Rodney King dead

Rodney King’s 1991 beating by Los Angeles police and the subsequent acquittal of his attackers sparked the biggest civil insurrection of our generation. King will forever be remembered for his tearful utterance during the height of those riots, “Can we all get along?” The words were treated with derision by many who sympathized with the […]

Rodney King, 47, had been drinking all day and smoking marijuana at his Rialto, California home in the hours before his death, according to his fiancée, Cynthia Kelly, who was a juror in King’s lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles in 1994. RELATED: Rodney King Dead At 47 Kelly said she went to bed at […]