Rodney Glen King (April 2, 1965 – June 17, 2012) was an African-American man who was a victim of police brutality. On March 3, 1991, he was severely beaten...
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1992 Los Angeles riots (redirect from Rodney King riots)
The 1992 Los Angeles riots (also called the South Central riots, Rodney King riots or the 1992 Los Angeles uprising) were a series of riots and civil...
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Rodney King is a 2017 American one-man show directed by Spike Lee, written by and starring Roger Guenveur Smith as a multiplicity of voices alternately...
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and misconduct within the LAPD was revealed to the public: the 1991 Rodney King beating led to the 1992 Los Angeles riots, while the 1997 Rampart scandal...
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Stacey Koon (section Rodney King beating)
Department. He is one of the four policemen who were responsible for beating Rodney King in March 1991. He was sentenced to 2+1⁄2 years in federal prison in 1993...
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co-founded the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program. After the arrest of Rodney King and the subsequent riots, Gates retired from the LAPD. Much of the blame...
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Rod Thorn (redirect from Rodney King "Rod" Thorn)
Rodney King Thorn (born May 23, 1941) is an American basketball executive and a former professional player and coach, Olympic Committee Chairman, with...
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HMS Rodney was one of two Nelson-class battleships built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1920s. The ship entered service in 1928, and spent her peacetime...
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acquittal of four Los Angeles Police Department officers in the beating of Rodney King and resulted in rioting, and looting, along with widespread violence...
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police departments in Los Angeles County in response to the ongoing Rodney King riots. The next day, the ATF activated its Special Response Team tactical...
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avoided media contact. On March 3, 1991, an amateur video recording showed Rodney King, a black motorist, being badly beaten by Los Angeles Police Department...
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the British Home Fleet and Pacific Fleets. In May 1941, along with HMS Rodney, King George V was involved in the hunt for and pursuit of the German battleship Bismarck...
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novelist James Ellroy and takes place during the days leading up to the Rodney King trial verdict. The film stars Kurt Russell, with Ving Rhames and Brendan...
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The killing of Harlins came 13 days after the videotaped beating of Rodney King. Latasha Harlins was born January 1, 1976, in East St. Louis, Illinois...
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court in the prosecution of the officers involved in the beating of Rodney King, often standing alongside Theodore J. Briseno, who he had met through...
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sentenced her to probation. Also in 1991, four police officers beat Rodney King, a Black man; in 1992, all of the officers were acquitted. These incidents...
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Was 'Payback' for Rodney King". Yahoo.com. June 15, 2016. "OJ Simpson Trial Juror Says Not Guilty Verdict was "Payback" for Rodney King". Complex Networks...
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Simi Valley, California (section Rodney King trial)
3, 1991, beating of an African-American motorist Rodney Glen King. The case known as the Rodney King Trials was based on footage recorded on home video...
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scene at a biker bar was filmed close to the date of the beating of Rodney King, and near the same location. George Holliday, a local, famously recorded...
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Yugoslavia, 1985 The Murder of the Goldmark family, United States, 1985 Rodney King beating, United States, 1991 The Murder of Shanda Sharer, United States...
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example, the City of Los Angeles was held liable in 1994 for the 1991 Rodney King beating despite state acquittals in 1992 of all of its four main LAPD...
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especially during the era of racial tension in Los Angeles surrounding the Rodney King case. Los Angeles was inhabited by a large number of Korean Americans...
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Urban legends about drugs (section Rodney King was on PCP at the time of his 1991 beating and arrest)
in Rodney King Beating Trial". Tech.mit.edu. 1991-03-03. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2010-07-27. "Chapter 1: The Rodney King Beating...
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located, is known for being the area which saw the beginning of the Rodney King Riots. Long before the intersection of Florence and Normandie avenues...
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acquittal of four police officers accused in the videotaped beating of Rodney King. The official title of the song references the date April 29, 1992; however...
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The Riot Within (category Books by Rodney King)
Within: My Journey from Rebellion to Redemption is a 2012 autobiography of Rodney King (1965–2012). Known by a videotape as a victim of Los Angeles Police Department...
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his life and relationship with his son during the unrest following the Rodney King verdict. Meanwhile, in another part of town, a father and son confront...
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invites Murray, her then boyfriend, to dinner where an argument about Rodney King and the 1992 Los Angeles riots ensues. Derek assaults his sister Davina...
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Cohen; November 22, 1921 – October 5, 2004), better known by the pseudonym Rodney Dangerfield, was an American stand-up comedian, actor, screenwriter, and...
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south-central Los Angeles erupted in riots – in which 63 were killed – after the Rodney King verdict in 1992, Waters gained national attention when she led a chant...
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