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 ...

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, ...

Rodney King's death was ruled accidental in an autopsy report released Thursday by the San Bernardino County Coroner's Office, which also noted he had marijuana, cocaine and alcohol in his system.

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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 ...