Thats for you ignant, yes I said IGNANT mofos that don't know who Rodney King is. In 1991 he sparked up a Civil Rights movement following the acquittal of four police overs that brutally beat him on his way home one night. The beatings were caught on camer as well.
Rodney King was found dead in his swimming pool by his fiancee. Police in Rialto, California, received a 911 call from King's fiancee, Cynthia Kelly, about 5:25 a.m.Responding officers found King at the bottom of the pool, removed him and performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation until paramedics arrived. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital, police said. There were no preliminary signs of foul play, De Anda said, and no obvious injuries on King's body. Police are conducting a drowning investigation, he said, and King's body would be autopsied.
His fiancee says he was a great swimer, and they had just had a conversation before she went outside then came back out after hearing a splash and saw him at the bottom of the pool.
"Rodney King was a symbol of civil rights and he represented the anti-police brutality and anti-racial profiling movement of our time," the Rev. Al Sharpton said in a statement. "It was his beating that made America focus on the presence of profiling and police misconduct."
As reported by CNN, King was 25 and on parole after a robbery conviction in March 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,'"
Police say there was no drug paraphenelia on scene, no sign of foulplay. I hope drugs weren't involved in his death, but we will find out in the week to come. Sad Sad story.
R.i.P Rodney King!
**SHOOT FOR THE STARZ**
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