at the bottom of a pool. Such things are common with advanced alcoholism. |
The LAPD, The FBI, and the CIA are all trying to prove that they are the best at apprehending criminals. The President decides to give them a test.
He releases a rabbit into a forest and each of them has to catch it. The CIA goes in. They place animal informants throughout the forest. They question all plant and mineral witnesses. After three months of extensive investigations they conclude that rabbits do not exist. The FBI goes in. After two weeks with no leads they burn the forest, killing everything in it, including the rabbit, and they make no apologies. The rabbit had it coming. The LAPD goes in. They come out two hours later with a badly beaten bear. The bear is yelling: "Okay! Okay! I'm a rabbit! I'm a rabbit! |
In other news....Rodney king has a swimming pool.
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Damn.
I guess getting famous by that beating paid off for him. He had a house with a backyard and a swimming pool. |
According to our sources, King's fiancée, Cynthia Kelley, is telling friends King was at the house all day drinking, and he smoked marijuana at some point, before she went to went to bed at 2:00 AM.
http://www.tmz.com/2012/06/17/rodney...nking-smoking/ |
Good riddance.
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He probably went out doing what he loved thanks to the LAPD :thumbsup
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Probably the same as passing out while smoking and dying in a fire ..... I guess. . |
In general blacks aren't good at swimming. Always wondered why.
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Swings and roundabouts, I guess... |
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RIP Rodney
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Good, Fuck him! I would love to find where there going to bury him so I can take a shit on his grave.
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in recent years theres been a lot more black guys at track days. we taking over ice hockey and curling too as soon as they build a rink on MLK blvd :winkwink: |
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Why do you people always care so much when some random motherfucker dies that you didn't even know?
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The dude died on fathers day. Thats fucked up. He did have a life long addiction to drugs and alcohol. Im thinking he probably passed out in the pool and drowned. Didnt the same shit happen to whitney houston? Whats the moral of this story? Whenever you're high on coke and liquor, dont go near water, kids.
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Good riddance.....one less POS to roam free in this sick world!
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3...fhi2o1_400.gif This news even get the Presidential approval! :thumbsup |
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Did you make this?
This is so wrong! Everyone knows the police have the badges on the left side!!! http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/8042/picture5rci.png |
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That's disappointing TMZ caught him coming back from a trip at the airport and he seemed positive.
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Long Live Rodney ...
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Rip rodney
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Now this was hardcore. No wonder blacks are scared to fuck with Asians.
http://askakorean.blogspot.com/2011/...ran-story.html http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TsFXJA9YHl...0/58852252.jpg |
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